Business Valuation Specialist
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THE VALUE OF ALMOST EVERYTHING HAS CHANGED.
"25 Factors Affecting Business Valuation" is now even more relevant, more reliable, more accurate, and so much more useful than any other system of Valuation.
Traditional Business Valuators, Commercial Real Estate Appraisers, Real Estate Agents, and Residential Appraisers
will give you all the comparables and "PROVE" to you with graphs, charts and financial statements what a particular company, piece of commercial real estate, or residential property is worth.
THE SYSTEM OF "PROOF" they use is NO LONGER RELIABLE, RELEVANT OR TRUE and as redundant as a pay phone.
Reasons for a Business Valuation:
Example 1: Three partners have been working together for 7 years and now someone has to leave. This is a huge responsibility to find that correct measurement of value as it affects a lot of people’s lives. This allows me to really get into it and use all my knowledge and years of experience to find the right answer. Yes it sometimes keeps me up at night, but the end result is very satisfying for me.
Example 2:You are in a divorce situation and feel you are getting beat up. If my experience and knowledge are going to be able to make a big difference in your life, then this is something I could be interested in doing.
Example 3: You are considering buying a business. This is very often a huge challenge and my 30 plus years of experience in dealing with small business owners helps me to determine who is being honest, who’s information we might choose not to trust, and why. Again this work gives me the feeling of satisfaction when completed.
HOW ACCURATE ARE THE VALUATIONS:
EXAMPLE
A well known Lawyer was the executor to a rather large estate that had properties spread across Canada and the globe. These were mainly residential properties with some commercial property and one commercial property with an operating business. The executor ordered and received a separate appraisal on each of the different properties from certified appraisers near where the properties were located. Now the lawyer executor wanted to know the value of the whole group of properties together now that he had the individual appraisals. He hired the top appraiser from a prestigious appraisal firm in his area and paid a lot of money. He also hired me to do the same work using the same information at a cost of $4,800. The two multi Million Dollar Valuation Reports came back at within 1% of each other in late fall of 2019.
Fast forward to the spring of 2020. The coronavirus combined with the oil price collapse in Canada had changed values drastically. My proprietary valuation system of “25 Factors Affecting Business Valuation” allowed me to easily go in and revise the 2019 Valuation, and at a very low cost.
(March 2020)
Thank you Eric for your great work.
It was pleasant to work with you and I was happy with the result. I would definitely recommend
you to everyone who is looking to get business valuation. Thank you again for everything. Business
owner/designer Masha S.
Experience is the key factor. I have done hundreds of business valuations and my valuations have been
accepted by CRA and Court of Queen's Bench. Numerous divorce proceedings across Canada have been
concluded using my valuations, and filed with the courts. (including Quebec)
INCOME VALUATION
For those people who need Income Valuations done, I offer my experience dealing with thousands of small business owners across Canada. Hundreds of these were close business relationships forged over time. This combined with my credentials should put me at the top of any list for an INCOME VALUATION.
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25 Factors Affecting Business Valuation
VALUATION REPORT ACCEPTED IN COURT
Need a Bulletproof Business Valuation?
"I greatly appreciate the work Eric did on the Valuation of my company. It stood up in court. (April 2017) The Judge soundly admonished the Chartered Business Valuator who tried to contradict Eric's valuation. If someone needs confirmation and wants to speak to me, Eric has permission to release my number." (Antoine)
Second Opinion on a Questionable Valuation?
"We find that most small business valuators concentrate on Asset, Market, and Income approaches developed in the 1970's. These are generally easy to defeat in 2019 as most businesses are now made up of 75% or more in "intangible assets" these valuators neglect, or have no means, to properly measure.
Note that winning in court is not a guarantee and will require a lawyer with knowledge, expertise, wisdom and some skill in dealing with intangible asset value.
25 FACTORS AFFECTING VALUE
This is the key Point: If someone is presenting or proposing a valuation without taking these factors into consideration the valuation number is likely to be misleading and almost certainly not accurate for a small business.
