Reed Phillips was interviewed about his book, QuickValue, by Mark Gandy on his excellent podcast CFO Bookshelf

Interview Highlights

• “Sylvester, will you take 7.5x for your company?”
• Quick Value’s better approach to the one-off valuation process.
• A process with no complex calculations.
• Reed’s origin story and how this book came to be.
• A tool that can replace the annual strategic planning process.
• The new rules for understanding, creating, and protecting business value (see page 29 in the Kindle version).
• An outsider is unnecessary for this process (although Mark would jump at the opportunity to have Reed as a sounding board).
• Identifying 8-12 value drivers from a list of 45 (listed in the book).
• Three great questions for every leadership team.
• Narrowing this list differs from the ‘S’ in a SWOT analysis.
• Reed describes the entire three-step process of Quick Value.
• Theme parks need to be cautious when using Disney as a comparable company.
• Why public company vs. deals in private company databases?
• Examples of special situations.
  

Listen to the podcast: https://cfobookshelf.com/quick-value/

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