Business Management
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Your Balance Sheet Is a Goldmine. Are you mining it?
Your Balance Sheet Is a Goldmine. Most Just Don’t Know How to Mine It. A business owner once said:“We need funding. Growth is stuck.”On paper, it looked true. Sales were flat.Cash was tight.Banks were hesitant. But one look at the balance sheet told a very different story.What was hidden in plain sight? Idle land bought… Continue reading
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Why Must a Founder Be Able to Understand the Balance Sheet?
When reviewing a balance sheet for a recent acquisition, I saw a “garden” that looked perfect at first glance. Profits were blooming, but cash flow had withered to just 10% of the previous year. That’s not a rounding error; that’s a distress signal. Many founders look at a balance sheet like a school report card:… Continue reading
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Mahabharata & Ramayana: Two Wars, One Missing Document:
Mahabharata & Ramayana: Two Wars, One Missing Document: Two of India’s greatest epics began for one simple reason: families had power, wealth, emotions… but no governance. Think about it: In the Ramayana, a single, unchecked, undocumented, and emotionally interpreted verbal promise sent a prince to the forest and shattered a kingdom’s stability. In the Mahabharata,… Continue reading
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Are You the Best Owner of Your Business?
Mergers, acquisition, sell-off, buy out and takeover are common with large businesses and start-ups. Every now and then we read this news. However, there is no such large market for SME businesses. Selling a business is a good option in several circumstances. Holding on to it for emotional or non-strategic or non-financial reasons is not… Continue reading
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