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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 [...]
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 [...]
August 31, 2010 Financial Advisors Urging Business Owners to Know the Value of Their Businesses
Because of the economic downturn, many business owners are reluctant to think about the value of their businesses. Fearful that their businesses have lost value, it’s the last thing they want to hear about. An article in Financial Advisor suggests that many business advisors are urging their clients who own businesses to have their businesses [...]
May 18, 2010 Glimmers of Hope in Small-Business Lending
After more than two years of stagnation, it appears that small-business lending is on the rise. The Thomson Reuters/PayNet Small Business Lending Index, which measures the overall volume of financing, increased 4% in March 2010, the first year-on-year gain since October 2007. A recent Time Magazine article reported that many small and community banks are [...]
March 25, 2010 Thinking about Estate Planning
Recently, in our post, “… And Then Get Back to Living,” we wrote about the importance of succession planning for every business. Last week, in Inc. magazine, there was a great article, “How to Create an Estate Plan,” which provides a step-by-step guide on the most effective ways to start thinking about planning for the [...]
February 11, 2010 Buying a Business? Make Sure to Do Your Homework
It may seem easier to purchase an established business than to start one from the ground up. While this may be true in some cases, there could be problems with an existing business that may not be clear upon first look. However, oftentimes purchasing a business can end up being just as costly and labor [...]
February 2, 2010 Got a Startup? Get a Business Valuation
Most people generally only think about having the value of their business appraised at the time of a potential sale or acquisition. As we have talked about in previous blogs, there are numerous situations in which a business owner must think about getting a business valuation, including when selling a business, for estate planning purposes, [...]
January 12, 2010 Professional Business Valuation and Selling Your Business
Last week, there was an interesting article, “How to Sell Your Business,” in The New York Times. As the title suggests, the article covers the numerous things a business owner needs to think about when considering selling his or her business. We will focus on one of the author’s tips, which we have discussed in [...]
December 1, 2009 Expansion Financing in a Down Economy
While the economy is showing signs of improvement, many small businesses are still finding it difficult to stay afloat. However, there are a number of businesses that have been able to not only survive, but succeed despite this economy. For companies like this, a down economy can be seen as a time for growth. A [...]