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How to Wisely Utilize Debt for Business Expansion

The Startup Magazine

Poorly managed debt can lead to financial strain, decreased creditworthiness, and even bankruptcy. Equipment Financing: Leveraging Assets for Growth Equipment financing allows businesses to purchase or lease equipment needed for expansion without tying up capital or resorting to large upfront payments.

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Working Capital vs. Cash Flow: The Differences and How to Better Manage Them

Up and Running

You can think about cash flow in the sense of personal finances as well as business. It’s important to note that cash flow doesn’t give you your net profit. An important part of any finance management is having access to a lot of positive working capital, as it helps insulate a business against unexpected events.

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How to Manage Your Personal Finances Successfully as an Entrepreneur

The Startup Magazine

That is why managing your entrepreneur personal finances successfully is so important for financial stability, and here are some simple ways you could achieve just that: Assess your situation. To create an efficient financial management plan, you must first assess your current financial position. Source: Pixabay.

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Use agile budgeting to manage your cash

David Teten

Instead of budget approvals, monitor key metrics and give managers more flexibility. How should a growth company manage their budget? So here’s the solution I have recommended to some of my portfolio companies: “ agile budgeting ”, i.e., monitoring a few key variables while giving managers significant flexibility.

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The Shift from FOMO to FOLD in Early Stage Investing

View from Seed

This is unfortunately a net negative for the ecosystem, as it will be tougher for first time founders and underrepresented minorities to get capital in this environment. With greater perceived risk to follow-on financing rounds, having a co-investor that can share the load of a second seed or a small series B round will be more attractive.

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Coping With Late Payment – Managing Asia’s Slow Payers

YoungUpstarts

by Anthony Coundouris , trade finance evangelist for ApexPeak. Understanding and managing cash flow will be crucial to riding the growth curve. If an overseas customer is not able to settle an account due to liquidity problems, sourcing local finance to bridge the gap is an option. Alternative financing.

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A heartbreaking story about time and money.

Berkonomics

But first… There is a relationship between time and money that is more complex than most managers think. Since this number is budgeted and pre-authorized, managers tend to focus upon other things such as sales, marketing and product development issues. The art of good management. How about young or pre-revenue companies?