Archived Webinar Packages
If you missed one of the webinars in the VPS StraightTalk Series, you can order an archived webinar package. All archived webinar packages include an interactive video of the webinar showing the audio synced to the slide presentation in real time with handouts. Note that CPE is only available for live webinar broadcasts.
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196 – ESOPs – What They Are, How They Work, and Why You Should Care
Speaker: Greg Weiss, MBA, CPA/CFF, CVA
195 – A Technical Overview of Financial Valuation Applications and Models, 5th Edition, 2025
Speaker: Jim Hitchner, CPA/ABV/CFF and Harold G. Martin, Jr., CPA/ABV/CFF, ASA, CFE
194 – Improving Your Cost of Capital Estimates – Theory vs. Practice Using a Case Study
Speaker: Speakers: Carla Nunes, CFA/ABV
193 – How to Prepare/Defend a Business Valuation Review Analysis and Report of an Opposing Expert’s Work in Litigation
Speakers: Jim Hitchner, CPA/ABV/CFF and Harold G. Martin, Jr., CPA/ABV/CFF, ASA, CFE
192 – Business Valuation Litigation Reports – How and Where They Will Come After You
Speaker: Jim Hitchner, CPA/ABV/CFF and Harold G. Martin, Jr., CPA/ABV/CFF, ASA, CFE
191 – How to Be a Great Expert Witness Business Valuation, Damages, and Fraud
Speaker: Jim Hitchner, CPA/ABV/CFF, Jim Alerding CPA/ABV, Harold G. Martin, Jr., CPA/ABV/CFF, ASA, CFE, Ronald Seigneur, CPA/ABV, ASA, CVA, and
Kevin R. Yeanoplos, CPA/ABV/CFF, ASA
190 – A Comprehensive Guide to Estate, Gift, and Charitable Contribution Court Cases
Speaker: R. James (Jim) Alerding, CPA/ABV and Carli D. Lehr, CPA, CVA, CEPA, CM&AA
189 – The Trade Secrets of Understanding and Valuing Medical Practice Specialties
Speaker: Mark O. Dietrich, CPA, MBA, MST
188 – Hitchner & Martin’s Greatest Hits
Speaker: Jim Hitchner, CPA/ABV/CFF & Harold Martin CPA/ABV/CFF, ASA, CFE
187 – Hitchner’s Annual New Year BV Update The NEW Concepts, Data, Models, and Methods from 2023 That You Need to Know and Understand
Presenter: Jim Hitchner, CPA/ABV/CFF, ASA
186 – Reasonable Certainty for New Business Lost Profit Calculations Case Studies
Presenters: Josh Shilts, CPA, ASA, ABV/CFF/CGMA, CFE and Melissa Deighan MS, CFE
185 – Reflections on a 50-year Career in Business Valuation
Presenters: Jay E. Fishman, FASA, FRICS and Jim Alerding, CPA/ABV
184 – Hardball with Hitchner, Martin, Seigneur, and Yeanoplos
Moderator: Jim Hitchner, CPA/ABV, CFF
Panel: Harold G. Martin, Jr., CPA/ABV/CFF, ASA, CFE, Ron Seigneur, CPA/ABV, ASA, CVA, Kevin Yeanoplos, CPA/ABV/CFF, ASA
183 – Complexities and Challenges of Business Valuation in Litigation
Presenters: Carl Saba and Matthew Lombardi
182 – Private Equity-Sponsored Healthcare Transactions and the Physician Services Landscape
Presenters: Aaron Murski, CVA and Jonathan Helm, CVA
181 – Defending Your Cost of Capital New Concepts to Strengthen Your Discount Rate
Presenters: James R. Hitchner, CPA/ABV/CFF and Harold G. Martin, Jr., CPA/ABV/CFF, ASA, CFE
180 – Two-Part Presentation: Alternative Methodologies for Lost Profits Damages and Ex Ante v. Ex Post
Presenters: Brian Brinig, JD, CPA, ASA and Peter Schulman, CPA, CIRA, CDBV
179 – Nailing Down the Numerator in the Discounted Cash Flow Method
Presenters: Jim Alerding, CPA/ABV and Carli D. Lehr, CPA, CVA, CSEP
178 – Gift and Estate Tax Valuations: Overview and the Continuing Saga of Pass-through Entities
Presenters: Don M. Drysdale, CPA/ABV, ASA and Chris D. Treharne ASA, MCBA, CVA
177 – Practice Management Steps That Will Dramatically Increase Your Firm’s Profitability
Presenter: Rod Burkert
