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This becomes clear when you look at a company’s two most important financial statements: the balancesheet and the income statement. Let’s first look at the balancesheet. Many digital companies have no physical products and have no inventory to report.
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As the electric power industry shifts from a model where individual local utilities have a monopoly on electricity provision in a region to a much more dynamic market, these prosumers will be able to make and sell a variety of obscure new products and services like frequency regulation. California, Texas, and most of the U.S.
After all, if you’re trying to sell a product or strategy, you need to be able to demonstrate that it is both practical and high margin. See More Videos > See More Videos > Tackle the balancesheet. “Take an interest in the balancesheet and then do the due diligence to understand it,” he says.
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