Methodology
Every Number Has a Basis. Here Is Ours.
A valuation you cannot explain is a liability in the room. So the method behind every Value Audit™ is not proprietary mystery. It is published here, because the method is what makes your number defensible when someone asks how you arrived at it.
What a claim requires
Two sources. There is no third category.
Every finding in a Value Audit™ is traceable to one of two sources: your confirmed record, or a clearly labeled estimate with its logic shown. If a win cannot be attributed, the Audit says so. If a number cannot be calculated from available records, the Audit names the gap and states the assumption used in its place.
What we will not claim
The limits are printed in every Appendix.
The Audit does not establish your objective market value; no document can. It does not predict what an employer, buyer, or committee will decide. It establishes what your documented portfolio proves, what remains an estimate, and what would strengthen the record. The limits are printed in every Appendix, because a valuation that hides its limits is not one you can defend.
Why this matters for you
No longer subject to what someone else recalls.
Without an organized record, the value of your work remains dependent on memory, interpretation, and generic benchmarks. Glassdoor cannot see your portfolio. A peer’s opinion cannot be cited. The Audit exists so that what you built is no longer subject to what someone else recalls.