176 – The Inflation Reduction Act’s Impact on Business Valuations
Presenter: Michael Gregory, ASA, CVA, MBA
175 – Hitchner’s Annual New Year BV Update: The NEW Concepts, Data, Models, and Methods from 2022 That You Need to Know and Understand
Presenters: Jim Hitchner, CPA/ABV/CFF and Greg P. Saunders, CPA/ABV, ASA
174 – Personal Goodwill Calculations and Case Studies: Theory to Practice
Presenters: Josh Shilts
173 – Valuation in Divorce Cases
Presenters: Jim Alerding, CPA/ABV and James Ewart, CPA/ABV/CFF, CVA
172 – New Detailed Cost of Capital Case Study Step-by-Step Comparison of the Kroll Cost of Capital Navigator, BVR Cost of Capital Pro, Damodaran Data, and Surveys
Presenter: Jim Hitchner
171 – Recent Trends in Estate and Gift Tax Valuation
Presenters: Laurie-Leigh White, CPA*/ABV, ASA, CEIV
170 – Two Part Presentation: Lost Profits for New Businesses and Neutralizing Lost Profits Damages for Tax Consequences
Presenters: David Duffus, CPA, ABV, CFF, CFE, Robert P. Gray, CPA/ABV/CFF/CGMA, CFE, Kenneth D. Rugeti, CPA, ABV, CFF
W. Ira Bowman, JD
169 – Cost of Capital Dispute: Damodaran vs. Kroll Cost of Capital Navigator vs. BVResources Cost of Capital Professional – What Is Right and What Is Wrong?
Presenter: Jim Hitchner, CPA/ABV/CFF
168 – Understanding Complex Compensation in Marital Divorce
Presenters: Marc Bello, CPA/ABV, CVA, MAFF, MST
167 – 7 Pitfalls in Small Business and Practice Exit and Succession Planning
Presenters: Gregory R. Caruso, JD, CPA, CVA
166 – Developing the Discount Rate for Lost Profits Claims
Presenters: Roger Grabowski, Jaime d’Almeida
165 – Icky Valuation Issues with ESOPs! What 45 Years Working with ESOPs Have Taught Me
Presenter: Larry Cook, CPA/ABV/CFF, CBA, CVA, CDFA
164 – Hardball with Hitchner, Gallagher, and Mercer
Moderator: Jim Hitchner, CPA/ABV/CFF
Presenters: Michelle Gallagher, CPA/ABV/CFF and Z. Christopher Mercer, FASA, CFA, ABAR
163 – What Can You Expect with BV at the IRS in 2022 and Beyond?
Speaker: Michael Gregory, ASA, CVA, NSA, MBA
162 – Hitchner’s Annual New Year BV Update
Speaker: Jim Hitchner, CPA/ABV/CFF
161 – Cost Analysis for Lost Profits Claims
Speaker: Jeffrey Kinrich
160 – How to Attack and Defend the Databases Used by Valuation Analysts How the Unknown Will Kill You
Speaker: Jim Hitchner
159 – Considerations in the Valuation of Intellectual Property: Patents and Trade Secrets
Speakers: Kristopher Boushie, CPA/AV/CFF, CVA, CFE and Devalina Chatterjee, PhD
158 – S-Corp Valuations: Avoiding the Chaos and Selecting the Proper Methodology
Speaker: Jim Hitchner, CPA/ABV/CFF, ASA and Sam Wessinger
157 – Valuation in Divorce
Speaker: R. James Alerding, CPA/ABV
156 – Providing Expert Testimony in Business Valuation: What to Watch For and What to Watch Out For
Speaker: Jim Hitchner, CPA/ABV/CFF, ASA
155 – Business Valuation Litigation Reports How and Where They Will Come After You
Speaker: Jim Hitchner, CPA/ABV/CFF, ASA
154 – Healthcare Valuation 2021 Update: Regulatory Updates and Healthcare-Specific COVID Valuation Considerations
Speakers: Don Barbo CPA/ABV and Brad Parker CPA/ABV
153 – IRS Business Valuation Initiatives in 2021
Speaker: Michael Gregory, ASA, CVA
152 – COVID-19 and Business Valuation – One Year Later
Speaker: Jim Hitchner, CPA/ABV/CFF, ASA
151 – Hitchner’s Annual New Year BV Update
Speaker: Jim Hitchner, CPA/ABV/CFF, ASA
150 – Ethics and Business Valuation Standards
Speaker: Jim Alerding CPA/ABV, ASA
149 – Valuing Small Businesses During COVID-19
Speaker: Gregory R. Caruso, JD, CPA, CVA
148 – Business Valuation in a COVID World – Cost of Capital, Growth Rates, and Uncertainties
