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Martinka Consulting - Untitled Article

Martinka Consulting

A December 2, 2016 Wall Street Journal article was titled, “ Car Sales Roll Along; Aided by Discounts.*” He knew cash flow. Or should we say he knew short-term cash flow. He watched his cash flow like a hawk. It costs more money to provide quality products and services.

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Financial Shenanigans Versus Incompetence

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The Wall Street Journal and others recently reported about an accounting expert who had predicted the Madoff Ponzi scheme and recently went after GE for what he said are their deceptive accounting practices (of course, GE responded this person didn’t know what he was talking about).

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Economies of Scope - Tom Spencer consulting blog

Tom Spencer

Economies of scope exist where a firm can produce two products at a lower per unit cost than would be possible if it produced only the one. If properly understood, economies of scope could be used by SMEs to drive profit growth and reduce the risk associated with product failure. Importance. burgers, fries, sundaes and salads).

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Fool Me Once Or Fool Me All The Time

Martinka Consulting

On June 2, 2018 Jason Zweig’s article in the Wall Street Journal was titled, “ The Fanciful Alphabet Soup Companies Use to Fool You.” Zweig writes that any form of modified profit isn’t cash flow. I get the feeling many people, even in my industry, don’t understand the difference between profit, Ebitda, and cash flow.

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Transitioning from Management Consulting to Corporate Strategy/M&A – the Interview Process

Tom Spencer

According to the Ivey Business Journal it has two parts: Improving the competitive strategies of operating units by capturing inter-divisional synergies; and. discounted cash flow (DCF)) and to check if the M&A between two companies would result in an accretive or dilutive situation. What is corporate strategy?

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Growth by Acquisition Isn’t for Everybody

Martinka Consulting

By being larger you can reduce most or all of the following: Customers Employees Management abilities Product Owner. More customers over your expanded revenue base, more employees, deeper management, less product concentration, and most importantly, there’s more talent to take a load off the owner. Not too much explanation is needed.

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Strong Economy – Strong Buy-Sell Market

Martinka Consulting

Wall Street Journal – The greatest transfer of wealth in history will occur in this country over the next decade; an estimated $10 trillion is expected to change hands, and much of this wealth is tied up in family businesses. Synergistic product line firm. Contract manufacturer (of your product). Supplier’s company.