Consulting Matters

JANUARY 7, 2019

If you want to achieve sustainable success as a consultant - ideally you want to create a marketing system to ensure you have a consistently full pipeline of right-fit clients. However, there will be times when you have to feel the cash flow pressure and need to find clients.right now!

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Harvard Business

JULY 1, 2016

Corporate governance is a system of checks and balances that a company designs to ensure that it faithfully serves its governing objective. Properly understood, maximizing shareholder value means allocating resources so as to maximize long-term cash flow.

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Consulting Matters

JANUARY 7, 2019

If you want to achieve sustainable success as a consultant - ideally you want to create a marketing system to ensure you have a consistently full pipeline of right-fit clients. However, there will be times when you have to feel the cash flow pressure and need to find clients.right now!

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MishTalk

MARCH 21, 2014

In recent weeks, a trip to the region and further research into China’s shadow banking system have convinced us that China is approaching its “Minsky Moment,” which increases the chances of a disorderly unwind of China’s excesses. Based on our analysis, our baseline case is that China may slow from the current level of 7.7%

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Management Consulted

MAY 29, 2016

The focus here is completely on cash flows and not projections. Cash Flow of a Product – It’s an excellent study on rules of cash flow if you’d like to know more on the performance of products and the effect it has on sales at each stage in production.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 21, 2016

Systems don’t scale. But by the 1990s it had run aground: It hadn’t properly developed systems to implement its growth strategy internally, and so that strategy broke down at dozens of points of execution on the front line—with customers, crew, staff on the shore and the company’s travel agent partners.

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Consulting and Organizational Management

OCTOBER 26, 2011

Is the business getting started, i.e., new in a market OR has it been so successful and grown fast that it needs internal systems? Don’t be afraid to look at the “business” or “hard” data, at least to understand the cash situation of the organization. Blog systems developed by The Mighty Mo!

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Seth Godin Blog

NOVEMBER 1, 2014

First, there''s a cash flow issue. New jobs mean more need for paint and materials, but he has to lay out his own cash to pay for it. No cash, no time, no joy. An alternative is for the painter to create a scalable system. The key things to focus on, I think, are: Cash flow. Demand enhancement.

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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. It’s pivotal for them to discern any slippages in project milestones as these anomalies can skew cash flow predictions and receivable planning.

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Successful Independent Consulting

MAY 15, 2017

Avoid a full-time or long-term lease so you can keep your expenses as low as possible, especially in the beginning when cash flow will be tighter. Set up your accounting system or hire a bookkeeper. Simply do a Google search on “shared workspace near me.” Try FreshBooks or Wave (free), or check out a service like Bench.co.

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The Fearless Marketer

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

This is a good testimonial: “When I came to James, the cash flow in my business was in chaos and my profitability was down despite increasing my business volume in the past year. We now have a good, positive cash flow each and every month, and profitability is up by 13%. Decide on a System. Make it Happen.

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Harvard Business

APRIL 5, 2016

For example, in 2015, Jennifer Braus bought Systems Design West, which serves hundreds of municipal firehouses in the Pacific Northwest by handling billing to insurance companies for their emergency ambulance transports. As a result, Systems Design West retains virtually 100% of its customers year in and year out.

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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. Over time, this KPI facilitates precise cash flow forecasts, enabling strategic investments in line with long-term objectives.

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MishTalk

OCTOBER 30, 2014

Despite the soothing Q3 headline earnings reports as US companies ‘game’ the system, all is not well once you look into the ‘MUC’ (Manipulated Underperforms Conservative). Is there a growing divergence between net income and operating cash-flow? If that is still the case, the recent data for the US should be worrying.

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Harvard Business

APRIL 26, 2017

For banks that choose to develop their own systems to compete head-on with new players, significant investment is required to automate routine aspects of underwriting, to better integrate their own proprietary account data, and to create a better customer experience through truly customer-friendly design.

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Tom Spencer

OCTOBER 3, 2020

A monetary system based on a gold standard enforces monetary discipline, creates balance in international trade, and constrains government spending. This approach seeks to benefit from the large free cash flows that successful gold mining companies are likely to generate during a gold bull market.

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Harvard Business

APRIL 13, 2016

Such mindsets become further embedded in systems, structures, processes, and cultures that are self-perpetuating. It’s hard for managers, especially those who excel in the current system, to explore new unchartered terrain. CEO Mike Kneeland changed the incentive system for branch managers.

