Tom Spencer

MARCH 17, 2023

Michael Porter: Focus on creating value Professor Michael Porter, a leading authority on competitive strategy , has emphasised that the true measure of success for a company is not just its quarterly financial performance, but also how those results are attained. One example of Buffett’s approach is his investment in Coca-Cola.

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Martinka Consulting

OCTOBER 23, 2019

Sometimes it’s because they’d sooner “play” with their product than worry about the numbers and often it’s because they’re doing so well it becomes “management by checkbook,” as in, there’s plenty of money so who cares about cash flow, metrics, etc.

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Martinka Consulting

DECEMBER 12, 2019

About 15 years ago I started using the term “free cash flow,” which is pretty much the same as what’s above. Not to mention no management reports, no metrics, KPIs, etc. A CFO type, not just a part-time bookkeeper who doesn’t know what a KPI (key performance indicator) is. Anticipated capital expenditures.

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Prudent Pedal

APRIL 3, 2020

Marketing agencies don’t need to be talking about cash-flow, CARE or FMLA. If ever there was a time to look at and discuss key metrics like open rates and click-throughs, now is the time. What do we want the recipient to know AND do after receiving the communication? 4. Stay in the lane where your brand is relevant.

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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.

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LSA Global

MAY 9, 2019

We believe that employees need to better understand the key factors that affect a company’s operations and financial strength to improve decision-making and strategy execution. How can you expect to pitch a new strategy or product if you are unable to articulate its potential revenue, costs, and return on investment? Cash flow.

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Harvard Business

JULY 1, 2016

Activist investors challenge management strategies. Properly understood, maximizing shareholder value means allocating resources so as to maximize long-term cash flow. This includes non-financial and financial performance metrics as well as incentive compensation plans.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 8, 2018

However, many investors seem to have concluded that the most successful companies with tens of billions of dollars of valuation today could never have justified their valuation at the start of their operation based on discounted cash flow. Traditional companies therefore rely on two strategies.

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Martinka Consulting

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

This is not about ego; it is about building an exit strategy in order to get a higher selling price. It’s the few that do apply that are the reasons why this strategy may make sense. And you will be taking on debt, but this debt comes with good things like customers, good margins, cash flow, etc. Acquire great talent.

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Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

It is also the case that the companies generating the highest immediate cash flows, which should be overvalued on the myopia theory, historically have had the highest stock market returns , implying undervaluation rather than overvaluation. Some companies have great ideas, great management teams, and compelling strategies.

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Harvard Business

MAY 6, 2016

For example, one large technology company embraced a strategy to win through new digital businesses. The board chose earnings per share (among other financial metrics) to measure and reward executives for long-term performance. The downside of this “shareholder friendly” approach is evident at many companies.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 31, 2017

After all, if you’re trying to sell a product or strategy, you need to be able to demonstrate that it is both practical and high margin. “The decision-makers will want to see a simple model that shows revenue, costs, overhead, and cash flow,” he says. ” Focus on key metrics. Overcome your fears.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Yet executives are often reluctant to place sustainability core to their company’s business strategy in the mistaken belief that the costs outweigh the benefits. Managing risks therefore requires making investment decisions today for longer-term capacity building and developing adaptive strategies.

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Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

After all, “short-termism” does not correspond to any single quantifiable metric. Our belief is that the earnings of long-term companies will rely less on accounting decisions and more on underlying cash flow than other companies. With this metric, the gap between long-term companies and the rest is even bigger.

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MishTalk

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

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Harvard Business

JULY 13, 2016

Identify the right metrics. In the digital membership economy, the metrics best apt to indicate success are more likely to be around member churn and engagement. No strategy is static. Inertia isn’t love, and feedback isn’t strategy. But freemium needs to work in service to a larger business strategy.

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Likewise, what is the right set of metrics that company executives should use to manage their subscription businesses in order to hold themselves fully accountable to their stakeholders? The majority of the disclosures they provided at the time were standard top-down metrics (e.g., Case Study: Blue Apron.

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