Business Valuation Bluebook: The Entrepreneur's Business Valuation Resource

This book is a very basic, readable overview of small business valuation, which primarily offers the underlying theories and reasons behind different business valuation methods. It also includes a discussion of why one should be considering purchasing a small business in the first place. It does not include actual formulas or calculations that one would need for creating a specific value for a business, but rather gives you a working understanding of how small businesses are valued. If you would like a fairly enjoyable read on the basics of small business valuation theory then this book makes a good choice. If you are trying to come up with an actual value for a specific business, look elsewhere.