The Value Equation: Avoid the Mistakes that can Destroy a Business

Chris Volk, author of the Value Equation

Chris Volk, author of THE VALUE EQUATION: A Business Guide To Creating Wealth For Entrepreneurs, Investors And Leaders joins Enterprise Radio. Chris has been instrumental in leading and publicly listing three successful companies, two of which he co-founded.

This episode of Enterprise Radio is on association with the Author Channel.

Listen to host Eric Dye & guest Chris Volk discuss the following:

  1. You have been instrumental in leading and publicly listing three successful companies, two of which you co-founded. These companies provided capital to thousands of businesses. Can you tell us about your background and how you developed the process described in THE VALUE EQUATION?
  2. You have often said that the world’s greatest fortunes, and many smaller ones too, are based on wealth generated by business. Yet this concept is not taught in school. How does THE VALUE EQUATION fill this void?
  3. ou spend a lot of time in THE VALUE EQUATION discussing Other People’s Money or OPM. What are the various types of OPM and what are the pros and cons of each? How can a leader decide which type of OPM is right for their business?
  4. Many people dream about building hugely successful companies and becoming billionaires or at least millionaires. What are the odds of this happening for the average entrepreneur? What is a more realistic way to view the amount of wealth a business can generate?
  5. One of the most interesting stories that you include in THE VALUE EQUATION is about Daymond John, the businessman and investor people know as a regular on Shark Tank. You explain that when he started his first business, he needed funding. Please tell us how he obtained funding and what we can learn from his experience.
  6. What are the most common finance mistakes that leaders make and how can they avoid them?

TIP: Most of the world’s greatest fortunes, as well as many smaller fortunes, are centered in business model fundamentals.


Christopher Volk, author of The Value Equation: A Business Guide To Creating Wealth For Entrepreneurs, Investors And Leaders, has been instrumental in leading and publicly listing three successful companies, two of which he co-founded. The most recent is STORE Capital (NYSE: “STOR”) where he served as founding chief executive officer and then as executive chairman. Volk, who has written about corporate finance since early in his career and has created an award-winning video series about the topic, is a regional winner of EYs’ Entrepreneur of the Year award. He is on the Board of Banner Health and is the Chairman of the Board of Tenet Equity. He resides in Paradise Valley, Arizona, and Huntsville, Alabama.

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Website: https://thevalueequation.com


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