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Why Do I Need a Valuation? Employee Stock Ownership Plans
Motivated employees are creative, efficient and hard working. So how can you keep your employees motivated? Companies, often under the direction of their human resource ...
Don’t Pay Too Much for that Business -The Basics of Contingent Consideration
Have you ever worried that the business you’re purchasing won’t do as well as you’re hoping? Or what if there’s an outstanding debt you weren’t ...
Hired Guns in the Court System?
Hired guns. TV legal dramas show witness stands full of shady “experts” who bow to the wishes of either clients or legal counsel in an ...
Hindsight Part 2 – Exceptions to the Rule
In a February, 2018 posting The Fine Art of Retrospect – Hindsight Part 1, we’ve discussed that courts typically don’t allow the use of hindsight knowledge ...
Hindsight Part 1 – General Exclusions
We all know that hindsight is 20/20, but how can this affect your business valuation? What happens if events occurring after the valuation date have ...
Why Do I Need a Valuation? Management and Shareholder Buyouts
If you’re ready to sell your business, some of the most likely purchase candidates are the company’s management and other shareholders. They know the market. ...
Why Do I Need a Valuation? Selling a Business
As an owner of a business, chances are you’ve grown quite attached to your company. Perhaps you’ve led the business through some tough years as ...
Why do I Need a Valuation? Corporate Reorganization
Here are some common reorganization methods: Transferring an unincorporated business (i.e. a sole proprietorship or a partnership) into a corporation; Amalgamating multiple businesses into one ...
State of the Industry – Used Car Dealers
Gone are the days of viewing used car professionals as slick salespersons who will do anything to sell you a lemon. With a slowly recovering ...
Is Fair Market Value the Price of the Business?
Fair Market Value vs. Price Entering into negotiations, whether you are the buyer or seller, can be daunting. The business valuator has determined a value ...
Money Now vs. Money Later
Would you rather receive $1,000 today or receive $1,000 a year from now? The answer seems pretty obvious – almost everybody would take $1,000 today. ...
Ready, Set, Go – The Process of Valuation
While we do need the financial statements of your business there are many steps that we follow and many questions we ask before you receive ...
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