Blood, toils, tears and sweat go into building our businesse; however their values are very rarely a direct product of our efforts. A recent bidding war between HP and Dell pushed the stock price of 3Par from $10.00 to $33.00 over a two week period. The company ultimately sold for $2Billion. It seemed that both HP and Dell decided that they needed a company that sold storage servers and were ready to pay far more than an independent valuation would have gotten 3 Par (the market had valued it at $700 million). Of course most businesses are not 3Par, and most business owners need to take numerous factors into account when determining the value of their business. Some of these are discussed below:
9 Factors that Affect the Value of Your Business
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