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Transitioning from Management Consulting to Corporate Strategy/M&A – the Interview Process

Tom Spencer

Many management consultants hardly complete two or three years in their jobs before they realize that there’s more to life than consulting. Some consultants leave for personal reasons, because they want to start a family or spend more time with their loved ones. Interviews. What is corporate strategy? Group head interview (fit).

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The Corona Virus for Small Businesses

Consultant Journal

At Consultant Journal, we know many entrepreneurs, small business owners and consultants wonder about the business impact. Take a look at your cash flow and what a change to sales or staffing could do. Related to Business Management: Consulting Fees: A Guide for Independent Consultants.

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Martinka Consulting

A December 2, 2016 Wall Street Journal article was titled, “ Car Sales Roll Along; Aided by Discounts.*” He knew cash flow. Or should we say he knew short-term cash flow. He watched his cash flow like a hawk. The post appeared first on Martinka Consulting.

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Financial Shenanigans Versus Incompetence

Martinka Consulting

The Wall Street Journal and others recently reported about an accounting expert who had predicted the Madoff Ponzi scheme and recently went after GE for what he said are their deceptive accounting practices (of course, GE responded this person didn’t know what he was talking about). Karl Popper.

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Fool Me Once Or Fool Me All The Time

Martinka Consulting

On June 2, 2018 Jason Zweig’s article in the Wall Street Journal was titled, “ The Fanciful Alphabet Soup Companies Use to Fool You.” Zweig writes that any form of modified profit isn’t cash flow. I get the feeling many people, even in my industry, don’t understand the difference between profit, Ebitda, and cash flow.

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Growth by Acquisition Isn’t for Everybody

Martinka Consulting

A $50 million (revenue) company with 10 percent earnings will sell for a higher multiple (of profit, earnings, free cash flow, or whatever metric you use) than a $25 million company with 10 percent earnings, which will sell for a higher multiple than a $10 million company, and so on.

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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. Ken Lizotte CMC is Chair of the CEO Club of Boston, a branch of CEO Clubs International, and Chief Imaginative Officer (CIO) of emerson consulting group inc., As part of his ongoing column in Money Inc.