Sounding Board
I never thought I would one day be discussing words like 'sounding board', appraisers, and value in the same post. I did a quick search on Google for the origin [...]
What Multiple Should I Use?
Part of my responsibility, and one of the parts I most enjoy, is taking phone calls and emails from fellow business appraisers asking me to act as a sounding board [...]
Business Appraisal Report Proofreading – An Idea Whose Time Has Come?
I remember this one appraisal report where I submitted it to an attorney for estate tax purposes for his client, and this attorney actually reads everything that passed over his [...]
The Art and Science of Business Appraisal – Market Data Edition
If business appraisal involves art, then the words used by an appraiser in the narrative are the brush describing the amount of risk involved. If one spends any significant length [...]
COVID-19 Was NOT Mentioned in My Crystal Ball!
Today, I want to spend some time discussing an aspect of the business valuation industry that is near and dear to all our hearts but is also subject to quite [...]
Predicting the Future
“The value of a privately held business is based on its expected future earnings.” That is the basic idea behind most of the valuation methodology that business appraisers rely on, [...]
