Entrepreneurs face issues related to buying an existing business, selling a business, buying a partnership interest in a business, and/or buying out a partner in the business--- all of these situations require an accurate valuation of the business. You will select a business organization that you have information on as to expenses, revenues, assets, and liabilities to determine your estimated valuation of the business using the various approaches mentioned in Chapter 7 (Chapter 5) of the textbook. Contact me if you are not able to locate a firm to do this assignment on and I can provide you with some choices of firms to value.

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Valuation methods basically fall into 3 categories: (1) asset-based, (2) cash flow capitalization, and (3) multiples.