Beginner's Mind

#73: Bharat Kanodia - How to Value Unique Assets

April 29, 2022 Christian Soschner Season 3 Episode 14
Beginner's Mind
#73: Bharat Kanodia - How to Value Unique Assets
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Show Notes

Do you want to know how to value a company and what Julia Roberts has to do with it? Then listen to Bharat Kanodia in this episode number 73.

Valuation is one of the most difficult exercises in the startup world. How can you put a price tag on a company that doesn’t exist yet? Get help from an expert:

 Bharat Kanodia has valued over 2000 businesses and signed off on assets worth $2.6 trillion in value. He has appraised unique assets like the Golden Gate Bridge, Atlanta Airport, Uber, Airbnb, Yahoo!, Brooklyn Bridge, Mirage Casino LV, among many others. Bharat is the Founder of Veristrat, a company that helps startup founders and VCs by telling them what their companies are worth. He lives in the San Francisco Bay area with his family and enjoys sailing, golfing, skiing, and horseback riding.

 In this episode number 73 we are talking about:

➡️  The History of Entrepreneurship in San Francisco
➡️  Failure Culture
➡️  Julia Roberts
➡️  NFTs
➡️  And much much more...

Books mentioned in the Podcast:
Epic Businesses: https://amzn.to/3vMZI4E
Atomic Habits: https://amzn.to/3LtSlpb 

Do you want to reach out to Bharat Kanodia:

LINKEDIN:

INSTAGRAM: http://www.instagram.com/whatsitworthtv
TWITTER: https://twitter.com/whatsitworthtv
WEBSITE: http://www.veristrat.com
FACEB00K: http://www.facebook.com/whatsitworthtv
TEDx Speech: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zicGCnM8Hag

📝 Shownotes: tbd

🎙️ Youtube: https://youtu.be/w5_IXnNQSRU

🕒  Timestamps:
(00:00) Intro Bharat Kanodia
(04:00) History of Entrepreneurship in San Francisco
(07:08) Failure Culture on the West Coast
(08:40) The Startup Reality – 9 out of 10 attempts fail
(10:10) Veristrat – Corporate Valuations
(11:30) The Nature of Valuations
(15:31) How to Deal With Valuations in the Startup World?
(20:00) Valuating Companies on a Pitch Deck Basis
(26:50) Beeple’s Everydays NFT – How to Put a Price Tag on It
(32:00) The Valuation of Cryptocurrencies
(35:34) How to Put a Price Tag on Early Stage Drug Development Companies
(40:00) When Should Founders Start to get Professional Support for evaluating the company and their products?
(43:35) How to Put a Price Tag on Landmarks like the Eiffel Tower
(45:10) Life Habits of Successful Entrepreneurs
(47:00) Atomic Habits
(49:15) How to Reach Out to Bharat Kanodia

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