Harvard Business

MARCH 31, 2017

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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Tom Spencer

JULY 21, 2018

Due diligence is a crucial step in the M&A process, which aims to validate the information provided by the target company, highlight key risks, and assess whether it is still an attractive opportunity to pursue. Financial due diligence involves a lot of financial modelling ( DCF , LBO , NAV ) and deal structuring.

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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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Tom Spencer

NOVEMBER 17, 2018

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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Tom Spencer

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

Strong emotional intelligence to deal with sensitivity of information and seniority of audience is also essential. discounted cash flow (DCF)) and to check if the M&A between two companies would result in an accretive or dilutive situation. Multiple hiring team interviews (case + fit).

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Harvard Business

JUNE 28, 2016

But here is a sketch based on the information we have at hand. That means that the CEO keeps 20% of any cash distribution after the investors’ investment is returned and they are paid a preferred dividend.) million EBITDA company for 4x paying $6 million and using 50% debt financing.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 8, 2018

This notion, that risk is a desirable feature, can seem like sacrilege to anyone who’s taken an introductory finance course. Business students are taught to value a company based on the discounted amounts of future cash flows or earnings. It’s unlikely that investors’ risk aversion has fundamentally changed.

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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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Emerson Consulting Group

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

For months now, Steve has been struggling over cash-flow problems with no solution in sight. Adds Brian Urban, CEO of Sencorp and four other companies, “Being able to meet and get to know CEO peers from different industries or even a similar one can help a lot due to the sharing of like information.

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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

APRIL 1, 2015

Chicago finances are even worse than I thought which is saying quite a bit because I have written about the sorry state of Chicago finances on numerous occasion. Many of these uses of bond proceeds are not eligible for tax-exempt financing under the federal tax code." Who Is Kristi Culpepper? You should be.

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MishTalk

AUGUST 7, 2013

Get Involved The State of the Unions Finances: A Citizens Guide. So refraining from any forecast of what will happen in the near term, it’s sufficient to observe that the economic data is not nearly as strong as widely perceived, and the impact of QE on stock prices does nothing to improve the underlying cash flows.

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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. “It takes time to get a consistent cash flow going. Find an accountant who can help you set up your finances and make tax filing easier.

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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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