7/03/2008

Insider knowledge on evaluating high-tech companies




















In valuing a high tech business, of course innovative technology is sexy, it gets people excited, but technology alone will not make a winning business. To put your money in a right basket, you need to identify and understand the environment of the company.
And you cannot know too much about them!

Join us to the following event to hear from the best speaker in town on business valuation!

Valuing High Technology Companies - Secret Formulas Revealed


Monte Jade Science and Technology Association(Southern California)Dinner Forum

Event Chair: Julian Chan, Esq.
Event Co-chair: Lulu Wang


Nevin Sanli, ASA President and co-founder of Sanli Pastore & Hill, Inc

ABOUT THE TOPIC: Understanding how investors and other business people value a high-tech company is often a mystery to most, but key to raising money and setting the expectations between investors and management with regard to any successful business.

Mr. Sanli will speak on the various methods for valuating a business. This should be an essential topic for anyone seeking to build a business, invest in one, or simply understand how such things are viewed. We encourage people both familiar and unfamiliar with the concepts to attend.

We encourage entrepreneurs, angel and venture capital investors, CFOs and all others to come.

ABOUT THE SPEAKER: Nevin Sanli is President and co-founder of Sanli Pastore & Hill, Inc. He has valued over 1,500 businesses during his career. He specializes in providing fairness and solvency opinions on transactions and expert witness testimony in litigation cases involving business valuations and lost profits. He frequently speaks on business valuation to professional organizations. He has testified over 50 times in trial and over 200 times in deposition.

As California’s premier business valuation and appraisal services firm, SP&H offers valuations services to public or privately held companies with less than $1 Billion in sales located in the Western United States. SP&H has worked extensively within the technology, health care and life sciences sectors, which includes, but is not limited to, the following:

Technology:
Distribution of computer equipment
On-line College degrees and classes
Software for voice over internet applications
Data warehousing, database management
Web service management and servicing/ISP provider
Drug testing laboratory
DNA chip manufacturer
Medical testing equipment
Pharmaceuticals and nutritional supplements
I.P. for medical 4D imaging
REGISTER NOW

WHEN: Wednesday, July 16, 2008, 6:30pm

WHERE: Empress Harbor Seafood Restaurant 111 N. ATLANTIC BLVD., #350 MONTEREY PARK, CA 91754 (Intersection of Atlantic Blvd. and Garvey Blvd.) Tel: (626) 300-8833
COST (including dinner): $25 for members, $30 for non-members and $15 for students with ID who RSVP by July 11; $35 for ALL after July 11

RSVP: For additional information, please contact Enita Chow at (626) 799-1626 or enita@cpaus. com