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July 21, 2022

How much is your Business worth?

For small business owners their business can be their most valuable asset. When it comes time to move on or retire selling the business can provide them with the financial means to do so. But what is a business worth? […]
June 28, 2022

Understanding Seller Discretionary Earnings (SDE)

Seller Discretionary Earnings (SDE) is also sometimes called the “Owners Benefit” and the terms can be used interchangeably. This is a key metric when it comes to valuing, buying and selling small. In this article I discuss how SDE is calculated. […]
July 8, 2014

Tips for Selling your Business

I am often asked by business owners “when should I start preparing to sell my business”. The startling answer is from the first moment you own it. The day you open the doors on your business is the day you […]
July 7, 2014

Multiple of Earnings – Business Valuation Method

In an earlier post I dealt with EBITDA a formula for determining the earnings of a business. Once we have determined the EBITDA or true cash flow of a business the next step to determining its value is to apply […]
July 6, 2014

Pricing a Business – the role of EBITDA

When engaged in pricing a business for sale we are concerned with two important numbers. EBITDA (Earnings before Interest, Tax, Depreciation, and Amortization). This figure represents the real cash flow of the business. We also will obtain a factor to […]