Business Insights

Stock Appreciation Rights

Picture a closely-held, family-owned company that has non-family members in key management roles.

The Fundamentals of Business Valuation: Monetary Wisdom

DCF Managing Principal Tom Decosimo published an article for Floor Focus magazine as part of their ongoing Monetary Wisdom series.

Business Valuation – The Appraisal Foundation, USPAP and Appraiser Qualifications

It was curious the other day to see a group advertising free “market-based” business valuations. As there is no such thing as a “market valuation”, nothing I have experienced in business life is “free”, and the group offering this service has no business valuation credentials, we thought a brief history and overview of business valuation standards would be in order.

Level, Standard and Premise of Value – Key Concepts in Business Valuation

Several years ago, we were asked to value a bottling company for the purposes of the Company acquiring the stock of a selling shareholder.

Trusted, Experienced, Connected

At Joseph Decosimo and Co., Joe Decosimo’s mission was to provide the very highest professional services to maximize the value of a business owner’s life’s work – their own business.

Maximizing Business Value Begins with a Plan

Our client took over his family’s manufacturing business in 2001.