Whether you are selling your small business, buying a business, or needing to determine the business value you face a number of exciting challenges along the way. This Guide outlines some of these challenges, offers suggestions on how to address them, and shows you where and how ValuAdder can help.

Business valuation essentials

What business valuation is about. The reasons for and ways of determining business value.

• Business valuation: the three approaches to measuring business worth
• The five steps to establish your business worth
• Business valuation: why and how to do it yourself
• Market-based business valuation: the stats, expert opinions or both
• Business valuation: to capitalize or discount?
• How to value a business with ValuAdder

Business valuation examples

How to value a business using a number of well-known business valuation methods.

• Business valuation based on cash flow and risk
• Valuation of business based on multiple of its earnings
• Valuing a business based on market comparisons

Selling your business

Tips and advice for selling your small business.

• The process of selling your business
• Preparing your company for sale
• What is my company worth?
• Managing the business selling process

Buying a small business

Tips on buying a small business.

• The process of buying a small business
  
• Searching for the right business to buy
  
• Researching your acquisition target
  
• Managing the business buying process
  
• Seller's Discretionary Cash Flow: Business Buyer's Best Friend
  

Preparing for business valuation

Steps and procedures to prepare for your small business valuation.

• Recasting company financial statements
  
• Recasting the Income Statement
  
• Recasting the Balance Sheet
  
• Worksheets for Financial Statement Adjustment
  

Valuing your small business

Need to determine your business value? Key points to consider in your small business valuation.

• Selecting inputs for the Multiple of Discretionary Earnings valuation
• Selecting inputs for the Discounted Cash Flow valuation
  
• How to build up the discount rate