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Exploring Business Valuation and Market Dynamics with Scott Gabehart (Ep. 32)

Exploring Business Valuation and Market Dynamics with Scott Gabehart (Ep. 32)

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Do you understand the true value of your company?

In today’s enlightening conversation, Mark Dorman talks with Chief Valuation Officer at BizEquity, Scott Gabehart to shed light on the complexities of business valuation. With Scott’s extensive experience and insight, this episode demystifies the valuation process and illustrates how BizEquity’s innovative platform is making accurate valuations accessible to businesses of all sizes. By jumping into the nuances of key performance indicators, the influence of interest rates on mergers and acquisitions, and the evolving landscape of the market, this podcast brings forth tools that may help you navigate the financial intricacies of business effectively.

Scott discusses: 

  • The critical role of business valuation for entrepreneurs and business owners
  • Understanding key performance indicators (KPIs) in valuation reports
  • Changing dynamics of buyer and seller power in negotiating deals
  • Advantages of Small Business Administration (SBA)
  • And more

 

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Scott is a Certified Business Appraiser and current Chief Valuation Officer for BizEquity. He has overseen the development of the patented valuation algorithm and related valuation report while ensuring that our industry and market data are current and relevant. For the past 20 years, he has been interacting with small business owners actively engaged in buying and selling companies of all types and sizes while teaching graduate level private firm valuation and authoring books including “The Business Valuation Book”.

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How Rising Interest Rates Impact Business Valuations with Robert “Brant” Hammer, Assistant Professor at West Virginia University (Ep. 24)

How Rising Interest Rates Impact Business Valuations with Robert “Brant” Hammer, Assistant Professor at West Virginia University (Ep. 24)

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Preparing to exit your business starts with understanding where your business’s value currently sits and how that value will impact your exit. How could market shifts impact that valuation?

In this episode, Mark Dorman speaks with Robert Brant Hammer, a finance professor at West Virginia University, on the current economic environment, focusing on interest rates, inflation, and growth. Brant explores how understanding what impacts business valuation relates to exit planning and what current business owners should review as the market shifts.

Brant discusses: 

  • What the current economic environment looks like from a number of perspectives
  • How rising interest rates impact business owners
  • The challenges of finding good deals in the current environment
  • Why business owners need to understand the impact of the market on their business valuation when preparing to exit
  • And more

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Robert Hammer earned his undergraduate degree in finance at West Virginia University and his M.S. Finance degree at West Virginia University. Prior to joining WVU full time, he spent 8+ years in industry, primarily banking and consulting, while also working as an adjunct finance faculty member for WVU. His specialties and areas of interest include business valuation, corporate finance, banking and disruptive financial technology, credit risk management, portfolio management system design, and bitcoin. He is a member of The Risk Management Association.

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