Seth Godin Blog

APRIL 4, 2023

If you buy a property for 20% down, with the bank financing the rest, and it goes up in value by just 10%, your profit is 50%. (I’ll But if conditions change, if fertilizer is hard to get, if there’s a glut–well, the bank still does fine, but the farmer can get wiped out. Debt is a financial miracle.

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MishTalk

MAY 27, 2014

Bank of Japan Confident Reuters reports Bank of Japan, more confident about recovery, quietly eyes stimulus exit. The Bank of Japan has begun shifting its focus from supporting growth to ways of phasing out its massive stimulus, taking first tentative steps towards a potentially momentous move for the world economy.

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Seth Godin Blog

JUNE 27, 2023

We can avoid the bank balance, not work on the annual budget and ignore the results of that ad we just ran. On the other hand, a cash-flow, profitable business doesn’t need to worry about what private investors think. Culture makes it tempting (and easy) to insulate ourselves from reality. Reality is your enemy.

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Tom Spencer

MARCH 17, 2023

One of the key examples Lewis highlights in his book was the practice among large investment banks of creating and selling complex financial products known as mortgage-backed securities. Investment banks made huge profits along the way, and often knew that these securities were overvalued and going to fail.

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Tom Spencer

OCTOBER 3, 2020

Governments and their central banks couldn’t print and circulate more paper currency without mining more gold and increasing their reserves. 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. The bottom line.

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Harvard Business

APRIL 26, 2017

It’s been more than 25 years since Bill Gates dismissed retail banks as “dinosaurs,” but the statement may be as true today as it was then. Banking for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) has been astonishingly unaffected by the rise of the Internet.

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Tom Spencer

OCTOBER 15, 2021

There is an increasing demand for cashless transactions worldwide, with more than 750 billion non-cash transactions carried out in 2020. Conclusion. He has experience in handling diverse industries, from fast-moving consumer goods to business-to-business hardware retailers. Image: Unsplash.

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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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Martinka Consulting

NOVEMBER 8, 2014

I represent a lot of business buyers and often I hear something like the following, “I won’t pay more than X times cash flow” (or profit, or EBITDA – pick your term). Bank debt = $4,000,000. ” The above examples have the bank lending either 4X FCF or 3.2X ” That was then, this is now.

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Tom Spencer

NOVEMBER 17, 2018

This is because the initial trigger for the crisis was reliance by major banks, particularly those in the United States, on mortgage backed securities as collateral. 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.

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MishTalk

DECEMBER 2, 2013

Statistics from the Bank of Spain show that household credit fell 5.2% If we look at the evolution of the cash flow of borrowed money, the net change in assets is a decrease is 4.7%. Credit in Spain continues to show signs of weakness, year and a half after the Troika bailout. in October to 793.940 billion euros.

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BCG

DECEMBER 15, 2016

Yet that income stream is weakening, as low-risk investment yields dip toward 0% and central banks continue to drain the bond markets. The industry’s overall business growth has stalled, and investment income has become a critical mainstay. Corporate life becomes a series of zero-sum battles in a war with no winners.

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Tom Spencer

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

discounted cash flow (DCF)) and to check if the M&A between two companies would result in an accretive or dilutive situation. The technical interviews were just like any investment banking interviews which involved a lot of finance, accounting, valuation, DCF, and M&A model questions.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 28, 2016

Also, as we explained in an earlier article , we believe that being an established CEO of a small firm involves much less angst than being a senior member of a consulting, investment banking, or private equity firm. This leaves us only with the cash flows that occur between the purchase and the eventual sale.

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Martinka Consulting

OCTOBER 3, 2013

Pre-Great Recession - banks competed for business acquisition loans and I remember one client’s summary that had eight banks, eight approvals, seven banks using the SBA loan guarantee program (called SBA loans from now on) and my client took the non-SBA offer. Buyers, banks and especially sellers! Who benefits?

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Martinka Consulting

MARCH 30, 2020

If cash is tight, let them know, work out payment plans, and above all, don’t be silent about it. Work with your bank , especially if you have a term loan and cash flow issues. This could be better terms, deals, or simply talking with them. Communicate with your suppliers.

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Successful Independent Consulting

MAY 15, 2017

Set up a business bank account separate from your personal accounts to make tax preparation easier. If you're doing business as anything other than a sole proprietor the bank will need to see your business documentation from the state. For example, a business license in New York City will cost more than in a small town in Idaho.

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Martinka Consulting

JULY 2, 2015

Banks factor in a salary figure before they determine cash flow for debt coverage. The bottom line is someone has to run the company and whether it’s the owner or a hired gun they deserve to be paid a fair market salary for that work.

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Successful Independent Consulting

JULY 28, 2022

Cash flow will be erratic, and it takes time (sometimes years) before you feel confident about making a living as a solopreneur. My cash flow was erratic as an independent consultant, ranging from $5,000 to $28,000 a month. If I see money in my bank account, I get looser with my spending.

