by Greg Caruso | Sep 29, 2021 | 1 - What Is My Business Worth?, 13 - Assisting the Small Business Buyer or Seller
By Gregory R. Caruso, JD, CPA, CVA There are over 30 million small businesses in the US, according to the Small Business Administration (SBA), and upwards of 50,000 small businesses are sold each year. If you are buying a small business, an SBA business valuation can...
by Greg Caruso | Aug 30, 2021 | 1 - What Is My Business Worth?, 2 - Valuation Basics
By Gregory R. Caruso, JD, CPA, CVA Successful businesses are usually valued by estimating a future cash flow using either an income approach or a market approach. The goal is to select the best cash flow to reflect the true earnings power of the business for the size...
by Greg Caruso | Aug 18, 2021 | 13 - Assisting the Small Business Buyer or Seller, 3 - Small and Very Small Businesses vs Larger Businesses, 4 - Assessing the Company
“Your key people are all going to retire when you sell the business? Who the heck is going to know how to run the business?????” This is not a conversation that you want to be having as a buyer or seller. If you are trying to buy or sell a business, you...
by Greg Caruso | Aug 4, 2021 | 12 - Details for Business Valuators, 14 - How to Review a Business Valuation, 5 - Normalization of Cash Flows, Recent Articles - Current Events
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...
by Greg Caruso | Jun 23, 2021 | 11 - Accounting Issues with Small and Very Small Businesses
Have you ever asked yourself: how will I ever clean up this financial statement mess for a business valuation? You are not alone. Many small companies have notoriously improper financial records and error filled financial statements. This is often caused by a lack of...
