April 10th, 2009
Getting to the Equity in Your Business
Many business owners today are looking at their business to determine the value and how it can be extracted. There are two very different aspects to getting the money out ? income and equity. And in terms of the “illiquid? part of a business, it’s important to have a concept of equity beyond just the cash that flows from the business to the owner.
Many business owners today are confronted with assessing the value of what they have or, more appropriately, may have left in their privately-held businesses. Consequently, most business owners are looking at their business to determine the value and how it can be extracted. This is a part of the exit planning process.