Harvard Business

APRIL 5, 2017

While a laudable effort in principle, measuring a company’s tendency to make myopic operating and investing decisions is fiendishly complex. But the other indicators probably pick up legitimate differences in how companies in the sample operate, as opposed to whether they are myopic. Are all share repurchases myopic?

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 10, 2018

Since I last wrote about the company , theater operator AMC entered the subscription market, to early success , and MoviePass took out and paid back a $6 million emergency loan and flip-flopped both its pricing and its product. Robert Woloschanowski/EyeEm/Getty Images. It has been a very rough few months for MoviePass.

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Harvard Business

APRIL 26, 2017

The marketing, underwriting, and servicing of SME loans have largely taken a backseat. New digital entrants have spotted the market opportunity created by these dynamics, and the result is an explosion in online lending to SMEs from fintech startups. Other sectors of retail lending have not fared much better.

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Asamby Consulting

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Small Business Operations Consulting An investment makes sense only when you get more in return than you invested. If you hire an operations consultant, this Return on Investment might be not easy to calculate. This blog posts outlines what the ROI for hiring a small business operations consultant is.

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LSA Global

JULY 1, 2024

Profitability Profitability metrics, including gross profit margin, operating profit margin, and net profit margin, offer a clear picture of the company’s efficiency and financial stability. Cash Flow Cash flow management is crucial for meeting day-to-day operational needs and setting the company up to invest in growth.

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MishTalk

MARCH 21, 2014

We have described in detail over the past two years how we believe China’s twin excesses (excessive investment funded by excessive debt) will inevitably unwind, causing a substantial slowdown in China’s economy, significantly below market expectations. Total local government debt adds up to RMB17.9 There is more text and charts in the report.

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Consultant Ninja

MARCH 4, 2009

The Company’s cash flows and results of operations have been adversely impacted by these factors as indicated by its net loss of $5.3 Im guessing UAL started a large scale hedging program that locked in fuel prices near the market peak - and had to pay out on the put options as prices fell during 2H.

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Tom Spencer

MAY 24, 2024

Although it is fairly common for a successful business to generate 80% of its profits from 20% of its products, relying heavily on a small number of products, services, or markets exposes a business to significant risk. As a result, companies should actively explore emerging technologies that could provide a competitive edge in the market.

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Tom Spencer

OCTOBER 15, 2021

5G networks are a promising wireless technology that online bookmakers and sports betting operators should factor into their business strategy. Growth of the Live Sports Betting Market. As a result, the implementation of 5G is likely to lead to growth in the live sports betting market. Increase in Mobile-Based Sports Betting.

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CaseInterview.com

MAY 26, 2023

Rather than addressing the operational angle of how to do it, we address the bigger question of what to do. Let’s say a company is looking to relocate to a new market. They may hire a consultant to advise on ideas for gaining market share. With the scope of the problem clearly defined, you can begin framing your approach.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 8, 2018

The market caps of just four companies, Apple, Alphabet, Amazon, and Microsoft, now exceed $3 trillion. Their combined assets of $944 billion are an order of magnitude lower than the combined assets of $7,700 billion of the largest 3,177 companies in 1986, when the aggregate market capitalization reached $3 trillion for the first time.

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Progressus

AUGUST 29, 2023

Ultimately, these hurdles jeopardize the firms’ ability to set and achieve short-term and long-term objectives, forecast cash flows, and strategize for the future. For companies where projects are the heartbeat, sales, marketing, and client servicing are the vital vessels supporting this heartbeat.

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Brimstone Consulting

MARCH 12, 2020

Brimstone worked side-by-side with an early-stage consumer goods organization to pursue its vision, build a strategic plan, develop roles and operating mechanisms, and to drive sustainable growth at a challenging inflection point. Revenue increased by 34 times. During the engagement, the organization increased revenue by 34 times.

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Case Study Case Studies Cash Flow Retail 53

ConsultX

MARCH 1, 2022

Imagine being able to quickly and accurately calculate how much money a business is sacrificing through imperfect operation, and which areas of the business are draining the most profit. This is Profit that is being missed out on from areas of the business that aren’t operating as they should. What is Profit Leakage? Printable report.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 3, 2018

On June 25, 2018, Facebook lost market capitalization of more than $100 billion in just two hours of trading after it announced its quarterly performance, despite exceeding analysts’ earnings forecasts. In a market like social media, a firm’s success can depend on the winner-take-all profits that come from market leadership.).

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Asamby Consulting

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Strategy Consultants Strategy consultants for small business help your company to find it's strategic positioning in the market. They support you in making fundamental decisions regarding your product, your service, your pricing or your target market. Marketing Consultants Many marketing agencies call themselves consultants these days.

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MishTalk

OCTOBER 30, 2014

Most correlation analysis finds virtually no post-war relationship between economic growth and the stock market. Indeed, we knew from Japan that the equity market would start to track the economic and earnings cycle closely. A sharp decline in EPS optimism since 2009 has been consistent with previous hiatuses in financial markets.

