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What is consulting?

Tom Spencer

Some people also call consulting a ‘talk-job’ – you go to the clients, you talk about what the ideal world scenario would be for a particular project, product or market, and your billable hours are sorted. Sales, Marketing, Production) and secondary functions (e.g. Finance, HR, Supply Chain, ICT, Legal).

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What is Project Accounting?

Progressus

Its most general definition is processing financial transactions by project including costs, billings, and revenue. Companies which are not externally project driven may use project accounting to track internal projects such as a marketing campaign, or some type of capital improvement. Project accounting is an overly broad term.

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When should a startup hire a COO

Asamby Consulting

The classical definition of the COO is to be the second in command after the CEO. Oftentimes, the COO manages all administrative and finance functions. You can also make them responsible for marketing and sales. Consider the two financial core metrics when thinking about the COO, cashflow and ROI.

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Rising COVID cases, falling economy

Tom Spencer

The most basic definition of money is any asset that is generally accepted as a means of payment to settle debts. If Keen is sincere in his belief that gold is not money, then he should find it truly baffling that the US holds more than 8,000 metric tons of gold in reserve. Firstly, what is money? Economies can and should save.

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Mergers & Acquisitions: The Importance of Creating a Shared Culture

Organizational Talent Consulting

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Mergers and acquisitions (M&As) are key growth strategies for many organizations: entering new markets, acquiring new technologies, or leveraging scale and size. UNDERSTANDING ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE Culture has been studied for years, resulting in many different models and definitions.

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How to Fix the Most Soul-Crushing Meetings

Harvard Business

Meetings are productive and meaningful when the people in them have a clear reason to be there, a definitive contribution to make, and together, they advance strategic priorities. The wars between departments doubled the time required to bring a new product to market because teams were often given conflicting directions.

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Aerial Photos Tell a Story About Which Cities Are Embracing Clean Energy

Harvard Business

You can see vast wind farms along ridgelines, of course, but I use one shorthand metric to gauge progress: how covered are the rooftops? This quick measure of the clean economy is of course superficial, but it’s in the spirit of indicators like the so-called “Waffle House” metric : the U.S.

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