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Navigating the Crossroads: Project Management vs. Project Accounting Software

Progressus

Optimizing Resource Allocation and Project Scheduling Problem: An event planning business struggled with overbooking and underutilizing its staff across multiple projects. This not only optimized staff utilization but also balanced workloads, preventing burnout, and ensuring that each event was staffed appropriately.

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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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Need Clients Now? 5 Strategies to Quickly Get More Consulting Clients

Consulting Matters

However, there will be times when you have to feel the cash flow pressure and need to find clients.right now! Attend Networking Events. Choose events that your ideal client will be attending (vs. When you are at the event, practice using a more conversational and branded response to the question “So, what do you do?”

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Need Clients Now? 5 Strategies to Quickly Get More Consulting Clients

Consulting Matters

However, there will be times when you have to feel the cash flow pressure and need to find clients.right now! Attend Networking Events. Choose events that your ideal client will be attending (vs. When you are at the event, practice using a more conversational and branded response to the question “So, what do you do?”

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2008 Financial Crisis – Causes and historical context

Tom Spencer

Many an economics and finance course later, I see that the layers of complexities to the 2008 financial crisis are innumerable. 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. It all seemed so clear.

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Strong Economy – Strong Buy-Sell Market

Martinka Consulting

It’s because we had a little event 10 years ago affectionately called the “Great Recession.” It’s not reckless money like it was 15 years ago but financing options abound, including for lower middle market and below sized deals. Cash flow is king (they don’t require full collateralization, but will take as much as they can).

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Forget Startups – Buy a Business

Martinka Consulting

Make sure the transition agreement covers the seller being around for annual events that don’t fall within the contracted time. It’s faster, cheaper, and easier to finance. You trade your capital for immediate cash flow, i.e. you get a paycheck on payday just like everybody else.