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What Is a Balance Sheet?

Up and Running

Assets = Liabilities + Equity. If you’re in the process of starting a business or writing a business plan document, you’ll have heard the phrase “balance sheet” mentioned, or maybe you’ve seen one in a sample business plan. In this article, I’ll review: The components of a balance sheet. Balance sheet examples.

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Praying to the God of Valuation

Both Sides of the Table

Within 5 years I was on the board of real businesses with meaningful revenue, strong balance sheets, no debt and on the path to a few interesting exits. Deep down I love working with founders and products, strategy, go-to-market, financial management, pricing and all aspects of building a startup. The tide has gone out.

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What is the Right Burn Rate at a Startup Company?

Both Sides of the Table

We want a strong balance sheet (um, ok. but that’s our firm’s money on your balance sheet. So money spent should add equity value or create IP that eventually will. I call this “using your balance sheet as a strategic weapon.” otherwise I prefer to invest less and risk less).

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[INTERVIEW] Michael Majeed, Finance Executive, SR&ED Tax Consultant

YoungUpstarts

What kinds of habits should an entrepreneur cultivate so that financial management is done in an ongoing manner? Michael Majeed: Financial management is crucial to the success of the business. For starters, rising debt-to-equity ratio. Michael Majeed is a longtime financial services executive and consultant based in Toronto.

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7 Key Insights You Can Get From Analyzing Your Financial Statements

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Start by doing monthly financial statement analysis on your cash flow statement , income statement , and balance sheet. Tasks such as accounting, systems management, and financial reporting are among the most frequently outsourced tasks. This will help you manage your sales and expenses and keep track of daily transactions.

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WP Engine passes $100M in revenue and secures $250M investment from Silver Lake

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

This week we closed $250M in financing from Silver Lake , the premier technology private equity firm. Of course a nice chunk is primary capital, i.e. for the company balance sheet, to invest in growth initiatives, security and quality, and advancing our existing strategic priorities through acceleration and de-risking.

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9 Steps to Handle Business Loan Rejection

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If you don’t already know who the loan manager is, then do some research and find out. For example, I ran into one case in which the loan manager blamed a rejection on a lack of monthly financial projections for the next 5-years. Measures a company’s ability to manage and allocate resources. Dig into why your loan was denied.

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