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5 Ways to Improve Your Business Financial Management

Up and Running

Now, managing and analyzing your business finances doesn’t have to be a frustrating process. In fact, by proactively looking for improvements, you can set yourself up for more effective and fruitful financial management. Here are a few tips to help you better manage your business finances. Consult an accountant.

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Revenue Recognition’s Effect On M&A

YoungUpstarts

by Jacqueline Pruscha, Audit Manager at Sensiba San Filippo. There has been a lot of chatter regarding changes in revenue recognition criteria lately, but the effects it will have on the evaluation of companies planning an exit is just beginning to emerge. What are the changes? Determine the transaction price (what will be owed).

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Praying to the God of Valuation

Both Sides of the Table

There were startups and a software industry but barely. We had nascent revenues, ridiculous cost structures and unrealistic valuations. 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. There was no money train.

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What is the Right Burn Rate at a Startup Company?

Both Sides of the Table

So if your costs are $500,000 per month and you have $350,000 per month in revenue then your net burn (500-350) is equal to $150,000. We want a strong balance sheet (um, ok. but that’s our firm’s money on your balance sheet. Gross burn is the total amount of money you are spending per month.

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

YoungUpstarts

In the last several years, we’ve seen a number of new online services and software that are designed to help business owners track their income and payables. What kinds of habits should an entrepreneur cultivate so that financial management is done in an ongoing manner?

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How Plan Vs Actual Comparison Helps You Manage Your Business

Up and Running

Planning is not just about the plan — it’s about the management. And plan vs. actual analysis, also called variance analysis, is essential to better business management. And planning means tracking the actual results , comparing them to the original plan, and managing the difference. What is plan vs actual?

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Why GE’s Jeff Immelt Lost His Job – Disruption and Activist Investors

Steve Blank

In his Harvard Business Review article summing up his tenure, Immelt recalls that the two things that influenced him most were Marc Andreessen’s 2011 Wall Street Journal article “ Why Software Is Eating the World, ” and Eric Ries’s book The Lean Startup. Andreessen’s article helped accelerate the company’s digital transformation.