October 21, 2020  Transaction Databases Use and Abuse

11:00 am 12:00 noon Eastern Time

Review of the most common transaction databases.

• What information is included in each database.

• Significant differences brokers need to know.

• Most common errors in use of transaction data.

Critical information brokers need to know to use the data correctly.

Speaker: Louis J. Pereira, MBA, CBI, CBA, ASA, CVA

Lou Pereira has over 27 years of relevant business valuation experience, including 12 years in corporate mergers and acquisitions, and 15 years in private practice.  Lou earned an MBA and holds CBA, ASA, CBI, and CVA credentials.  He is President of Merrimack Business Appraisers and the Herold-Lambert Group.  Lou is a faculty member of the AICPA, teaches degree-credited courses in Accounting and Finance at the university level, and testified as a business valuation expert in multiple venues.  He is an active member of the Board of Directors of the New England Business Brokers Association, a past member of the Board of Governors of the IBA, and member of the Board of Governors, course developer, instructor, and lead subject matter expert for the International Business Brokers Association