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Strong Economy – Strong Buy-Sell Market

Martinka Consulting

Record number of small business sales in 2018! More businesses sold after being advertised on bizbuysell.com than any other year, and 2017 was 25% higher than 2016. 70% of medium sized companies will change hands (2008). Notice the same predictions from 2008-2015? This as per bizbuysell.com. Pretty small. And guess what?

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What GE’s Board Could Have Done Differently

Harvard Business

Since Immelt’s departure, GE’s stock is down another 30%, as its new CEO, John Flannery, has struggled to cope with the cash flow drain from years of problematic acquisitions, divestitures, and buybacks. Because of these dubious decisions, GE’s ratio of debt to earnings has soared from 1.5 in 2013 to 3.7

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Profit Leakage Calculator: Diagnose How Much Profit a Business is Losing

ConsultX

They are seeing first hand how many opportunities are being missed to improve profitability and cash flow just from existing operations alone. In 2016, ConsultX launched a Business Consulting Software, with a specific portion of the application dedicated to calculating Profit Leakage.