Business Valuations

[ad_1] May 8, 2018 4 min read Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. If I asked you the question “How much for an hour of your time?” would you reflexively know the answer? If I were a betting man, I would lay odds that almost everyone reading this wouldn’t …

[ad_1] Raising capital isn’t easy, but luckily you can make all the right things ahead of time to be good to go when opportunity knocks. Fortune favors the prepared founder. February 20, 2018 4 min read Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Advances in technology have given way …

[ad_1] Your personal brand is your calling card for attracting like-minded people who will believe in your message. Whether you are a freelancer, startup or you just received your first round of financing, the effort you put into your personal brand directly affects how others perceive the value of your …

[ad_1] Billionaire investor Warren Buffett once told an audience at a business school graduation that business valuation was the most important course that they could take. He’s right — understanding the worth of your business gives you a tool to measure profit, achievement and loss. Business value should form the basis …

The $10 Billion Club: Meet the 7 Most Valuable Startups in the U.S   Over the past several years, we’ve seen a rise in private companies valued at more than a billion dollars — the so-called “unicorns.” But when too many startups became unicorns, a new class of startups emerged: “decacorns,” companies …

[ad_1] Reader Resource Apply now to be an Entrepreneur 360™ company. Let us tell the world your success story. Get Started » This week marks Amazon’s 20th anniversary as a public company, and the ecommerce giant has something to celebrate. Before the market opened on Monday, Amazon was valued at …

[ad_1] Reader Resource Apply now to be an Entrepreneur 360™ company. Let us tell the world your success story. Get Started » This week, Apple was valued at more than $800 billion. It marked the first time that the company’s market capitalization ever reached that figure, breaking its own record …

[ad_1] “What’s your business worth?” is a difficult question to answer, especially for small businesses. In fact, according to a 2014 IBISWorld report on “Business Valuation Firms in the U.S.,” 98 percent of business owners don’t know the value of their company; those that do tend to be large companies that have the …

[ad_1] Mobile payments company Square Inc is set to price shares for its initial public offering late Wednesday in what is expected to be a harbinger for how other highly valued tech companies are received in their public debuts. San Francisco-based Square, run by Twitter Inc Chief Executive Jack Dorsey, …

[ad_1] Snapchat, maker of a free mobile app that lets users send videos and messages that disappear in seconds, is struggling to gain traction with advertisers, fuelling investor concern that its $16 billion valuation isn’t justified by a business that hasn’t yet shown it has a steady source of income. …