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If you're looking for investors or want to sell your business, you must determine its value. Follow these four steps to calculate it. Most entrepreneurs put their hearts into their businesses; but, ...

Before it took over her life, Leila Gharani mostly took Microsoft Excel for granted. She was working on a process optimization project for a large paper-products manufacturer—a job that, to hear her ...

NPV calculates profitability using all projected cash inflows and outflows, considering time value of money. A positive NPV suggests a profitable project; a negative NPV suggests a loss. NPV's ...