Being a business owner can be all-consuming with no time to think about life-after-business. And yet, when you exit the business you find those 60 hours weeks are now left with…what exactly? Those highs and lows you get from the business are replaced with golf and… It’s said that people retire and go through the … Read More
by Bruce McGechan
So how do you value a private business in New Zealand in these covid19 recession times? It’s not simple. The process I suggest is to: work out if your business truly is a going concern forecast your earnings and balance sheet during and post-shutdown analyse the risk of those future earnings in the coming years … Read More
by Bruce McGechan
This article outlines approaches to valuing a new venture from a venture capital (VC) perspective. It attempts to help early and late-stage start-up entrepreneurs value their business when raising equity. At its heart business valuation is the sum of the discounted future cash flows. Easy to say, or write, in practice it’s difficult. Difficult for … Read More
by Bruce McGechan
28 January 2020 My guest for this show is Simeon Burnett of Snowball Effect, a crowd funding platform and private equity marketplace. We discuss the crowd funding and equity raising landscape. Snowball Effect tends to work in the post-earnings post start-up stage of companies rather than the start-up and rewards part of crowd funding. Simeon … Read More
by Bruce McGechan
This article is for those valuing a share sale for a mid-market private business. It is crucial to understand the offer’s net asset position at settlement before you can understand the total value of a share offer to the seller or buyer. Mid-market business prices are usually expressed as “Price plus SAV” (stock at valuation). … Read More
by Bruce McGechan
Episode 7 of the Curious Kiwi Capitalist Podcast 12th December 2019 My guest for this episode is Lance Wiggs, Manager of the Punakaiki Fund, a Venture Capital fund. We discuss the New Zealand venture capital landscape and how a venture capital firm operates. Lance takes a different approach to most VCs in how he has structured … Read More
by Bruce McGechan
25 September 2019 My guest for this show is John Shewan—former chair of PWC, and serving Adjunct Professor of Victoria University and independent director. In this episode we discuss: Why the Capital Gains Tax (CGT) 2019 recommendation failed Lessons from tax reform through the decades including: –the rebellion against Muldoon’s tax rates, –wide support and … Read More
by Bruce McGechan
13th September 2019 My guest for this show is Ian Frame, retired CEO of Rangatira Investments, a long-term private equity firm. In this episode we discuss what is a private equity firm, what’s their fees, investors and strategy the difference between classic private equity (PE) firms and long-term PE firms what sort of investments they’re … Read More
by Bruce McGechan
To remarkably little coverage (or PR fanfare) the New Zealand “Capital Markets 2029” report came out on 10 September 2019. Kris Faafoi, the Commerce Minister, seemed to kick it for touch (NBR interview) which means it will now wait a National government I guess, or perhaps he is waiting on MBIE to digest the 101 … Read More
by Bruce McGechan
27th August 2019 My guest for this show is Richard Higham. Richard is one of the top business academic practitioners in New Zealand history. He has not only experienced but researched and studied entrepreneurship. He has run his own firm, consulted to corporates about entrepreneurship, and saw the start of venture capital in NZ before … Read More
by Bruce McGechan