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Business Valuation: Determining The Worth Of A Company

YoungUpstarts

Simply put, this approach lists a company’s total assets, deducts total liabilities, and determines overall value based on the difference between the two. Also referred to as Book Value . Market approach is a fairly fluid valuation in that it assesses value relative to previously valued transactions.

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Should you include your sweat equity in a business plan?

Berkonomics

Investors love it when entrepreneurs draw little or no money from their startups. That amount is almost always higher, much higher, than the amount budgeted for the entrepreneur. But that is a messy way to demonstrate that you are taking less than market wages from your company. What are you worth to the business?

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Include your labor value in your plan.

Berkonomics

Investors love it when entrepreneurs draw little or no money from their startups. That amount is almost always higher, much higher, than the amount budgeted for the entrepreneur. You could start by charging more for your executive salary, then paying out less in cash, accruing the rest into a payable amount due to the entrepreneur.

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VC Governance FAQ: (2) Especially now, when transparency is so important, why is limited financial information available from a private company?

Pascal's View

Putting that point aside, for a moment, what is absent is a quoted liquid market in their equity and debt securities, which means that the determination of the book value of those private companies is necessarily subjective.