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About 15 years ago I started using the term “free cashflow,” which is pretty much the same as what’s above. Not to mention no management reports, no metrics, KPIs, etc. The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on trying to put things in it.” Anticipated capital expenditures.
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