Book description
Dramatically increase your wealth and secure your retirement by unlocking the “real value” hidden in your business.Whether you’re looking to attract investors, sell your company, retire in style, or reach a new level of success, maximizing the value of a business should be the heart of all operational and longer-term strategic planning. But how do you identify and focus on those factors that improve value while reducing risk?This insightful book by business valuation expert and international bestselling author, Richard Mowrey shows you exactly how to use the information in your valuation report to take meaningful stress-free steps toward financial freedom as well as personal and business success.Who is this book for?How Can I Increase the Value of My Business? was specifically written to help business owners and their advisors who want to:• Discover exactly what really impacts a business’s worth• Learn what specific operational focus matters most to potential business investors• Deploy value measures to accelerate major value increases• Understand and reduce the potential loss of value in an “unplanned” ownership transfer• Reduce the risks as seen through the eyes of prospective buyers• Reduce operating risks that can negatively impact transaction valuesFor more than three decades Certified Management Accountant and Certified Business Appraiser, Richard Mowrey has built a reputation as an expert in the valuation and the ownership transfer of privately held businesses. His direct, conversational approach has provided invaluable guidance to business owners that has dramatically increased the value of their businesses. The examples in this book are an extension of the methods Mowrey uses with his private clients to ensure owners fully understand valuation principles and how to impact value drivers.This book shows you how to:• Cultivate a value planning environment to optimally use new-found business intelligence• Examine and benefit from your business’s primary value drivers• Find hidden assets that can contribute to your financial goals• Deploy the Gordon Growth Model as you start the planning journey• Quickly gain momentum toward better estate, financial and business planningYou’ll learn why it is important to understand the basics of business valuation and readiness assessment—both qualitative and quantitative. By systematically measuring and increasing the value of your business you can aim at the valuation target needed to fill your long-term retirement financial gap. Preparation for the future based on a current valuation report when used effectively, will pay big, big dividends!This easy to read book also addresses:• The mindset required to break away from the pull of daily business issues• How big a difference an early focus on value assessment can make to your family• How small improvements in multiple business areas combine to dramatically increase value• What you should know about the “transferability pyramid” to foster continuous improvementsFor any business owner, there are sometimes more questions than answers about how to create a “value-building” blueprint they can use. How Can I Increase the Value of My Business? offers a time-tested approach to answer those questions and to put any business owner on a path to consistently increase the value of their business.
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Playing a wide variety of audio formats
Works on all devices with iOS 13 and newer
Huge amount of features for a small price
Frequent updates to add new features and improve existing ones
Advanced playback controls
Live sound processing
Changing the timbre of the reader's voice and noise reduction
Translated into more than 20 languages
If you love listening to fiction audiobooks, ListenBook has features to make the process easier.
Edit book data: title, author, cover
Use equalizer to make the sound comfortable for you
Adjust the playback speed
Enjoy dark and light app themes
Supported formats: MP3, M4B, AWB, FLAC, OGG audio files and many more (must be DRM free)
Auto-Bookmarks make it easy to find your place
AirPlay support allows redirection of audio output.
VoiceOver support
Dark mode for night owls
Convenient bookmarking system helps you mark the most important places.
Unlimited bookmarks for each audiobook
Put your own cover on the wager
Share your audiobook with friends
Lock-screen control
Customise app with extensive options
Sleep timer with shake to reset, set custom notification sounds, and a few unique options
Auto rewind depending on paused time, customize rewind times to your liking
Removing background noise from recordings made in classrooms and meetings
Changing the timbre of the reader's voice for a better listening experience