Business Valuation... Real Talk
Episodes
Valuations – The Gift That Keeps Giving
30 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What a valuation provides is a roadmap for future success, The future of securing funding, the future of having fair partner agreements, and a future ...
Why Not Now?
01 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Having an accurate valuation for your company, your estate or your exit strategy is critical. If not done correctly it could cost, you or your family ...
Tick Tock Valuations, Something Has to Give!!
23 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The clock is ticking! We are in the final stretch of 2025 and valuations still have the same challenges as it was at the beginning of the year: market...
An ESOP Company: The story behind starting and growing an ESOP Company
28 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we are going to talk about what happens when a company makes the exciting decision to become an employee-owned company with Christoph...
M&A Valuation 3 T’s: Taxes, Tariffs and Takeovers!
19 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Even though it feels like we have been in this whirlpool cycle so far in 2025, there have been a lot of interesting things happening in the Merger and...
ESOPs are creating a lot of buzz!
30 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Having ESOPs as an alternative platform for a potential exit strategy has gained a lot of momentum for a variety of reasons. This podcast explores thr...
One, Two, Three Go!!!!!
01 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Our current economic and market conditions have shifted a great deal in the first quarter of 2025. This shift has brought on both uncertainty and the ...
How Tariffs Affect Privately Held Company Valuations
31 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As the threat of tariffs hangs over businesses here in the United States, business values will continue to suffer. It can come from increased costs to...
Valuations New Paradigm Shift: FinTech
27 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The financial sector, once known for its inefficiencies and complexities, has undergone a revolutionary transformation with the rise of fintech startu...
Preparing Your Business for an Exit
30 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
To kick off 2025, we are going to discuss Preparing your Business for an Exit, with a special guest, Sankeetha Selvarajah. Sankeetha is the chair of M...
Valuing Cryptocurrency is like the Phoenix Rising from the Ashes
27 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The valuation of crypto assets (Bitcoin) has emerged as a critical topic owing to the growth in popularity and adoption of crypto assets. While many r...
The Day After
27 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
One of the most exciting things about receiving the final valuation report is to turn to page 3 – the value of the company. The truth is the real va...
Buyers Beware: The Dark Side of Valuation
30 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
There are certain things in the world of valuations, no two businesses are the same and neither are two valuations. If you are in the market to acquir...
ESOPS, if done correctly, everyone wins!
30 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Over the last several months there has been a big energy shift towards ESOPs. This episode will focus on what is driving this energy shift and what bu...
Higher Firm Value for Family-Owned Business
30 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Family-owned businesses are the backbone of the American economy. Studies have shown about 35 percent of Fortune 500 companies are family-controlled a...
Free Cash Flow: Why understanding it can create company value
23 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Cash flow issues and inadequate money management are consistently viewed as the top reasons why businesses fail. It is certainly vital to owners, foun...
Early-Stage Founders and the Capital they wish to have: Part 3 of 3 : The Hard Truth About Rasing Capital
28 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Something you should be aware of regardless of who you make that winning business pitch to, be it a bank, private equity group, venture capitalist, or...
Early-Stage Founders and the Capital they wish to have: Part 2 of 3: Why is raising capital important
27 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
For Founders and Early-Stage companies, raising capital is priority number one. Understanding why is the first step. Followed by understanding the typ...
Early-Stage Founders and the Capital they wish to have: Part 1 of 3
09 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
As we move further into the new year, as an Early-Stage Founder, it is important to understand where you go to raise capital and how you position your...
Family Limited Partnerships: Sunset is Coming
26 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
With the Tax Cut and Jobs Act sunset provisions in 2026 quickly approaching, FamilyLimited Partnerships have become a very popular vehicle for familie...
When it comes to Multiples, 2 plus 2 doesn’t always equal 4
31 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Valuation multiples provide a simple yet effective way to assess the worth of a business by comparing it to similar companies in the market. However, ...
Buying the Big Ticket!!!
17 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
As a sports fan, most if not all, have a dream of being a sports franchise owner. In this episode, being a minority owner in a sports franchise, may n...
The Most Important Tool in a Company Tool Box: Business Valuation
30 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Whether we are backtracking to 2019 or discussing it now in 2023, the most important tool in a company tool box to deal with partnership discussions, ...
The best kept secret, ESOPs (Employee Stock Ownership Plans)
27 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
When it comes to exiting a business, most are familiar with the big three: Sell to a third party, transfer to a family member or work until you close ...
The Legacy you desire to leave behind
22 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We spend our lives working hard, building relationships, but do we put that same amount of energy into how we want to leave our legacy? This episode i...
M&A 2023: Has it stalled, or is it getting ready for the next round?
03 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
2021, the M&A Market ran at a torrid pace. 2022 was a tale of two stories. The first half deal flow continued from the overflow of 2021. The sec...
Creating a path for your financial life
19 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
How do we continue to grow our wealth after you transition from one phase of your life to the other. When it comes to creating this path, learning how...
When is it time, to make that move!
03 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this month’s Business Valuation…Real Talk episode, Naja Muhammad, CEO and Owner of Insane Audio joins our host Stephen White, to discuss the pa...
The beginning
27 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 1: Business Valuation Basic TalkIn this episode, Stephen White, managing partner of Onyx Partners Group, a business valuation firm, will talk ...