How do you value equity in an early-stage startup? What is more valuable - cash or relationships?
What metrics can you use to value the equity contributions from different shareholders or funders?
These are some of the age-old questions that create unique challenges for SMEs and there may just be an answer .... Slicing Pie!
Slicing Pie is…
Current share incentive schemes are largely redundant due to poor equity market performance coupled with a changes to tax regimes. Many schemes are no longer fit for purpose as they will not achieve the objectives for the organisation concerned.
This has led to persistent underperformance and deep structural weaknesses at companies with professional management teams. The…
Current incentive schemes been rendered useless due to poor equity markets coupled with increasing regulation, tax and ineffective implementation. Many schemes are no longer fit for purpose as they will not achieve the objectives for the organisation concerned. This has led to persistent underperformance and deep structural weaknesses at companies with professional management teams.
Guy Addison…
Many high-growth South African businesses are unsure around how to value their equity - particularly if they are not generating revenue or cashflow - metrics which are typically used in company valuations.
The "Slicing Pie" or Dynamic Equity methodology is taking off in the US and is a great way for valuing your business.
Slicing Pie is…
We are once again partnering with the team from Leaderex and looking to celebrate South African innovation and technology developers.
On the evening of 3 September 2019, we will be hosting an event which will:
Showcase 6 technology start-ups that we are watching
Panel discussion with our tech entrepreneur and partner Guy Addison from…
One of the most contentious points when it comes to valuing a business is trying to work out which of the investors and team members contribute what… and more importantly, what those contributions are worth.
How do you measure the contributions of a non cash nature? If team members are not being compensated through salaries,…
As a data-driven platform, we spend a lot of time interrogating sentiment and search activity from our audience. In recent weeks, it has become apparent that there is an increasing amount of interest in business sales.
Some of the key phrases we track include:
- "Education business for sale"
- "Sale of business"
- "Business for sale Johannesburg"
-…
Entrepreneurs invest a significant amount of time and money into their business but when it comes time to exit, they find that they value they realise is far below what they think it will be.
Much of this has to do with the fact that entrepreneurs spend too much time working "in" rather than "on…
South African businesses need to start considering themselves as part of the global economy and putting in place structures that allow them to operate in a global marketplace. This was one of the key takeaways from the first “Value Forum” entrepreneur networking event hosted by Addison Advisory in conjunction with Peregrine Treasury Solutions, marketing consultancy…
How do you create and capture value in a high-growth business in South Africa? Is it worth it right now or better to look abroad? What is your business actually worth in the current market environment? How do you meet like-minded individuals who are passionate about contributing to the South African economy through innovation and…