Blogs and Resources
Seven Layers of Successful Relationships
Short Description: Do you ever wonder how some people get along with everyone and have genuine fulfillment and happiness within their life? It’s not that they’re better than you. It’s that they took the...
Podcast with Nataliya Kalava and Dino Eliadis – Business Growth Simplified
Written By: Nataliya Kalava and Dino Eliadis Ms. Kalava is the founder and president of American Valuations. Nataliya has over ten years of experience in the field of finance. Dino...
Small Business Lending – SBA Valuations
Key Concepts for Valuing Businesses for U.S. Small Business Administration Loan Programs “People don’t recognize opportunity because it looks like risk.” – Brad Lea According to the Small Business Administration (“SBA”), in the United States, there are over 31 million...
Valuation Considerations for Non-Fungible Tokens or NFTs
What is a non-fungible token? Recently, the media has seemed to catch on to the new(ish) invention – NFTs. Even the recent episode of Saturday Night Live (SNL) has featured an entertaining segment explaining the nature of NFTs to the rhythmic beat of the Eminem song....
Valuation Insights
Our legal view highlights one of the latest lawsuit cases filed by the Caesars Entertainment group for business interruption due to COVID-19 and their legal battle with the insurance company. In addition, our industry spotlight covers apartment and residential...
Culture’s Role in Long Term Success
I wish you could have been with me in Atlanta last year for our High Performing Culture Summit. It brought together a very engaged but varied group of over 100 people from around the country. There were practitioners like PathFinder Group as well as about 30 family...
How Does Your Business Compare
Short Description When considering the value of your company, there are basic value drivers to examine. While it is difficult to place specific importance on0 each one, it is possible to make a "ballpark" judgment or assign relative importance to each. Description...
The M & A Slot Machine– Gamble at Your Own Risk
Short Description What’s the difference between traditional casinos and the risks in mergers & acquisitions? A new type of slot machine – The M & A Slots. Description All business owners eventually face the prospect of transferring ownership of their business....
Business Growth and Succession – Similarities to Human Development
Short Description Business phases are often compared to the stages of growth human beings experience as they mature. Description Business phases are often compared to the stages of growth human beings experience as they mature. Both businesses and people are born, go...
The Pot is Heating Up. Is Your Company the Frog?
Short Description Is your company the proverbial frog? Is your business relaxing in the changing environment? Description Remember the story of the frog in a pot of water on the stove? If a frog falls into a pot of hot water, it will immediately jump out. But if the...
Business Succession Do You Have A Saleable Business?
Short Description Deciding whether to sell the family business can be as much or more of a difficult decision than the decision that was initially made to invest time, effort, sweat and tears, and net worth in the business. Description Deciding whether to sell the...
Family Business Succession – A Written Code of Conduct May Pave the Way
Short Description Many business owners struggle with the decision to keep or sell the family business due to a lack of apparent successors. Procrastination is a common issue in family businesses and should be expected. Description Many business owners struggle with...
Business Growth Simplified: How to Rapidly Create a Self-Sustaining Business
Short Description This book reveals the 5 stages of business maturity and 8 factors that influence your ability to navigate the journey. Description This book is meant to help small business owners realize the life independence and financial freedom they dreamed of...
Stop Thinking About Your Business Like a Job
Have you owned your business for more than 5 years? If you answered YES, then next I would ask you “do you still work in your business day-to-day? If you answered YES, then I would ask you “WHY?” First and foremost, I can tell you your business is worth less than you...
Can I sell my business in 2021?
Can I sell my business in 2021? Many business owners, like you, want to know. Many business owners are trying to understand how 2020 will affect their business value. Owners are more concerned than ever before for some of the reasons listed below. However, there are...
Top Tier Executive Leaders Are Influential
Top tier executive leaders are influential in known and unknown ways. The problem is that they tend to believe that their influence on others is based on known transmissions which often disguise from them tacit powerful messages that often work at cross-purposes with...
Business Success Through Self-Knowledge by William D. Anton PhD
Description Knowing is Growing Do you believe your deepest aspirations are hidden from you? Did you know that disconfirming experiences can create slight shifts that unlock the door to your unrealized potential? Do you know how to become more effective at influencing...
Ascend by William Anton
Description Ascend is an innovative book embedded with powerful tools for leaders and offers an engaging way to share the path toward personal transformation with everyone. It presents a captivating allegory that helps leaders identify and breakthrough long-standing...
Are You Selling Your Business?
By Michael C. Valdez, CFP® Selling your business? Economic conditions over the last 10 years have distracted many successful business owners, making it difficult to stay focused on business operations and future succession plans. The time has come to begin selling or...
Stock Sales & Seller Financing
A Recipe for Rescission of M&A Transactions Dan Maloney CPA CFP® CM&AA CBI With the credit environment continuing to challenge small businesses and tax law change proposals continually in the headlines, stock sales used for seller financing continue to be...
Lessons from Ascend | May
LESSONS FROM ASCEND FOR MAY 23, 2017 Posted by William D. Anton, Ph.D. in Lessons from Ascend Most of us experience only a fraction of our potential and retain our early parental (and other) injunctions in the timeless part of our mind. Even though it’s silent, this...
What’s your business worth?
For What It’s Worth - Know Your Business’s Value By Dan Maloney CPA CFP CM&AA CBI Business worth or valuation –The Eye of the Beholder Strikes Again “Fair market value” or business worth is often defined as the amount at which property would change hands between a...
Business Self-Sustainability Gives You More Choice for Success
In business self-sustainability, the business owner is removed from the operation and management aspects of the business while allowing the business to continue generating a profit. Succession is the term frequently associated with business self-sustainability. Some...
Recent Comments