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Thoughts on Blockchain & Crypto

CaseInterview.com

Cryptocurrencies don’t produce a monthly cash flow like, say, renting out a home or building full of apartments (or flats). So, it’s not inherently a cash-flow-producing type of asset. In 2017, a bitcoin traded at roughly $1,000. Did bitcoin holders receive a lot more in monthly cash flow?

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How Competition Is Driving AI’s Rapid Adoption

Harvard Business

Amazon, born 24 years ago, had captured about 45% of online retail commerce in the United States by 2017, but still stood for just about 5% of total US retail gross merchandise volume in that year. Those technologies started to be used about ten to 25 years ago, and the average level of absorption of these technologies was about 37% in 2017.

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What GE’s Board Could Have Done Differently

Harvard Business

During Jeff Immelt’s tenure as CEO of General Electric, from 2001 until 2017, the company’s stock price fell by over 30%, a decline of roughly $150 billion in shareholder value. Fortunately, in December of 2017 GE’s board downsized from 18 members to 12. The Board Had No Finance Committee.

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Give Your Team the Freedom to Do the Work They Think Matters Most

Harvard Business

By 2017 it had grown organically to $12.79 In 2017 and 2018 , Decathlon was ranked the #1 Great Place to Work in France. Michelin is a huge company in a relatively mature industry, but it has still managed to nearly double its free cash flow since 2015, to €1.509 billion ($1.75 billion in revenue in 2013.

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Hospital Budget Systems Are Holding Back Innovation

Harvard Business

Nearly 800 digital health startups were funded in 2017, an all-time high. But they should also allow the acquisition of software technology to be determined by performance considerations and discounted-cash-flow calculations, not whether the acquisition fits within predetermined capital and operating budgets. health care system.

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Strong Economy – Strong Buy-Sell Market

Martinka Consulting

More businesses sold after being advertised on bizbuysell.com than any other year, and 2017 was 25% higher than 2016. Cash flow is king (they don’t require full collateralization, but will take as much as they can). Ten percent buyer down payment (minimum), which frees up cash to grow the business. Pretty small.

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CEO Oasis: Relief for “Loneliness at the Top”

Emerson Consulting Group

For months now, Steve has been struggling over cash-flow problems with no solution in sight. As part of his ongoing column in Money Inc. It’s 8 PM and everyone has left the building except the guy at the top, Steve, CEO of a mid-size manufacturing firm.