Introduction -- CHAPTER 1. Why you might need a business valuation -- 2. The basic concepts behind business valuation -- 3. Profit based approaches -- 4. Revenues based approaches -- 5. Asset bsed approaches -- 6. Discounted cash flow -- 7. Sector-specific approaches -- 8. Valuing intangible assets -- 9. An Art, not a science -- 10. What to look for in financial statements -- 11. Buying or selling a business.

Business Valuation: The Ultimate Guide to Business Valuation for Beginners, Including How to Value a Business Through Financial Valuation Methods contains real examples and talks about the "art" as well as the "science" of valuation. You'll also get a chapter that is focused on due diligence.

Once you've listened to this audiobook, you should have a good handle on how to value a business. Maybe you won't be a highly paid McKinsey consultant, but you'll have what it takes to know what a business is worth, and you'll have enough smarts to avoid the obvious traps and pitfalls, such as "dressing up" profits. That can make the difference between selling your business at a price that funds your retirement and coming up short - or the difference between buying a great business at a good price or paying over the odds for a moribund company.