Tom Spencer

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

Corporate development. Strong emotional intelligence to deal with sensitivity of information and seniority of audience is also essential. Corporate Development. While some companies would group corporate development and corporate strategy together a lot of them have it as separate teams. Corporate Strategy.

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Progressus

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

The Power of Unity Firms need real-time insights into the entire business – finance, project accounting, sales, everything – otherwise multiple versions of the truth will start showing up in budgets, estimates, and forecasts. It prevents you from generating reliable cash-flow forecasts and makes it incredibly difficult to manage resources.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 8, 2018

Digital companies, however, consider scientists’ and software workers’ and product development teams’ time to be the company’s most valuable resource. This notion, that risk is a desirable feature, can seem like sacrilege to anyone who’s taken an introductory finance course.

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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. After all, isn’t the customer’s voice relevant if you are going to finance a plumber or restaurant?

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 15, 2017

One of the most stressful things about being self-employed is managing your cash flow. Informal agreements are the source of almost every payment problem, so be sure “to get everything in writing.” This information helps you better manage your monthly cash flow. Don’t: Work informally.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 3, 2018

This example illustrates that investors consider information beyond just earnings as value-relevant. Information on revenue and its drivers are, without doubt, the digital companies’ most value-relevant disclosures from the investors’ perspective. What caused this slump? Investors should have access to those estimates, too.

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MishTalk

AUGUST 7, 2013

Get Involved The State of the Unions Finances: A Citizens Guide. Minsky noted that ‘euphoria’ might develop at this stage. “A follow-the-leader process develops as firms and households see that speculators are making a lot of money. Dollar Collapse News on the Dollar's Death Spiral. US in a Minsky Bubble?

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Harvard Business

JULY 20, 2016

“It’s the equivalent of doing informational interviews. Sure, they may be “the competition,” says Horowitz, but they are also a great source of information. Goel advises building in downtime to do business development and networking. “It takes time to get a consistent cash flow going.

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Harvard Business

MAY 1, 2017

So, in real terms, debt financing is essentially free. Next time you're deciding about a big investment, NPV can help you make a more informed decision. Equity cash flows, in turn, are a function of a company’s long-term return on equity (ROE), growth, and the value of shareholders’ equity on its books.

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Moving from “top-down” valuation to “bottom-up” The default valuation method for finance professionals is “top-down” in nature. A new methodology, which we call customer-based corporate valuation (CBCV), holds the answer to both of these – and other similarly critical – questions.

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