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How to Value a Limited-Service Restaurant: What Buyers, Sellers, and Appraisers Need to Know

GCF Value

Specific risks kept the multiple below 3x, reinforcing the point that every business should be appraised on its own merits. Technology-Driven Operational Efficiency When used effectively, technology can increase volume and reduce cost. Invest in the Right Technology: Boost cash flow, don’t just add tools.

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Startup Valuation: Strategies for Early-Stage Venturees

RNC

Assigns monetary value to five risk categories (e.g., technology, execution). Proprietary technology or protected intellectual property (IP) adds defensible long-term worth. Calculates the pre-investment value by starting with the desired return and reversing the process. Useful when there’s little or no revenue.

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How to Find a Technology Services Firm to Buy: I Can’t Find the “Right Fit” to Acquire

IT Valuations

It’s a thorough examination of your two firms to determine the readiness for an acquisition, including a Calculation of Value and a close examination of the specific risks of doing a transaction. It’s one part technology fit. But it isn’t just that, It is also about customer care, your core values, and philosophy of business.

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Audit Committee Toolkit: Maximizing Value From Internal Audit

Audit Board

One of the main conversation points with the CAE should be on the organization’s performance in managing risks — although many CAEs spend the bulk of the meeting focusing on charts and graphs of the number of issues found by audit, usually grouped by priority. Department Update.

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2021 Audit Planning: Peer Review Insights

ThomsonReuters

The biggest deficiency that I see are teams that do not identify specific risks,” Shawn points out. “ The team goes in, understands the entity, but does not identify those risk. They may know about them, but they do not get them documented in the files. They do not get them documented in the engagement tools.” .

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Risk Management 101: Process, Examples, Strategies

Audit Board

Risk management as a discipline has evolved to the point that there are now common subsets and branches of risk management programs, from enterprise risk management (ERM) , to cybersecurity risk management, to operational risk management (ORM) , to supply chain risk management (SCRM).

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Dual-Track Processes: How to Turbocharge Your Exit

Cooley M&A

Relative to choosing a single exit strategy, a dual-track process tends to be more complicated and resource-intensive, while also posing some specific risks. Undertaking an IPO typically takes three to six months and a large part of the timetable is influenced by third parties who help prepare and review the offer document.

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