AI Business Valuation vs. Hiring a Consultant – Which Do You Actually Need?
A professional business valuation typically runs anywhere from a few hundred dollars for a basic calculation to $5,000-$20,000+ for a certified appraisal and takes two to six weeks. An AI-powered valuation tool gives you a working number in minutes, usually for free or a small monthly fee. Neither is “better” in the abstract; they answer […]
What Investors Actually Check Before They Fund You
Before an investor asks about your story, they check three things: whether your numbers are real, whether they’re defensible, and whether they hold up under a worse-case scenario. Everything else in due diligence, the pitch, the market size slide, the team bios, comes after your financials pass that first look. Most fundraising advice focuses on […]