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Investment Banking 101: Understanding the Industry

Tom Spencer

Investment bankers work on behalf of both individual and institutional clients to raise capital by issuing securities, as well as to advise clients on financial matters such as mergers, acquisitions, and other corporate finance activities. How would you value a company with negative historical cash flow?

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Navigating the Crossroads: Project Management vs. Project Accounting Software

Progressus

Progress Reports: Generate real-time updates on project status. Streamlining Communication and Collaboration in Remote Teams Problem: A software development company with a globally distributed team faced challenges in communication and collaboration. Financial Reporting: Generate detailed financial reports and analyses.

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Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for Professional Services Firms

Progressus

Factors impacting profit margins include the tendency to allocate 80% of project work with the last 20% of the budget, inaccurate time-sheet reporting, underbidding during the sales process, and client disputes. Measuring utilization informs decisions regarding hiring, outsourcing, skill development, and workload distribution.

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Equity Research: Understanding the Role of Stock Analysts

Tom Spencer

Understanding Equity Research The role of an equity researcher is to analyze financial data, industry trends, and other information to create detailed reports on specific companies or sectors. This includes analyzing a company’s financial statements, such as its income statement, balance sheet, and cash flow statement.

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

Business Consulting Agency

Product Development. Capital/Financing. Business Development. Reporting/Analytics. Cash Flow Management. Business consulting topics covered include, but are not limited to, the following are as follows: Business Consulting Topics. Retail/E-Commerce. Corporate Filing. Sales/Marketing. Vendor Relations.

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Why We Need to Update Financial Reporting for the Digital Era

Harvard Business

and (ii) how can digital firms improve their financial reports to communicate sources of value creation in their businesses? Digital companies, however, consider scientists’ and software workers’ and product development teams’ time to be the company’s most valuable resource.

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How to Improve Your Finance Skills (Even If You Hate Numbers)

Harvard Business

If you’re not a numbers person, finance is daunting. “The decision-makers will want to see a simple model that shows revenue, costs, overhead, and cash flow,” he says. Stop avoiding finance because you’re afraid of numbers. Think of it this way, “Finance is the way businesses keep score.

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