Business Numbers Didn’t Have to Be This Hard · Chapter 16

Net Present Value

A dollar later is worth less than a dollar today. Bring each future amount back to today, add them up, and take away what it costs now.

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From the book, Chapter 16. Northgate’s workshop kit: $18,000 now and $10,600 a year for five years. At 10%, those years are worth $40,182 today: an NPV of $22,182. Even at 20% the NPV is $13,700. The IRR is about 52%.

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