The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently mandated certain human capital disclosures for public registrants. Today’s guest shares why this also matters for private companies and institutional investors.

Dave Bookbinder goes Behind The Numbers with Laura Queen, CEO of 29Bison and author of People Economics.

We’re discussing the new landscape of business, where value creation is driven by intangible assets. At the top of the list of such intangibles is people.

In this episode, Laura discusses the Renaissance in the area of human capital measurement and reporting and how it relates to value creation. Laura also shares what inspired her to write People Economics and what readers will discover when they dive in.

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Dave Bookbinder is the person that clients reach out to when they need to know what their most important assets are worth.

Dave is a Managing Director at B. Riley Financial, where he works closely with business owners, CFOs, Controllers, and CEOs.  Dave has conducted valuations of the securities and intangible assets of public and private companies for various purposes.

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