Harvard Business

JUNE 8, 2018

The market caps of just four companies, Apple, Alphabet, Amazon, and Microsoft, now exceed $3 trillion. Their combined assets of $944 billion are an order of magnitude lower than the combined assets of $7,700 billion of the largest 3,177 companies in 1986, when the aggregate market capitalization reached $3 trillion for the first time.

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The Fearless Marketer

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

This is the second of five articles about the 5 Pillars of Marketing, my marketing model that helps get your marketing on track. – Better cash flow. And then you turn the answers to those questions into a marketing piece, often called an “executive summary” that’s two or three pages long.

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Harvard Business

MAY 28, 2018

Immediately after joining Nikon, he decided to interview some of them. He asked one former major investor for a reaction to the company’s prediction (accompanying poor quarterly results): “that the [current] market contraction will bottom out soon and our profits will improve.” What he heard was uncomfortable.

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Martinka Consulting

OCTOBER 27, 2017

One of my roles was being on the team interviewing the critical (and very expensive) ESOP advisors. In the Discounted Future Cash Flow method profits are projected (same as the first issue) and discounted back to a present value. For small businesses, it’s 3-5 times profit (after fair market owner compensation).

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Harvard Business

APRIL 5, 2017

Similarly, considering greater accruals (which represent the difference between reported income and operating cash flows) to measure short-term orientation has its difficulties. It assumes that a smaller proportion of cash flows in earnings indicates a myopic firm. Are all share repurchases myopic?

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 13, 2018

And stitched into its origin story is a clue to why some products (and businesses) succeed in the market while most wither and die. They used a harsh phrase to describe this cause of failure: “no market need.” Here are three strategies worth trying: Look for successful competitors. Test your marketing promise.

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MishTalk

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

Guest Post from Peak Prosperity In an exclusive interview of John Hussman by Peak Prosperity''s Chris Martenson, Hussman says Stock Market Is Overvalued By 100%. Chris Martenson : John Hussman is highly respected for his prodigious use of data and adherence to what it tells him about the state of the financial markets.

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Harvard Business

APRIL 13, 2016

“That was a major turning point,” Mahindra said in an interview I did with him for a new book, The Three Box Solution. While these core businesses continued to generate cash flow, IBM struggled to find The Next Big Thing. “That is how we were able to make the entire organization begin to forget the past.”

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Harvard Business

JULY 20, 2016

“It’s the equivalent of doing informational interviews. Horowitz suggests asking your fellow freelancers what the market is like for your skills and what their rates are. When you’ve got the above logistics sorted out, it’s time to “transition to the active marketing stage,” says Horowitz.

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Tom Spencer

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

In contrast, economies of scope is a lesser known concept particularly relevant to small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) that may not have access to large markets or the ability to produce at scale. Marketing – The cost of advertising can be shared across products. More stable cash flows are attractive for three reasons.

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MishTalk

APRIL 1, 2015

trillion muni market had puzzled at the true identity of Bond Girl, Hector Negroni, co-founder of New York-based investing firm Fundamental Credit Opportunities, said in a telephone interview. “ Chicago used interest rate swaps on its 2003, 2005, 2007, and 2009 bond deals, apparently as part of a synthetic fixed rate strategy. (

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MishTalk

DECEMBER 16, 2015

The interview was before the Fed announcement. Cash: With zero interest rates the penalty for holding cash is not very significant. Stock Market: Nothing cheap. If you take out those stocks, the stock market isn't doing real well. It was a fascinating 2-hour interview. Mexico: Mexico is terrific.

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