by Greg Caruso | Sep 8, 2021 | The Market Method of Business Valuation, Valuation Basics, What Is My Business Worth?
Gregory R. Caruso, JD, CPA, CVA Business valuation market method multipliers are useful as rules of thumb or sanity checks on business valuations, calculations, and estimates. Below, I include many small business multipliers and industry multipliers such as...
by Greg Caruso | Aug 30, 2021 | Valuation Basics, What Is My Business Worth?
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 | Assessing the Company, Assisting the Small Business Buyer or Seller, Small and Very Small Businesses vs Larger Businesses
“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 10, 2021 | Business Valuation, Uncategorized
Here at Art of Business Valuation, Harvest Business, LCC, we evaluate businesses for a variety of reasons, including Small Business Administration (SBA) loans and Estate and Gift Tax planning. Here is a brief summary of a three recent business valuations by the...
by Greg Caruso | Aug 4, 2021 | Details for Business Valuators, How to Review a Business Valuation, 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 | Jul 28, 2021 | Assessing the Company, Details for Business Valuators, SBA 7(a) Loan
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...
by Greg Caruso | Jul 21, 2021 | Assisting the Small Business Buyer or Seller, What Is My Business Worth?
There are a variety of reasons why businesses need to get a valuation. One of the most common is for SBA 7(a) loans, but they can also be used in getting other loans, or for succession planning, exit planning, and value growth. Here are three different recent business...
by Greg Caruso | Jul 19, 2021 | Uncategorized
Presented by Gregory Caruso. Thank you for having me. The attached slides are available in conjunction with our SBA 7(a) Loan – SBA Business Valuation Presentation. Note, the SBA often refers to business valuations as SBA business appraisals. In our SBA Business...
by Greg Caruso | Jul 14, 2021 | What Is My Business Worth?
Employees are all over the news for demanding flexibility and better employment terms. For many businesses, employees are both the largest cost and the source of most of the intangible business value. Here is a primer on how employees and your business’s intangible...
by Greg Caruso | Jul 7, 2021 | Business Valuation, Educational Opportunities, Recent Articles - Current Events
Let’s say you are doing a home renovation. You’d expect the professionals you hire (from the carpenter to the plumber) to actually be able to do the work you need. When we hire any professional for any task, we expect them to be professionals who can do...
