About this episode

The episode discusses the relationship between profit and business value, explaining how different factors can affect a business's valuation.

Is chasing higher profits actually making your business worth less? While profit is essential for survival, it’s only one part of what makes a business valuable. Bruce and Peter explain why two businesses earning exactly the same profit can have vastly different valuations, how business valuation multiples really work, and why investing in people, systems and management can dramatically increase what your business is worth. Using practical examples, including farming, Amazon, SpaceX and real ...

People in this episode

Hosts: Bruce, Peter

Topics covered

• profit
• business valuation
• business value
• investing in people
• business systems
• management

Keywords

• profit
• business value
• valuation multiples
• investing
• management
• systems
• entrepreneurship

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Amazon, SpaceX

Places: farming

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