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157    <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="https://theygotacquired.com/wp-content/themes/tga/style.css" media="screen" />
158    <link rel="apple-touch-icon" sizes="120x120" href="https://theygotacquired.com/wp-content/themes/tga/img/apple-touch-icon.png">
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160	<link rel="icon" type="image/png" sizes="16x16" href="https://theygotacquired.com/wp-content/themes/tga/img/favicon-16x16.png">
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263height: 50px!important;
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275background: #0F9DCE!important;
276color: #fff!important;
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282display: none!important;
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286border-radius: 4px!important;
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289padding: 0px 13px!important;
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292font-size: 12px!important;
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295width: auto!important;
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298    background: #0F9DCE;
299    border: 0;
300    color: #0F9DCE;
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309    color: #ffffff;
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447					<div class="col-lg-6"><p>Multiples are helpful and insightful <span style="font-weight: 400;">—</span> but they should be used only as a rough guide for valuing your business, not a hard rule.</p>
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450<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">How do sale multiples work? </span></li>
451<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">How can you use common multiples for your industry to figure out an approximate valuation for your business? </span></li>
452<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Why are some business valuations based on an EBITDA multiple, while others are based on a revenue multiple?</span></li>
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