CaseInterview.com

SEPTEMBER 5, 2020

For example, the mental model you have about your business is your mental picture of how your business operates. If your end of month cash in the bank differs from what you thought it would be, that means the mental model of your operating cash flow isn’t accurate.

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

To better understand businesses’ financial preparation for and management of disasters, my colleagues and I partnered with the Federal Reserve Bank of New York to survey firms in the New York area one year after Hurricane Sandy. Our data include about 950 businesses.

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Tom Spencer

MARCH 17, 2023

Companies that operate with integrity are more likely to build sustainable business models, which ultimately benefit the company, its employees, society, and the environment. Investment banks made huge profits along the way, and often knew that these securities were overvalued and going to fail.

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Seth Godin Blog

JUNE 27, 2023

We can avoid the bank balance, not work on the annual budget and ignore the results of that ad we just ran. The Ponzi scheme operator is constantly wondering when the plan will go bust. On the other hand, a cash-flow, profitable business doesn’t need to worry about what private investors think.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 24, 2017

A nearly $150 million settlement is pending for the fake-account scandal that roiled the bank last year, and a new scandal has emerged: Recently it has been alleged that thousands of customers were signed up for insurance without their knowledge. ’s largest banks? What explains the divergence in the fortunes of two of the U.S.’s

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Martinka Consulting

OCTOBER 3, 2013

Pre-Great Recession - banks competed for business acquisition loans and I remember one client’s summary that had eight banks, eight approvals, seven banks using the SBA loan guarantee program (called SBA loans from now on) and my client took the non-SBA offer. Buyers, banks and especially sellers! Who benefits?

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BCG

DECEMBER 15, 2016

Yet that income stream is weakening, as low-risk investment yields dip toward 0% and central banks continue to drain the bond markets. In their efforts to adapt to this upside-down world, life insurers are focusing on optimizing their investment strategies and operations.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 3, 2018

In a follow up HBR article , we interviewed several chief financial officers (CFOs) of leading technology companies and senior analysts of investment banks and distilled seven key insights from those discussions. The first category should describe the amount spent on supporting current operations.

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MishTalk

JULY 11, 2014

The question stems from lengthy (256 page PDF) from the BIS Annual Report (Bank for International Settlements) that stated among other things " The only source of lasting prosperity is a stronger supply side. Never before have central banks tried to push so hard. It is essential to move away from debt as the main engine of growth. "

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Martinka Consulting

APRIL 21, 2015

In the past I’ve written about how low interest rates and bank using the SBA guarantee program and its low down payment requirements plus a 10-year amortization have caused buyers to pay more for businesses than they would have years ago (because their payments are the same or less). The buyer is a great operator and got a great business.

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

But these claims are very rarely backed up by large-scale evidence, and often driven by a misunderstanding of how buybacks actually operate. A comprehensive survey of financial executives concluded that “repurchases are made out of the residual cash flow after investment spending.”

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Martinka Consulting

MARCH 30, 2020

If cash is tight, let them know, work out payment plans, and above all, don’t be silent about it. Work with your bank , especially if you have a term loan and cash flow issues. If business is slow, do those administrative things you’ve put off.

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MishTalk

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

The fact that profits as a share of GDP are more than 70% above their historical norm should immediately raise a question as to whether current year earnings or next year’s projected “forward earnings” should be used as a sufficient statistic for long-term cash flows and equity market valuation without any further reflection.

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Martinka Consulting

APRIL 26, 2019

Sixty percent of them delayed their exit by at least two years, as per a study by Sun Trust Bank. But it’s the current SBA loan program that’s a win-win-win for buyer, seller, and bank (the SBA doesn’t make loans they guarantee a large portion to the bank). And guess what? Most of those owners planning to sell had to delay it.

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Martinka Consulting

JUNE 18, 2021

Operating experience – Sam said be careful if you don’t have operating experience. You must use free cash flow to truly calculate ROI. We used to call this a mini-audit (not as sexy as QofE or proof of cash) and it means tying the money on the bank statements to sales reports and financial statements.

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Asamby Consulting

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Work with contractors To get over that initial cash-flow issue, it can make sense to rely on contractors instead of employees. Build some cash reserves If you intend to grow your service-based business by bringing on employees, you'll need some runway for that. It's chasing your own tail.

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MishTalk

OCTOBER 25, 2015

Less foot traffic means cash flow of mall owners and developers are getting squeezed - a potential hazard for an economy growing at its slowest pace in decades. Major listed mall operators are also feeling the pain. That's the banks' problem." Malaysia-based Parkson (3368.HK),

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MishTalk

JUNE 26, 2015

With its IT expertise, C$35 million of cash in the bank and other resources, the combined BitGold/GoldMoney has resources far beyond what GoldMoney alone was able to put together. GoldMoney will continue to operate in Jersey as a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Toronto parent. In contrast, GoldMoney and BitGold are debt-free.

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MishTalk

APRIL 1, 2015

The Corporate Fund is Chicago’s general operating fund. Chicago’s property tax revenues do not go into its general operating fund. Although most governments are required to balance their budgets on a cash flow basis each fiscal year, a structural budget gap can arise when recurring expenditures are greater than recurring revenues.

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MishTalk

DECEMBER 16, 2015

I mean in the last few months all the banks have redone their reserve reports. And all the numbers of availability of cash in the energy space are way down. Number three there's an existing cash flow. But the answer is we've got a lot of involvement in net operating loss carry forwards. ZELL: Maybe I win.

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