find a business' value by discounting risks to earnings. Russ Brown joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how to value a business by discounting future earnings against potential risks that could derail them.

Future earnings should not be part of a business' value? Russ Brown joins Jim Blasingame to explain how to consider future earnings as part of the valuation process of buying a small business.

Have you made plans for divesting of your small business? Russ Brown joins Jim Blasingame to recommend that every small business owner develop an internal succession plan.

What steps have to be taken to pass your business to the next owner? Russ Brown joins Jim Blasingame with tips and best practices on the process of grooming a member of your team to take over your small business when you’re ready to retire.

How does a business owner get paid when selling to internal purchasers? Russ Brown joins Jim Blasingame to ideas on how to structure a payout plan as part of an internal business succession transaction with managers or family.

What value does a buyer place on a business' intangible assets? Russ Brown joins Jim Blasingame to discuss tangible and intangible assets of a business and how they impact a business' valuation.

How much is your website worth? Russ Brown joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the evolution of intangible assets from patents to websites, and the challenges buyers and sellers face in their valuation.

Will your bank give you collateral credit for your intangible assets? Russ Brown joins Jim Blasingame to discuss why banks must begin recognizing intangible assets as business assets and bankable collateral.

Traditional financing for business acquisitions has evaporated. Russ Brown joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the current challenges in acquiring financing for buying a small business.

Here's good news if you want to sell your small business. Russ Brown joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the emerging business acquisition secondary financing industry.