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The Small Business Valuation Desk Reference “The Art of Business Valuation”

by Greg Caruso | Mar 22, 2022 | _Business Valuation Basics, _Technical Business Valuation Topics

Over the years, I have found too many business valuators try to apply methods appropriate for valuing large public companies such as Home Depot when they are valuing a local hardware store. This is like trying to value your home by looking at a downtown office...
Don’t Get Fooled.  Learn to Identify Seven “Easy to Miss” Errors in Business Valuation

Don’t Get Fooled. Learn to Identify Seven “Easy to Miss” Errors in Business Valuation

by Greg Caruso | Jan 30, 2022 | _Business Valuation Basics, _Technical Business Valuation Topics

The best a business valuator can do is issue an “Opinion” as to business value.   As such there is always the possibility of mistakes or error in business valuations. These seven, “easy to miss errors” in business valuation can cause the business valuation...
Market Method Business Valuation Presentation for Rhode Island NACVA Chapter

Market Method Business Valuation Presentation for Rhode Island NACVA Chapter

by Greg Caruso | Oct 19, 2021 | _Business Valuation Basics, _Technical Business Valuation Topics

At 1:00 PM, October 20, 2021, Gregory Caruso is giving a two hour presentation to the Rhode Island Chapter of the National Association of Certified Valuators and Analysts (NACVA). The business valuation presentation is based on the methodology explained in...
Discounts for Lack of Marketability and Mandelbaum Factors

Discounts for Lack of Marketability and Mandelbaum Factors

by Greg Caruso | Oct 6, 2021 | _Estate and Gift Tax Business Valuation, _Technical Business Valuation Topics

by Greg Caruso, We have done a number of business valuations for clients who want to gift part or all of their business interest. These valuations require a discount for lack of marketability because they are generally considered less marketable than if that person...
Two Common Mistakes Using the Income Approach in Business Valuation

Two Common Mistakes Using the Income Approach in Business Valuation

by Greg Caruso | Aug 4, 2021 | _Technical Business Valuation Topics

By Gregory R. Caruso, JD, CPA, CVA In the July/ August Issue of The Value Examiner, the publication of the National Association of Certified Valuators and Analysts (NACVA), I wrote about two common mistakes I see when valuators use the income approach with small...
Concentrations Kill!  Reduce Your Business Valuation Risk and Increase Value.

Concentrations Kill! Reduce Your Business Valuation Risk and Increase Value.

by Greg Caruso | Jul 28, 2021 | _Business Valuation Basics, _Increase Business Value, _Technical Business Valuation Topics

By Gregory R. Caruso, JD, CPA, CVA We all know the story: a business has a detailed cash flow projection that seems totally sensible. Then, something happens, and the company does not make those projections. The idea that a company might not make future projections...
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