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MishTalk

DECEMBER 11, 2014

Energy production is extremely capital intense, and often accompanied by negative free cash flow. Since early 2010, energy producers have raised $550 billion of new bonds and loans as the Federal Reserve held borrowing costs near zero, according to Deutsche Bank AG. Junk bonds of Energy XXI Ltd. cents since September.

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MishTalk

MAY 14, 2014

Financial Vulnerabilities in China In its May Financial Stability Report , the Reserve Bank of New Zealand warns about financial vulnerabilities in China. Elsewhere, the tightening of credit terms, including funding costs for property developers, especially in the shadow banking sector, is taking its toll.

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Asamby Consulting

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Work with contractors To get over that initial cash-flow issue, it can make sense to rely on contractors instead of employees. Build some cash reserves If you intend to grow your service-based business by bringing on employees, you'll need some runway for that. It's chasing your own tail.

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

In the past, a community bank would have a relationship with the businesses on Main Street, and when it came time for a loan, there would be a wealth of informal information to augment the loan application. And they are allowing new sources of capital such as peer-to-peer lending to replace traditional bank capital.

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Martinka Consulting

APRIL 26, 2019

Sixty percent of them delayed their exit by at least two years, as per a study by Sun Trust Bank. But it’s the current SBA loan program that’s a win-win-win for buyer, seller, and bank (the SBA doesn’t make loans they guarantee a large portion to the bank). And guess what? Most of those owners planning to sell had to delay it.

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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. It invoices your customers, pays the bills on your schedule, banks your deposits and even syncs everything with your accounting program, freeing your time – and your mind – to grow your business.

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Martinka Consulting

JUNE 18, 2021

You must use free cash flow to truly calculate ROI. Financial diligence – we agree a Quality of Earnings report is not usually necessary for small business deals (those that fit in the SBA loan range) but you must get a “proof of cash” from a CPA firm. Trust but verify” as President Reagan said.

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Martinka Consulting

MARCH 7, 2015

Now what adds some sanity to this are the banks. I expect to sell my business for 6X total cash flow (profit or EBITDA plus owner salary). And speaking of banks, back to our sanity test. Banks are in business to be paid back and they have certain rules they must follow. Most banks minimum is 1.25:1

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Martinka Consulting

DECEMBER 11, 2015

On November 17, 2015 we held our eighth Getting the Deal Done Breakfast Conference at the Bellevue Club (with co-sponsors PRK Law, Meridian Capital, Columbia Bank, Bashey Hutchinson & Walter, CPAs, and “Partner” On-Call/Martinka Consulting). Over 140 people heard our featured speaker, Joe Whinney, founder of Theo Chocolate.

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Martinka Consulting

JUNE 3, 2017

I like their line, “If you’re merely keeping the lights on, then you have a boss: the bank.” You trade your capital for immediate cash flow, i.e. you get a paycheck on payday just like everybody else. Be ready to add value–even to a successful business. It’s faster, cheaper, and easier to finance.

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Martinka Consulting

APRIL 21, 2015

In the past I’ve written about how low interest rates and bank using the SBA guarantee program and its low down payment requirements plus a 10-year amortization have caused buyers to pay more for businesses than they would have years ago (because their payments are the same or less). Many banks will go as low as 1.25:1

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MishTalk

MARCH 27, 2015

They briefly went negative out to 15 years in the wake of the sudden removal of the Swiss National Bank peg to the euro back on January 13 as shown in the following chart. per cent in an effort to prevent a wave of cash flowing into Switzerland in anticipation of the Swiss franc’s rise in value. “

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Harvard Business

JULY 14, 2017

” A plan helps detail how the opportunity is to be seized, what success looks like, and what resources are required, and it can be key to the investment decisions of angel investors, banks, and venture capitalists. The truth, though, is that we just don’t know if it pays to plan.

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Martinka Consulting

MARCH 5, 2021

Business sellers please make it easy on your buyer, the bank, and your intermediary. Your accountant or CFO can help and depending on the size of the deal you may want a quality of earnings report, which is a fancy name for a mini-audit and proof of cash (flow). Show profit, no matter what your CPA says.

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MishTalk

OCTOBER 25, 2015

Less foot traffic means cash flow of mall owners and developers are getting squeezed - a potential hazard for an economy growing at its slowest pace in decades. In its latest efforts to reenergize the economy, China's central bank on Friday cut interest rates for the sixth time in less than a year. That's the banks' problem."

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Harvard Business

JUNE 8, 2018

Since then, we interviewed several chief financial officers (CFOs) of leading technology companies and senior analysts of investment banks who follow technology companies. Business students are taught to value a company based on the discounted amounts of future cash flows or earnings.

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Martinka Consulting

OCTOBER 27, 2017

In the Discounted Future Cash Flow method profits are projected (same as the first issue) and discounted back to a present value. For reference, a check of major bank PE ratios shows they are at about 15). An outsider may ask, how is this possible? Conclusion. ESOP trustees have a lot on the line.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 24, 2017

A nearly $150 million settlement is pending for the fake-account scandal that roiled the bank last year, and a new scandal has emerged: Recently it has been alleged that thousands of customers were signed up for insurance without their knowledge. ’s largest banks? What explains the divergence in the fortunes of two of the U.S.’s

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