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Ten Ways to Boost Cash Flow as an Independent Consultant

Successful Independent Consulting

As a solopreneur, youre undoubtedly familiar with the feast-or-famine cash flow rollercoaster that most small businesses face. Use a reliable tracking system so you always know your cash position at a glance. Here are several strategies you can use to achieve these objectives and improve the health of your business.

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Your Complete Guide to Subcontracting as an Independent Consultant

Successful Independent Consulting

Having consistent cash flow is one of the hardest parts about being self-employed, especially when youre just starting your business. To improve cash flow, I recommend subcontracting as a way to generate income while you continue to build your own business. It can be difficult for veterans, too!

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Mergers & Acquisitions: Valuation

Tom Spencer

LAST post, I highlighted the importance of strategy when considering the viability of a potential acquisition; however, before a final decision can be made, a consultant needs to estimate the value of the target company. Valuation of discounted expected future cash flows. “Price is what you pay. Value is what you get.”

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Embracing Your Expertise: The Importance of Believing in Yourself with Ann Carden

Consulting Matters

Do you have the mindset and strategies you need to create a thriving consulting or coaching business so you can reach your full potential in your career and life? Today, I had the pleasure of speaking with Ann Carden, a highly successful consultant and fellow mentor to other consultants.

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Reclaiming the Idea of Shareholder Value

Harvard Business

Activist investors challenge management strategies. Properly understood, maximizing shareholder value means allocating resources so as to maximize long-term cash flow. Corporate governance issues are constantly in the headlines.

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Stop Focusing on Profitability and Go for Growth

Harvard Business

The ready access to low-cost capital should change the way business leaders think about strategy, and in particular the relative value of improving profit margins versus accelerating growth. When capital costs are high, strategies that expand margins are almost always better than strategies that accelerate growth. Related Video.

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5 Ways the Best Companies Close the Strategy-Execution Gap

Harvard Business

Executives say that they lose 40% of their strategy’s potential value to breakdowns in execution. In our experience at Bain & Company, however, this strategy-to-performance gap is rarely the result of shortcomings in implementation; it is because the plans are flawed from the start. Value flexibility.