Return on Investment is always my first and last consideration
Go to our page dedicated to Business Valuation to see profiles of some of our clients.
CLICK HERE to watch a short video clip with Eric Jordan explaining the valuation process.
Business Valuation:
$1,000 - $5,000
Logic with experience.
Valuations That Cost Less and Give More
Eric Jordan, Valuator
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1 800 606 0310
eric@pin.ca
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The niche we serve is Small Business Valuations with special expertise in understanding intangible assets that are often missed as they don't show up on the Balance Sheet. In addition to Financial Statements I take into account; processes, procedures, value of supply chain, value of distribution network, knowledge base of owner and employees, value of employees (cost of recruitment and training as a group,) value of client base, Internet presence and use, documentation and risk.
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VALUATION EXPERIENCE - ERIC JORDAN
CPPA - Detailed Experience
My name is Eric Jordan. I am a CPPA which means Canadian Personal Property Appraiser. There are over 700 CPPA's across Canada. I specialize in Business Valuations. The Canadian Personal Property Appraisal Group provides members a proper legal structure with which to do valuations. They do not give instruction on anything other than how to use the forms and templates they provide to make a legal appraisal or valuation report. I am providing the following information on my experience because experience is the key ingredient in my credentials and my experience is extensive, relevant and when combined with my proprietary system I describe in the book "25 Factors Affecting Business Valuation" allows me to deliver what many believe to be the most accurate small Business Valuation available in Canada today.
EARLY LESSONS
I was born in 1952 in Southwestern Manitoba. Like many other boys that were born on a farm / ranch I was a member of the local 4H beef club. The Canadian 4-H motto is "Learn To Do By Doing". It was at the age of 12 to 15 that I received my first training in valuing or judging. My 4-H group provided a lot of training in judging cattle. Like business valuation the process involved many factors. I enjoyed this and did well at the judging competitions.
I got started in the construction industry at 16 learning about steel stud framing, drywall, drywall taping, acoustical tile, and other types of ceilings. I took training as an apprentice and at 19 years-old I was a sub trade foreman at the construction of J H Bruns Collegiate in Winnipeg Manitoba.
LEARNING TO LISTEN
I soon started my own business doing textured ceilings. I learned a lot of important lessons while running this business. The most important was learning to listen. I did specialized work. I would texture the ceilings in houses that were occupied as I had perfected a way to do this while protecting all the furniture and accessories in an effective and efficient manner. I would book work over the phone and set up a route that could take me from Manitoba to Alberta and back. One did not want to arrive at a house and find the work was impossible to do or that the owner was not likely to pay on completion. I was successful in that business. The key was to listen, listen, and listen. Asking the right questions and then listening carefully was critical to finding the correct information. Hearing the nuances became easy after a while. This is a very useful tool I use to this day while seeking information in the valuation process.
INTRODUCTION TO SMALL BUSINESSES
It was at about this time I got involved with the advertising business. I did advertising placemats across South Western Manitoba and Saskatchewan. If any of you are old enough and frequented Buddy's Steak Ranch on Albert Street in Regina, SK or Aunt Sarah's Restaurant in Brandon MB. you may remember my placemats with a character called "Prairie Tom" in the middle surrounded by squares of advertising.
I don't believe my creation died when I quit doing the placemats. A short time after that "Coffee News" publication started in Winnipeg, Manitoba and the character they use to this day looks amazingly similar to "Prairie Tom". I believe I at least partially inspired the creation of that very successful publication and I am very happy for that. The placemat advertising business put me into hundreds if not thousands of small businesses where I got to deal with the owners. Great experience for my future valuation career as my eyes were beginning to open as to what really happened in a small business. .
AUCTION BUSINESS - Learning to See
In about the same time period I had a mentor Charlie Salfries who was sure that I should be in the auction business. I ended up doing about six auction sales in 1980 and held an auction license in Brandon Manitoba. This was a real learning experience for understanding value and being able to see and feel how live events work. Nobody understands value better than auctioneers. When the Canadian Personal Property Appraisers Group started in 1995 most of the first members were auctioneers from across Canada.
