Brice: 1990s franchise businesses typically sold for 6x-10x EBITDA
Bill Bryce · 640: ProntoSign Passes 300 Enterprise Customers with $50-$500k ACV To Help Manage Secure Signatures at Scale with CEO Bill Brice · Apr 25, 2017 · at 5:45
Bill Brice explains the prevailing valuation metrics and EBITDA multiples used during the 1990s franchise acquisition era.
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“Things are sold on multiples of EBITDA typically. And so, you know, probably somewhere between six to 10 times was the, was depending on your growth rates and things like that would be kind of where you would see on a multiple of EBITDA.”
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