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Cash Flow Matters: Accounts Receivable Financing Fuels New Model Of Working Capital

YoungUpstarts

In fact, your start-up needs are typically in direct opposition of your customers, as each entity works to manage its own working capital requirements. It can be a hard lesson in cash management, sometimes catching a young enterprise off guard. No interest accrues and no debt is added to your company balance sheet.

Finance 196
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Microsoft, Near Death, & Enterprise Cloud

Agile VC

Remember Lou Gerstner ran American Express before taking the helm at IBM in 1993. Microsoft doesn’t need the cash… despite limited growth and paying a substantial dividend, MSFT still generates good cashflow and has >$70B on it’s balance sheet. Want names?

Cloud 113