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Harvard Business

MAY 28, 2018

While companies are required to share the same materials with all investors, they can emphasize the elements that will be most relevant to particular investor segments—highlighting stable cash flow for pension funds or payouts for growth-oriented investors, for example.

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Women in Consulting

AUGUST 28, 2014

Bill.com – Bill.com gives you command and control over your cash flow, payables, and receivables anywhere, anytime. Spring Ahead – Spring Ahead features online time entry and approval, generates accurate, detailed invoices and gross payroll, and has unparalleled integration with QuickBooks and other systems.

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MishTalk

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

A stock, in fact any security, is a claim on any long-term stream of cash flows that investors can expect to be delivered to them over a very long period of time. It''s essentially the effective life of a security over which you are collecting cash flows in return for the amount you pay. Chris Martenson : I guess 1.6

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MishTalk

DECEMBER 11, 2014

Energy production is extremely capital intense, and often accompanied by negative free cash flow. cents in September, according to Trace, the bond-price reporting system of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority. Junk bonds of Energy XXI Ltd. plunged to 64 cents on the dollar from 106.3 cents since September. They yield 27.7

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Harvard Business

JULY 19, 2016

They mean that I can have the rights to the cash flows from a company’s shares without owning the share itself. ” So we have ended up with a system that creates “ownerless corporations.” So who owns the voting rights to that share? Often we don’t know.

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ConsultX

MARCH 1, 2022

They are seeing first hand how many opportunities are being missed to improve profitability and cash flow just from existing operations alone. Check out a demo of the ConsultX System, including the Profit Leakage Calculator. “Our Consultants are meeting with Business Owners around the world every day. We want to show you more!

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

Instead of formulating detailed, long-term financial plans, executives at Dell now align around a common performance ambition—a cash flow vector consistent with growing the company’s intrinsic value faster than competitors. Webvan promised to deliver the best quality groceries at the cheapest price by the click of a button.

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CaseInterview.com

SEPTEMBER 5, 2020

It’s the species that performs a niche function in the ecological system that isn’t being served by another species. 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. Additional Resources.

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Seth Godin Blog

DECEMBER 2, 2022

It can help us understand our cash flows. But over time, we can see how assets and expenses flow–and that flow is insight about what we own, what it’s worth and what could improve (see #1.). It can implement systems that build trust. More granularity isn’t better granularity.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 15, 2016

Most executives know that the present value of an investment comes from projecting its cash flows and discounting those numbers into today’s dollars. The way in which many companies make investment decisions blinds them to this reality. Thinking that rewarding success will boost risk-taking.

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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. ConsultX Fathom is Integrated with the ConsultX System. Fathom Integrations.

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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. What I didn’t include was the CFO/controller role and compensation, even though I’ve seen hundreds of businesses with crappy financial systems and crazy financial statements. Anticipated capital expenditures.

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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. MBS were being used as collateral for interbank trading, thus essentially underpinning the entirety of the financial system in the US.

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CaseInterview.com

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

You can do a discounted cash flow model of your future paychecks from that job offer, but you can’t do a discounted cash flow model of how a single, terrible boss can completely erode your heart and soul over time. Twenty years ago, I had to buy a new heating system for my home. The first is early measurable.

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Tom Spencer

MAY 20, 2018

There are three main valuation methods you can use to estimate the value of the company: Discounted Cash Flow , Comparable Companies , and. Integration costs include costs incurred for integrating IT systems, operational processes, and organizational structure. Comparable Transactions.

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Tom Spencer

MARCH 17, 2023

Through his book, he illustrates how many of those who prioritised winning at all costs, rather than playing the game ethically, ultimately went bankrupt and nearly brought down the global financial system. In 1988, he purchased a large stake in the company, seeing its strong brand, steady cash flow, and long-term growth potential.

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Martinka Consulting

OCTOBER 3, 2013

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. 1 debt coverage ratio and with cash flow considered a form of collateral (doesn’t require 100% tangible collateral).

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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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Seth Godin Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2022

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. Companies usually start and end with their founders. One way to look at this is the think of the assets you’ve built.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 26, 2017

And you may end up like social media software startup Buffer, which struggled to achieve profitability because its generous cultural practices, including offering vacation bonuses and wellness grants, ate away at cash flow instead of producing employees who were passionate about the brand offering and committed to developing on-brand innovations.

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