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How To Determine The Value Of A Small Business 

YoungUpstarts

So, unlike the assets and property, liabilities mean the things that cost the business money. There are two most common approaches which are used to figure the value of a business. The first is known as “the book value method.” This value directly depends on the earning capacity of your company.

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Financial Planning For A Recession

YoungUpstarts

One relatively pain-free step you can take early on is to review your vendors and make sure you’re not missing cost-cutting opportunities. You may have had the same vendors for a long time and not thought to negotiate lower prices or look around and see whether lower costs for similar products are being offered elsewhere.

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Airbnb S-1 (Part 1): So How Profitable Is This Thing Really?

View from Seed

Since inception this lodging marketplace (note 1) has enabled 825 million guest stays in over 200 countries with a cumulative booking value of more than $110 billion. Hotels generally don’t require any cash up front for a booking and vacation rentals typically require a partial deposit but not the full booking.

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5 Financial Concepts Every Startup Founder Should Know

The Startup Magazine

So you’ve started a business: you’ve made a great product, achieved product-market fit and have an extraordinary road map laid out. But to build a scalable business you need more than just product-market fit. Many lack intuitive financial sense that can help them build a great company once they achieve product-market fit.

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Should you include your sweat equity in a business plan?

Berkonomics

It extends the cash available for research and other necessary fixed costs and gives the fragile, young company more “runway” to get to breakeven. But that is a messy way to demonstrate that you are taking less than market wages from your company. Investors love it when entrepreneurs draw little or no money from their startups.

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Include your labor value in your plan.

Berkonomics

It extends the cash available for research and other necessary fixed costs and gives the fragile, young company more “runway” to get to breakeven. that is a messy way to demonstrate that you are taking less than market wages from your company. Investors love it when entrepreneurs draw little or no money from their startups.

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