Rhythm Systems

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Every company should have a brand promise that it makes to its customers. The promise should differentiate you in your market and support the sales process by making it easier to close deals. The first step in developing your brand promise is to identify and define your core customer.

Marketability 59

Marketability 59

Startup Valuation Blog

MARCH 15, 2022

4. Brand Name. You might think that brand name does not affect the success of your startup, but that thought is completely wrong. Your brand name is the thing that represents who you are and what you do with your products. A client will never be attracted to a common brand name that has no thought to it.

Start-ups 100

Start-ups Marketability Business Enterprise Firm Value 100

Value Scope

JULY 21, 2020

The challenge is that it is difficult to value things that are not clearly defined and measured, with some sort of consensus. As more and more ESG investing happens, there will be more and more scrutiny as to how a fund defines its ESG qualifications. The time has come for ESG to be an asset that can be defined, measured, and valued.

Intangible Assets 130

Intangible Assets Beta Alpha Unlevered Beta 130

Equilest

MAY 12, 2023

Assets can be defined as the economic resources owned or controlled by a business that has the potential to generate future benefits. Asset-Light Businesses: Asset-light businesses, on the other hand, have a higher proportion of their value tied up in intangible assets such as intellectual property, brand reputation, or human capital.

Business Valuation 40

Business Valuation Intangible Assets Finance Marketability 40

IVSC

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

This quote, attributed to Dale Carnegie, encapsulates the problems of valuing intangibles: they are hard to define, even harder to measure, but are becoming increasingly important to investors’ understanding of a business’s performance and prospects. Intangible intangibles are easy to describe, but hard to define. Dale Carnegie.

Discounted Cash Flow 252

Discounted Cash Flow Intangible Assets Marketability Price to Book 252

Brian DeChesare

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Multi-manager hedge funds promise investors solid risk-adjusted returns with low volatility; no matter what the broader market does, you’ll make money if you invest in them. You get brand-name recognition since everyone knows Citadel, Bridgewater, Millennium, Point72, etc. There are many job openings due to the high turnover.

Start-ups 90

Start-ups Beta Marketability Comps 90

Musings on Markets

OCTOBER 19, 2021

I believe that the "materiality principle", as defined by accountants, is diluted by measuring it in terms of impact on net income and the fact that accountants tend to be naturally conservative in measuring that impact.

Start-ups 70

Start-ups Banking Marketability Technology 70