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February 3, 2011 Protect Your Business’s Value with Good Risk Management
There was an interesting article published today in Smart Business titled “How Enterprise Risk Management Can Create and Protect Value for a Business.” The article discusses risk management and how businesses that handle it properly can add value to their companies. One of the things mentioned in the article is the way in which risk [...]
January 28, 2011 Collateral Proves Valuable for Businesses Seeking Loans
In the current climate of small business lending, companies that have tangible assets, such as property and/or equipment, have a leg up over companies that don’t, according to an article The Wall Street Journal, “Firms with Collateral Gain an Edge.” “Companies that hold tangible assets like buildings or other types of property are getting a [...]
January 13, 2011 Start a Business in 2011!
A Wall Street Journal article published today suggests that if starting a business in 2011 was on your list of resolutions, you shouldn’t drop the idea as quickly as you may have dropped your new exercise regimen. Check out the article’s 10 reasons to start a new business. Among the obvious perks, like being your [...]
January 6, 2011 Top 5 Business Valuation Posts from Present Value in 2010
Here are some of Present Value’s blog post gems on business valuations and appraisal from 2010 that we believe will be helpful to business owners as they look forward in 2011. What’s Your Business Really Worth? A recent article on Inc.com, “How to Find Out What Your Business Is Really Worth,” provides advice from a [...]
December 14, 2010 Sales of Businesses Are Down Significantly
This week’s “You’re the Boss” blog in The New York Times is geared toward those trying to sell a business in these tough economic times. Tellingly, the piece is titled, “Business for Sale? Good Luck.” According to the article, buyers are reluctant to leap into making a purchase and sellers are waiting for business to [...]
November 16, 2010 Preparing for Asset Liquidation
If you are a small business owner who has made the decision to liquidate your assets, there are a number of things to think about as your prepare to do so. First you will need to attend to a number of legal matters. You should meet with your attorney and accountant to ensure that you [...]
November 9, 2010 GAAP and IFRS
The abbreviations GAAP and IFRS may not mean anything to the average person, but they’re very familiar to those in the appraisal industry. GAAP stands for Generally Accepted Accounting Principles. GAAP is a collection of principles regarding how corporations prepare their income, expenses, assets, and liabilities on their financial statements, and is standard in the [...]
November 4, 2010 Some Tips if You’re Thinking About Selling a Small Business
Are you a small business owner who’s thinking about selling your small business? An article in the Wall Street Journal this week, “How to Sell a Small Business,” provides some advice on what you need to think about before you put your business on the market. The author likens getting ready to sell a business [...]
October 26, 2010 Small Business Owners Find it Difficult to Sell
A recent article in the Wall Street Journal, “Businesses Put Up for Sale Smack into Harsh Reality,” demonstrates just how difficult the market is for small business owners who are looking to sell their businesses. The article hammers home the fact that the small business market is stagnating due to tight credit markets and the [...]
October 14, 2010 Small Business Owners and Planning for Retirement
In today’s New York Times online blog, You’re the Boss, there is a thought-provoking post “Are You Sure You Don’t Want to Retire?” that discusses the plight of older small business owners who are being forced to consider whether or not retirement will be in their future. The author, Barbara Taylor, discusses a recent Gallup [...]