Looking at business performance and potential through an intangible asset lens focuses attention on the aspects of a business which are critical to future performance but which are not accurately reflected in financial statements or typical business disclosures. In this video Francis Milner, Chief Investment Officer of specialist intangible asset investment fund EverEdge Capital, shares…
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A brand is often a company’s most valuable asset, yet, many companies do not understand trademark law or trademark strategy and how these interact with brand, market and product strategy. As companies launch new products, enter new markets and geographies or establish new relationships, they often fail to ensure that their trademarks keep up with…
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oday, 80% of all software code today is open source That is software that was written by one individual but that is freely (or not so freely) available for use by other individuals. Open source code has major advantages and many companies would struggle to develop software successfully without it. However, it also presents three…
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Eight of the ten companies are unable to prove they actually own their intangible assets. That is, they suffer from chain of title issues. Intangible assets are unlike physical or tangible assets, in that they are often off-balance sheet and don’t feature on any kind of asset register or inventory. When you throw in issues…
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Most companies constantly leak valuable intangible assets via customers, suppliers and employees, which results in the constant loss of competitive advantage and ultimately market share or margin erosion. In this video, Paul Adams shares insights into how companies can mitigate the risk of confidential information loss.
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With more than 87% of all company value and virtually all earnings growth now being derived from intangible assets, these critical assets are also now a major source of company risk. Yet, in over 1000 client engagements, global intangible asset specialist firm EverEdge has only found intangible asset risk called out on the risk register…
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As Warren Buffet said “accounting is the language of business” and unfortunately accounting standards encourage companies to ignore intangible assets and instead focus on increasingly irrelevant tangible assets, which now account for less than 13% of all company value. In this video Paul Adams, CEO of EverEdge Global, shares insights into why focusing on tangible…
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In today’s knowledge-based economy, intangible assets are the most important assets companies own. These assets account for over 87% of all company value, whereas 40 years ago this figure was barely 17%. Intangible assets include items such as content, brands, software code, data, industrial know how, trade secrets, customer and supplier relationships, patents, designs, regulatory…
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EverEdge is a global intangible asset advisory, valuation and transaction specialist. Intangible assets account for 87% of company value today. We help companies and investors unlock the value of these assets and reduce risk by helping clients to identify, value and monetize their intangible assets. In this video Paul Adams, CEO of EverEdge Global, provides…
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An interview by John Patrick Ong from Singapore’s Money FM 89.3 with EverEdge CEO Paul Adams. The COVID-19 pandemic has left many businesses struggling to survive, and the quest for capital, some may be leaving significant intangible assets off their valuations when raising funds. Paul Adams, CEO of EverEdge Global, talks about why intangible…
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