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Reed Phillips is Chairman of Oaklins International, one of the world's largest mid-market M&A firms with 850+ investment bankers in 45 countries. His clients include Microsoft, TripAdvisor, WPP, The New York Times, Conde Nast, Oracle, Televisa, Deloitte, S&P Global, Deutsche Borse, Capgemini, Providence Equity, News Corp, Thomson Reuters, and Move.com. Phillips also co-founded Oaklins DeSilva & Phillips, a specialty investment bank for the marketing, media, information, and technology industries, which has completed nearly 350 M&A transactions, financings, and valuations. Charles Slack is a business and financial writer and award-winning author of four books, including Liberty's First Crisis: Adams, Jefferson, and the Misfits Who Saved Free Speech.

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Gain the competitive edge by conducting a valuation of your company every year-quickly, accurately, and inexpensively

Business leaders who know their company's value at any given moment are more likely to seize the competitive edge-especially these days, when adding digital capabilities can dramatically affect value. But most businesses drop the ball because traditional valuation is complex, time-consuming, and expensive.

Not anymore. Reed Phillips, Chairman of Oaklins International, one of the world's largest mid-market M&A firms, lays out a straightforward method for gaining a clear understanding of your company's current value in a fraction of the time and at a fraction of the cost of traditional methods. He walks you through three easy steps:

• Identify the key value drivers behind the company's value and rate them to develop a Value Driver Score.
• Perform a careful examination of comparable businesses, including their market-rate multiples for revenue and EBITDA.
• Put the results together to determine the value of the business.

QuickValue provides a clear, reliable way to determine your business's value in real time-transforming valuation from a reactive, defensive burden into an active, indispensable part of daily operations. Whether you're an entrepreneur, owner, executive, consultant, accountant, or M&A advisor, QuickValue provides the method you need to know the value of any company at any time.

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Foreword by Mike Perlis
Acknowledgments

PART ONE: GETTING READY
CHAPTER 1 Why Valuation Matters
CHAPTER 2 Understanding Traditional Valuation
CHAPTER Preparing Your Company for QuickValue

PART TWO: DISCOVER YOUR VALUE IN THREE STEPS
CHAPTER 4 Step 1. Find and Rate Your Value Drivers
CHAPTER 5 Step 2. Determine Your Multiples Range
CHAPTER 6 Step 3. Calculate Your Value

PART THREE: USING QUICKVALUE
CHAPTER 7 Special Situations
CHAPTER 8 Private Equity CEOs
CHAPTER 9 Guiding Your Strategy
CHAPTER 10 Selling Your Company

EPILOGUE The Company You Are Now
APPENDIX 1 Income Statement Adjustments
APPENDIX 2 Resources for Finding Your Industry's
Public and Private Multiples
APPENDIX 3 Additional Resources

Notes
Index