Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

Personal credit scores like FICO consider a combination of metrics such as payment history, current level of indebtedness, and types of credit used by potential small business borrowers. And early reports from the architects of these newer algorithms caution how long it takes to thoughtfully incorporate new metrics into the models.

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Progressus

OCTOBER 20, 2023

These metrics provide the foundation for more outcome-oriented engagements, leveraging real-time data to secure contracts, monitor progress, and demonstrate the value of client investments. Which Metrics Are Essential for Professional Services Firms?

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Harvard Business

JUNE 8, 2018

However, many investors seem to have concluded that the most successful companies with tens of billions of dollars of valuation today could never have justified their valuation at the start of their operation based on discounted cash flow. Analysts increasingly rely on non-GAAP metrics.

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Tom Spencer

APRIL 21, 2023

This includes analyzing a company’s financial statements, such as its income statement, balance sheet, and cash flow statement. They also use financial ratios and other metrics to assess a company’s financial health and compare it to its peers.

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CaseInterview.com

MAY 3, 2019

Initially, I spent all my time trying to memorize what the normal ranges were for each of those metrics (which varies based on whether the patient is an adult, child, or infant). With faster blood flow, all of that de-oxygenated blood needs more oxygen. Certain patterns of metrics prompt suspicion of certain kinds of injury.

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Prudent Pedal

APRIL 3, 2020

Marketing agencies don’t need to be talking about cash-flow, CARE or FMLA. If ever there was a time to look at and discuss key metrics like open rates and click-throughs, now is the time. What do we want the recipient to know AND do after receiving the communication? 4. Stay in the lane where your brand is relevant.

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Harvard Business

MAY 6, 2016

The board chose earnings per share (among other financial metrics) to measure and reward executives for long-term performance. Another company, in the agricultural technology sector, chose free cash flow as the primary long-term incentive measure. Eventually, the company’s share price nosedived.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 3, 2018

The level and trend of a company’s top-line metric is an advance indicator of the success of its business model. Many of these metrics are disclosed in Facebook’s financial statements. However, how those metrics translate into revenues remains a mystery to external investors.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 31, 2017

“The decision-makers will want to see a simple model that shows revenue, costs, overhead, and cash flow,” he says. ” Focus on key metrics. Boosting your financial expertise requires figuring out the metrics by which your company measures success. That metric is often expressed in the form of a ratio.

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Asamby Consulting

DECEMBER 14, 2022

What can you afford: Cash Flow Cashflow is king for small business. So first, you must check what size of investment your cash flow can accommodate. Don't use more than 25% of your free cash flow for a consulting project to leave enough room for other growth related investments. If yes, great.

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ConsultX

JULY 21, 2021

You’ll then be able to assess the profitability and cash flow impact this project will have on the business. Goal-seeker Use the ‘Goal-seeker’ tool to look for opportunities to improve profit, cash flow, or other financial metrics. Combined with our own ‘Profit Booster’ tool, you’ll become a Professor of Profit!

Cash Flow 52

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Martinka Consulting

OCTOBER 23, 2019

Sometimes it’s because they’d sooner “play” with their product than worry about the numbers and often it’s because they’re doing so well it becomes “management by checkbook,” as in, there’s plenty of money so who cares about cash flow, metrics, etc.

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Harvard Business

JULY 13, 2016

Identify the right metrics. In the digital membership economy, the metrics best apt to indicate success are more likely to be around member churn and engagement. Until you are confident in that fit, focus your investment on designing the right offering.

Cash Flow 70

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Martinka Consulting

DECEMBER 12, 2019

About 15 years ago I started using the term “free cash flow,” which is pretty much the same as what’s above. Not to mention no management reports, no metrics, KPIs, etc. A CFO type, not just a part-time bookkeeper who doesn’t know what a KPI (key performance indicator) is. Anticipated capital expenditures.

Cash Flow 40

Cash Flow Construction Metrics Financial 40

Tom Spencer

MARCH 17, 2023

In 1988, he purchased a large stake in the company, seeing its strong brand, steady cash flow, and long-term growth potential. The bottom line Over the long run, success is not to be found in short term financial metrics, but rather is based on the integrity and values with which we approach our pursuits.

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LSA Global

APRIL 4, 2018

An Example – A Strategic Objective to Increase Cash Flow. Let’s take an example of a strategic initiative to increase cash flow. Is the concept of cash flow crystal clear to all employees? Are the current and desired levels of cash flow clear?

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LSA Global

MAY 9, 2019

Cash flow. Identify the critical few leading and lagging key financial metrics that are most important to the performance of your team and your organization. Identify the critical few leading and lagging key financial metrics that are most important to the performance of your team and your organization.

Balance Sheet 28

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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

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

A $50 million (revenue) company with 10 percent earnings will sell for a higher multiple (of profit, earnings, free cash flow, or whatever metric you use) than a $25 million company with 10 percent earnings, which will sell for a higher multiple than a $10 million company, and so on.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 21, 2016

In that year, these improvements resulted in 15,000 metric tons of CO2 emissions avoided and savings of nearly $11 million. Wal-Mart, for example, aimed to double fleet efficiency between 2005 and 2015 through better routing, truck loading, driver training, and advanced technologies.

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Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

After all, “short-termism” does not correspond to any single quantifiable metric. Our belief is that the earnings of long-term companies will rely less on accounting decisions and more on underlying cash flow than other companies. With this metric, the gap between long-term companies and the rest is even bigger.

Management 70

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Tom Spencer

SEPTEMBER 15, 2018

There are no statistical analyses to prove whether a ten-year cash flow projection will be correct. Narrative is more important than numbers: Statistical metrics are not material to the decision – they are details that executives don’t care about. However, statistical analysis is only useful on historical data.

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Likewise, what is the right set of metrics that company executives should use to manage their subscription businesses in order to hold themselves fully accountable to their stakeholders? The majority of the disclosures they provided at the time were standard top-down metrics (e.g., Case Study: Blue Apron.

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