Factors to Arrive at a Value that are Beyond the Three Approaches This article addresses valuations for buy/sell transactions with private buyers and private sellers. A business owner calls and says: I want to sell my business. Can you tell me what it’s worth? Thousands of these transactions are occurring daily. But before you go any further, stop and ask more questions. As business valuators, we are conditioned to crank out conclusions of value based on a pre-set series of steps like the hitch-hiker’s guide to the galaxy; the meaning of life, the universe, and everything is 42! But what…