Short presentation to a group of owners on Business Valuation

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February 16, 2025

by an intermediary from High Point University in O'Fallon, MO, USA

There are many factors that determine fair market value for a business, including financial and non-financial factors. Buyers tend to covet businesses (and pay more for them) when there is a high degree of owner freedom. Here is a short presentation we made to a group of area business owners on how to think about 8 primary factors that influence business value:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1L6HJVMD7r0&t=5s

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Reply by a searcher
from The University of New Mexico in Salt Lake City, UT, USA
That’s a good discussion Steven. Thank your for sharing.

One take away that comes to mind as Searchers is that post acquisition it is important to strive to build into the business the characteristics that we previously used to evaluate potential acquisitions.

Those characteristics are timeless and produce value for us when the next acquirer views our business.
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Reply by an intermediary
from High Point University in O'Fallon, MO, USA
Couldn't agree more. It's rare to find a business that does well in all aspects, particularly at the price points most searchers are focused on. Thus, if you focus on building valuation once you do make an acquisition, this will allow you to build equity faster.
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