Insights for South African business owners.
Practical writing on valuation, due diligence and getting deals done — from the questions clients actually ask.
Articles on valuation, diligence and doing deals.
Written by MJ Hartman for South African business owners — practical rather than academic.
The salary that changed the valuation
How directors’ remuneration reshapes maintainable earnings in owner-managed businesses — three real valuation cases and what they meant for the numbers.
Understanding the essentials of company valuation
The five factors that actually drive what a business is worth, what a profit multiple really tells you, and how to prepare before anyone starts work.
Eleven uses for a private company valuation
Sales and acquisitions, raising capital, shareholder disputes, business rescue, tax and IFRS reporting — and why the purpose changes the exercise.
More articles coming
Pieces on due diligence, share versus asset sales and preparing a business for sale are in progress.
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