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Nuance

CaseInterview.com

Love it or hate it… you’re paying attention (and generating advertising revenue for the publisher or social media platform). If you can articulate the finance department’s concerns better than they can, you’re trusted by those in that department. The media turns issues into black and white. Fear sells.

Media 98
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Starting A New Company? Do You Need Help? It Is Available

Business Consulting Agency

Capital/Financing. Leadership/Talent. Public Relations/Advertising. Logos/Graphic Design. Contract Negotiations. Social Media/Blogging. Licensing/Certification. Regulatory Compliance. Promotional Collateral. Strategic Alliances/Triangulation. Mergers/Acquisitions. Expansions/Consolidations. International Localization.

Company 52
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PARADE Method

CaseInterview.com

As a freshman at Stanford, I was the Finance Director for the Stanford Solar Car project. 3) Role: Since I was the finance director, it was my responsibility and mine alone to find a solution. a) I analyzed the expense budget to see how much we would actually have to raise to close the financing gap. The amount was $15,000.

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Plotting Your Career Success: Ladders Versus Expanders

Confessions of a Consultant

Ray demonstrated leadership from his earliest days in the Irish Army, in Intel, Ulster Bank and, more recently, in the Middle East. My lunch-buddy was making the point that this just wouldn’t happen in finance or marketing. Accountants eventually become Financial Comptrollers, then Finance Directors and so on.

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3 Ways M&A Is Different When You’re Acquiring a Digital Company

Harvard Business

billion in 2014 to help it make the leap from a traditional advertising company to a digital one. Doing digital M&A right means upending the way most companies approach financing, due diligence, and merger integration. Let’s start with financing the deal. So, what do you need to know to get up the learning curve?

Company 28
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Why consulting?

Management Consulted

When I started out in the program, I quickly realized I was never cut out for finance or accounting. As my finance study partner once told me, rising water rises with everything else – and that is why I want to get into ‘Consulting’.” Then I applied for a graduate program in Finance and got the admission.

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Do You Need a Formal Degree, or Will a MOOC Do?

Harvard Business

If everyone on the leadership team has an advanced degree and you don’t, it may be an uphill battle to convince them of your merits. Formal degree programs excel at general education: an MBA, for instance, gives you a little bit of everything you might need as a leader, from finance to marketing to operations.