Speaker: Jim Hitchner, CPA/ABV/CFF, ASA
147 – Advanced Issues in Basic Valuation Part 2
Speaker: Jim Hitchner, CPA/ABV/CFF, ASA
146 – Advanced Issues in Basic Valuation Part 1
Speaker: Jim Hitchner, CPA/ABV/CFF, ASA
145 – COVID-19 and Business Valuation – What to do NOW! Valuing Small- and Medium-size Businesses Part 3
Speakers: Jim Hitchner, CPA/ABV/CFF, ASA and Harold G. Martin, Jr., CPA/ABV/CFF, ASA, CFE
144 – COVID-19 and Business Valuation – What to do NOW! Valuing Small, Medium, and Large Businesses Part 2
Speakers: Jim Hitchner, CPA/ABV/CFF, ASA and Kate Morris, MBA, ASA
143 – COVID-19 and Business Valuation – What to do NOW! Valuing Small, Medium, and Large Businesses Part 1
Speakers: Jim Hitchner, CPA/ABV/CFF, ASA and Harold G. Martin, Jr., CPA/ABV/CFF, ASA, CFE
142- Estimating Long-Term Growth Rates in Times of Economic Uncertainty
Speakers: Robert F. Reilly, CPA/ABV, ASA, CFA, CVA and Kyle J. Wishing, CFA
141 – Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Business Valuation
Speaker: Jim Alerding CPA/ABV
139 – New Year Business Valuation Update
Speaker: Jim Hitchner, CPA/ABV/CFF, ASA
138 – Tuesday, December 17, 2019 Business Valuation Reports and Engagement Letters – An ADVANCED look at the Beginning and the End of a Valuation
Speaker: Jim Hitchner, CPA/ABV/CFF, ASA
137 – Valuing Intangible Assets for Property Tax Purposes
Robert Reilly CPA/ABV/CFF and Matt Courtnage, CFA
136 – S Corp Valuations – The Final Word
Speaker: Jim Hitchner, CPA/ABV/CFF, ASA
135 – How to Review a Valuation Analysis and Report
Speaker: Jim Hitchner, CPA/ABV/CFF, ASA
134 – Critical Issues in Divorce Valuations
Speakers: Scott A. Womack, ASA, MAFF and Karolina Calhoun, CPA/ABV/CFF
133 – Valuation’s Dirty Little Secrets
Speaker: Jim Hitchner, CPA/ABV/CFF, ASA
132 – Mid-Year Business Valuation Update
Speaker: Jim Hitchner, CPA/ABV/CFF, ASA
131 – Hitchner and Gregory – Supporting Your Business Valuation with the IRS
Speakers: Jim Hitchner, CPA/ABV/CFF, ASA and Michael Gregory, ASA, CVA, NSA, MBA
130 – Confessions of Two Reluctant Expert Witnesses
Speakers: Z. Christopher Mercer, FASA, CFA, ABAR and Scott A. Womack, ASA, MAFF
129 – Goodwill in Divorce
Speaker: James Alerding, CPA/ABV, ASA
128 – The Great Debate: Valuing Small Businesses – Business Broker vs. Business Appraiser
Speakers: Jim Hitchner, CPA/ABV/CFF, ASA, James Alerding, CPA/ABV, ASA, and Gregory R. Caruso, JD, CPA, CVA
127 – Annual New Year BV Update – The NEW Concepts, Data, Models, and Methods from 2018 That You Need to Know and Understand
Speaker: Jim Hitchner, CPA/ABV/CFF, ASA
126 – Ethics in Business Valuation: Applying the AICPA Code of Professional Conduct and Professional Standards
Speakers: Rod Burkert, CPA/ABV, CVA and Mark Kucik, CPA, CVA, CM&AA, CFF, CPVA
125 – New Best Practices – The Income Approach
Speaker: Jim Hitchner, CPA/ABV/CFF, ASA
124 – Valuing Small Businesses Worth Less than $10 Million Includes the Impact of the TCJA PART 2
Speakers: Jim Hitchner, CPA/ABV/CFF, ASA and Jim Alerding, CPA/ABV, ASA
123 – Valuing Small Businesses Worth Less than $10 Million Includes the Impact of the TCJA PART I
Speakers: Jim Hitchner, CPA/ABV/CFF, ASA and Jim Alerding, CPA/ABV, ASA
122 – S Corp Valuations and the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act
Speakers: Jim Hitchner, CPA/ABV/CFF, ASA and Sam Wessinger
121 – BV and the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act – Q&A with Hitchner, Treharne, and Drysdale
Speakers: Jim Hitchner, CPA/ABV/CFF, ASA, Chris Treharne, ASA, MCBA, Don M. Drysdale, CPA/ABV, ASA
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