A company-size model cannot establish a price
A public calculator is useful for exploring a modeled opportunity. A company-specific valuation needs a defined contribution and relevant commercial evidence.
Use this resource to record what you have, what a buyer would use it for and which terms affect the owner's result. Keep public estimation models, qualified buyer interest, written proposals and completed transactions in separate evidence categories. That makes the assessment more useful without pretending they all establish the same thing.
Identify which evidence would change the decision
Keep observations separate from assumptions. A verified workflow link may make an evaluation possible; an uncertain retention claim needs a system-owner check. Record the next check and the decision it informs.
Commercial alternatives become comparable only when records, permitted uses, exclusivity, term, acceptance and work are clear. Establish those boundaries before treating a quoted amount as a benchmark.
Use the output to scope an assessment
The brief records current evidence and its gaps. It helps an adviser or internal decision owner decide whether to research demand, clarify authority, narrow the contribution or request a written proposal. It does not fill gaps with a modelled dollar range.
Without credible buyer-use evidence, the next task may be research. With unclear rights, the relevant authority question may come first. Those are useful conclusions even when there is no price to report.
Turn a value question into an evidence question
A company has a long-running archive but does not know whether complete decisions and outcomes are connected. Instead of assigning value from archive age, the brief records the intended task, uncertain links and the system-owner check needed. A possible contribution can then be discussed with its limits visible.
Assess the evidence
Your completed record should identify the proposed asset, the evidence supporting buyer relevance, the preparation work, the offers or alternatives available and the next commercial question to resolve. It is a preparation document for a licensing decision, not an automatic price certificate.
Your entries stay on this page. They are not sent or saved. Use high-level descriptions and leave confidential records out.
Use a printable or editable version
Each version contains instructions, a worksheet and a filled example. The example shows how to describe a decision; it makes no claim about an actual company or offer.
Use the result within its limits
This is an evidence-organizing method, not a valuation model, quote or buyer commitment.
This brief does not use headcount to estimate a price. Actual proposals require defined rights, work and counterparties.
Sources behind this method
- W3C PROV Overview. Supports documenting how information was produced; not a valuation standard.