ONE ON ONE - With Hundreds of Small Business Owners.
The next business I got involved with was the movie business where I owned several rental stores and operated a movie broker business. In those days movies were a sideline to almost any kind of small business. I walked into thousands of small businesses and introduced myself. Hundreds ended up dealing with me. During this two to four hour process of dealing with the client on these video tapes, I really started to learn about what happened in a small business. Not all of the money went into the till. These business owners were happy to have someone to confide in. They would tell me amazing ways they saved on paying tax and all sorts of quirks about their particular business and industry. My experience extended to the US, as I purchased movies from small businesses then leased and sold these movies back into Canada. From this experience I could now understand what really happens on the ground in a small business as compared to what shows in the financials. This was invaluable one on one experiences with hundreds of different business owners across all sorts of industries. One can never learn these things in academia and I have a real edge on those who don't have this type of experience, most especially those situations where bookkeeping is suspect or non existent.
PIN.CA - HELPING BUSINESS OWNERS ADVERTISE FOR BUYERS
Some video clients would tell me that they were selling so I should not leave movies with them as their business would be sold and gone by the time I was back in three months. My experience at that time suggested otherwise and I would ask them to just call me if they sold and leave the movies with a neighbouring business in the town. Two years later the business would often close down "unsold" and there would be an empty building for sale.
This is where I got the idea to set up an Internet showroom or catalogue of businesses for sale on the Internet. I was correct and the Pin.ca website has been successful helping business owners to find buyers for the past twenty years.
VALUATION
Working with hundreds of small businesses, advertising to the market place I got to understand about valuation. I had a client who was a Chartered Accountant who helped me to understand from the accounting industry viewpoint, how they look at valuing a business. I knew however that that was not the whole story. At about the same time I had a client who was a Resume Broker. He had a formula for getting inside his clients head and finding out what intellectual property they retained in their brain. He would write that into a resume and these people would easily find a job. I knew that same thing would work with a small business. A friend of mine Reid Nunn had spent a long time in the insurance industry and he taught me a lot about risk. Between those three things I was able to start to put the pieces together for doing an accurate business valuation and that was the beginning of the 25 Factors Affecting Business Valuation.
BITCOIN AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS
By 2013 I had my valuation process fairly well in place had spent thousands of hours researching intangible assets which I felt were the most valuable part of a small business. I was doing business valuations and I decided to test my process on the toughest intangible asset in the world "Bitcoin"
I purchased 78 Bitcoins and proceeded to test.
My process led me to believe the key element in Bitcoin was the "blockchain" and for the reason of the blockchain, I deemed that Bitcoin would have value in the future. I predicted $500 Bitcoin, $1,000 Bitcoin and the real possibility of much higher. I think everyone can agree my analysis was correct and Blockchain has proven valuable.
CPPA CERTIFICATION (National Accreditation)
This brings us to 2015. I had a formula and a lot of experience but I lacked the legal structure to present a business valuation to a court. That is when I reached out to the Canadian Personal Property Appraisers Group in London, Ontario. I got certified through them and became a CPPA. Now I had a proper legal structure for doing my business valuations. Canadian Personal Property Appraisers Group teaches you the legal structure you must use to produce a valid Valuation. The CPPA certificate for me now is really a moot point as my experience and the legal structure I use stand on their own.
BOOK AND FREE PDF
In 2017 I wrote the book "25 Factors Affecting Business Valuation" which gives a good overview of my proprietary process. It doesn't teach you how to do a business valuation but it does let you know what must be measured.
Send an email to eric@pin.ca and I will be happy to send you a free PDF of my book.
INCOME VALUATION
For those people who need Income Valuations done, I offer my experience dealing with thousands of small business owners across Canada. Hundreds of these were close business relationships forged over time. This combined with my credentials should put me at the top of any list for an INCOME VALUATION.
Experience is the key factor. I have done hundreds of business valuations and my valuations have been accepted by CRA and Court of Queen's Bench. Numerous divorce proceedings across Canada have been concluded using my valuations, and filed with the courts. (including Quebec)
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