Most methods of lost profits analysis and quantification require a comparison of multiple periods of revenues and profits. In the case of an early-stage company, however, the lack of historical earnings creates a unique challenge for the financial expert: how to measure or show economic damages without a credible source of comparative data.

In part 8 of BVR's 2013 Online Symposium on Economic Damages, expert Neil Beaton and attorney John Du Wors highlight the analysis that can show economic damages for early-stage companies as well as how to apply these methods in a manner that satisfies admissibility and evidentiary requirements of most courts.

• Legal requirements: the basic parameters
• Methods for proving lost profits for new businesses
• Collecting and analyzing new data
• Factors for assessing new businesses
• Guidance from the courts on determining new business damages
• The special case of venture-backed companies
• Lost profits versus lost business value

• Learn how to assess and prove lost profits for new and early businesses
• Learn what courts have said about the methods and analysis of lost profits calculations for new businesses
• Learn what adjustments must be made to the process of quantifying lost profits for venture-backed companies