
Why Understanding Your Business's Value Matters (For Any Goal)
Most business owners guess what their company is worth, based on things like revenue or gut feeling. Buyers, lenders, investors, and potential successors don’t guess. They use specific criteria focused on reliability, predictability, and transferability to estimate what they would pay.
Whether you're planning for future growth, actively seeking financing, meticulously preparing for sale or succession, or desire greater clarity and peace of mind today, gaining this understanding is a non-negotiable, critical first step.
The Value Gap: What Owners Focus On vs. What Buyers Evaluate
📊 What Most Business Owners Focus On
🔍 What Buyers Scrutize to Determine Potential Value
- Risk: Customer concentration, legal, operational
- Systems & Processes: Documented, repeatable
- Owner Independence: Can it run without you?
- Predictability: Recurring revenue, stable cash flow
The Toolkit helps you close this gap.
The Business Value Toolkit is designed to bridge this gap. It provides the clarity needed to see your business through an expert lens, identify its strengths and vulnerabilities that impact its potential value, and equip you with a clear path to enhance that potential proactively.

A proprietary tool to estimate your business value using actual numbers, adjusted EBITDA, and risk-based multiples.

Clear, plain-language instructions covering valuation fundamentals, how to calculate/adjust your numbers, and how to interpret your results.

A guided assessment (25-Questions) to help you see your business through an expert lens - operations, financials, customers, and risk exposure.

Structured worksheets to summarize your findings, identify your top value gaps, and outline immediate, strategic steps to protect & grow your potential value.

You complete the toolkit within your private copy of the spreadsheet and a secure site for the questionnaire. We do not see anything unless you choose to share it.

All purchasers will receive free, automatic access to comprehensive video training for each lesson as soon as it is released. This will further enhance your learning experience.
Who the Business Value Toolkit is Designed For
This Toolkit is specifically built for established business owners like you who are ready to move beyond guesswork and gain a clear, objective understanding of their company's potential value and how to strategically increase it. It's ideal for owners who want to:

Understand what their business may be worth today

Improve profitability, reduce risk, and build stronger business foundation that increases its potential

Make smarter financial and strategic decisions based on real value drivers

Proactively prepare for future growth, financing, sale, or transition - on their terms
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🎉 DIY Toolkit:
Investment: $197 US (Future Regular Price: $397 US)
Access Includes: Toolkit Content (Text Guides, Calculator, Assessments for Value Estimation)+ Future Video Guides
Choose This If You Want: To work at your own pace using the comprehensive text guides & tools to estimate your value and plan improvements.
🎯 Guided Toolkit:
Investment: $397 US (Future Regular Price: $697 US)
Access Includes: All DIY Includes + 1-on-1 Strategy Session with Kevin (Help with Calc, Value Interpretation, Recommendations)
Choose This If You Want: Expert guidance to interpret your estimated value, get personaized recommendations, and tailor an action plan faster.


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Kevin Ballantyne, DMA, CBEC, CPA
Bio
Strategic advisor to entrepreneurs preparing for growth, transition, or sale
I'm Kevin Ballantyne. For over 39 years, I've worked in various finance leadership roles, including providing strategic financial guidance for diverse business units within a large organization. For the past 14 years, I've focused specifically on advising business owners like you, helping them gain clarity, increase profitability, and strategically plan for their future. This blend of experience - deep financial insight from large companies AND hands-on advising for independent businesses - gives me a unique perspective on what truly drives value at any scale.
I created the Business Value Toolkit because I saw a common need: owners required a practical way to understand their business's potential value and its drivers, tailored for their reality, without paying thousands for a professional valuation when it wasn't necessary. My mission at Copious Insights is to revolutionize the way small and medium-sized businesses achieve success, transforming their operations with accessible, actionable solutions. We aim to make significant business growth and owner freedom achievable for all SMEs, regardless of size or budget, so every business owner can realize their dreams and leave a lasting legacy.
If you choose the Guided Toolkit, you and I will personally walk through the tool together in a private, focused session via Zoom. Leveraging my experience in financial analysis and advising owners, I'll help you navigate the calculator with your specific numbers, provide expert interpretation of your results to understand your estimated value and key metrics, and work with you to identify the most impactful next steps for increasing your business's potential value and achieving your goals.
This Business Value Toolkit is also often the first step in a broader journey towards building a business that operates with greater Freedom Through Value. It provides the foundational understanding. In fact, the Business Value Toolkit is included as part of the full Freedom Through Value (FTV) Program. If you decide to join FTV later, you'll receive a discount equal to the price you paid for the Toolkit, ensuring your initial investment builds directly into your comprehensive journey. The Quick Wins Program is another option to consider where you will fast-track profit, cash flow, time and value improvement. This is also included in the FTV program.

Kevin Ballantyne
President Copious Insights Inc.
🎯 DIY Toolkit
Work at your own pace using the calculator, guides, and risk tools.
Limited Early Access Price: $197 US
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🤝 Guided Toolkit
(Includes a 1-on-1 Session with Kevin)
Get expert help completing the calculator, interpreting results, and identifying your next steps.
Limited Early Access Price: $397 US
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