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How Amazon Can Be a Blessing and a Curse

Acquirers are allergic to risk, which is why your dependency on a single supplier can drag down the value of your business.

A supplier could be a vendor who sells you raw materials, but it can also be a sales channel used to advertise and promote your wares. For example, if you get many of your sales from Google organic search, you likely live in fear that Google will change its search algorithm.

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Is This Hidden Factor Driving Down the Value of Your Business?

An Airbus A380 is a huge plane capable of flying up to 853 passengers from Houston to Dubai. It has four massive engines yet, amazingly, could stay in the air if three of the four were to fail. That’s the kind of redundancy you want if you’re one of the 853 souls who depend on the A380’s airworthiness for your survival.

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Why the Value of Your Business Goes Back to the Future 

As a business owner, you’re likely proud of the results you’ve achieved in the past, but when it comes to the value of your business, your future is critical. That’s why your growth potential is one factor we measure over at The Value Builder System™, where we calculate and help you grow your business’s value.

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Impact of recurring revenue on valuation

How $1 of Revenue Became Worth $7

Where sales are concerned, the past rarely predicts the future. A major competitor can enter the marketplace, and a once-hot product line can grow cold. The result? Your hockey stick-shaped growth trajectory can unexpectedly tail off — and with it, the long-term value of your business.

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Why Sticky Customers Matter

How much is a satisfied customer worth to your business? While statistics vary, one Bain & Co. study shows that increasing your customer retention rate by just 5% can increase your profits by between 25% and 125%.

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How Amazon Can Be a Blessing and a Curse

Acquirers are allergic to risk, which is why your dependency on a single supplier can drag down the value of your business.

A supplier could be a vendor who sells you raw materials, but it can also be a sales channel used to advertise and promote your wares. For example, if you get many of your sales from Google organic search, you likely live in fear that Google will change its search algorithm.

Read More ›

Is This Hidden Factor Driving Down the Value of Your Business?

An Airbus A380 is a huge plane capable of flying up to 853 passengers from Houston to Dubai. It has four massive engines yet, amazingly, could stay in the air if three of the four were to fail. That’s the kind of redundancy you want if you’re one of the 853 souls who depend on the A380’s airworthiness for your survival.

Read More ›

Why the Value of Your Business Goes Back to the Future 

As a business owner, you’re likely proud of the results you’ve achieved in the past, but when it comes to the value of your business, your future is critical. That’s why your growth potential is one factor we measure over at The Value Builder System™, where we calculate and help you grow your business’s value.

Read More ›
Impact of recurring revenue on valuation

How $1 of Revenue Became Worth $7

Where sales are concerned, the past rarely predicts the future. A major competitor can enter the marketplace, and a once-hot product line can grow cold. The result? Your hockey stick-shaped growth trajectory can unexpectedly tail off — and with it, the long-term value of your business.

Read More ›

Why Sticky Customers Matter

How much is a satisfied customer worth to your business? While statistics vary, one Bain & Co. study shows that increasing your customer retention rate by just 5% can increase your profits by between 25% and 125%.

Read More ›
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