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Progressus

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Utilization goals must strike a balance between short-term revenue targets and long-term considerations to avoid burnout or underutilization, which can lead to cash flow issues. YoY analysis extends to examining sales performance, customer retention, utilization rates, and other operational aspects to pinpoint issues hindering growth.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 26, 2017

If your culture and your brand are driven by the same purpose and values and if you weave them together into a single guiding force for your company, you will win the competitive battle for customers and employees, future-proof your business from failures and downturns, and produce an organization that operates with integrity and authenticity.

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CaseInterview.com

SEPTEMBER 5, 2020

When he cites the idea of market niches as a way to build a durable competitive advantage, he borrows that concept from the field of ecology. For example, the mental model you have about your business is your mental picture of how your business operates. Warren Buffett’s right-hand man is Charlie Munger. Additional Resources.

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

Too many companies still follow a “Plan-then-Do” approach to strategy: The organization works tirelessly to create its best forecasts about the future market and competitive landscape. Webvan was forced to cease operations by 2001. Caesars Entertainment has built test-and-learn into its marketing investments.

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Martinka Consulting

APRIL 26, 2019

Second question: is there similar activity with larger companies, small, mid-sized, and lower middle market firms? Barlow research – Two-thirds of lower middle-market business owners are expected to retire. Similar firm in a different market. What we write about is aimed at the $10 million deal and below. Easy money.

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Martinka Consulting

DECEMBER 12, 2019

This means expenses for: A CEO at fair market salary. Operating interest (a working capital line of credit). About 15 years ago I started using the term “free cash flow,” which is pretty much the same as what’s above. What this means is, it’s the income after allowing for all the expenses required to run a business.

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Progressus

MARCH 1, 2024

When to Use: Ideal for businesses aiming to enhance operational efficiency, manage multiple projects simultaneously, and foster team collaboration. For example, a marketing agency can use Project Management software to track the progress of various campaigns, ensuring timely delivery and optimal resource allocation.

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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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Seth Godin Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Sometimes, a small, stable company is sold to an individual operator, usually for a multiple of the expected annual profit. It’s an investment in future cash flows, but it can be fraught, because, unlike a car, you can’t take a company for a test drive, and they usually need more than a periodic tune-up and charging station visit.

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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. As a result, the value of many of these securities plummeted to zero when the housing market crashed.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 28, 2016

And if you’re the acquirer, you can benefit in only one of four ways: You buy an asset on the cheap (that’s what portfolio managers do), but it requires being smarter than the market in pricing the asset. You gain market power, allowing you to price the asset higher than you could otherwise. That leaves synergy.

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

In essence, the fortunate firms took on more debt, committing the business to a stream of cash flows and expenses far into the future to pay for their losses. Others were unable to borrow to replace lost assets and address other operating needs, compromising their earnings potential. Challenge risk financing conventions.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Today’s executives are dealing with a complex and unprecedented brew of social, environmental, market, and technological trends. This can disrupt a firm’s ability to operate on schedule and budget. “Stranded assets” are investments that become obsolete due to regulatory, environmental, or market constraints.

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Martinka Consulting

OCTOBER 3, 2013

Buyers - new markets open up for buyers because of SBA loans. It’s much better for them to buy a larger business with systems, processes and a management team instead of an owner-operator business-and they can do so easier because of the SBA program. 2009 - Were there any business acquisition loans? Who benefits?

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 24, 2017

Our analyses controlled for a wide range of the firm characteristics typically used in the statistical analysis of companies: industry, firm size, leverage, profitability, market-to-book ratio, returns, volatility, particular time periods, industry effects, and a host of other factors that might influence litigation.

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Tom Spencer

NOVEMBER 17, 2018

The senior slices of a CDO were considered to be safer because they had first priority on cash flows received from the pool of mortgages in the event of default. Once the housing market began to collapse, mortgages defaulted, and MBS began to fail. These repackaged securities were called collateralized debt obligations (CDOs).

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The Fearless Marketer

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

This is the second of five articles about the 5 Pillars of Marketing, my marketing model that helps get your marketing on track. – Better cash flow. And then you turn the answers to those questions into a marketing piece, often called an “executive summary” that’s two or three pages long.

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Transportation How To Cash Flow Case Interview 54

MishTalk

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

Though I don’t believe that markets follow math, it’s striking how closely market action in recent years has followed a “log-periodic bubble” as described by Didier Sornette (see Increasingly Immediate Impulses to Buy the Dip ). I have been prepared to underperform for the fun of being proved right when markets crash.

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Martinka Consulting

MARCH 30, 2020

I won’t be disingenuous by marketing services when most of us are in survival mode so I will make all readers of this newsletter an offer: If you have questions about what to do, how to handle things, need a sounding board, or simply someone to vent with call me for free telephone counsel. Whatever your business is, be doing marketing.

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Martinka Consulting

APRIL 21, 2015

The seller got a higher price so she was more motivated to do a deal, the buyer has improved cash flow to grow the business and improve operations, and isn’t that what it’s all about. The buyer is a great operator and got a great business. Debt coverage ratio – 1.71:1 1 (a very healthy ratio). So what the catch you ask?

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