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9 Steps to Handle Business Loan Rejection

Up and Running

On the other hand, some of these are not easily fixable so you’ll have to look for alternative solutions to your financing problems. Pre-Tax Return on Net Worth. This ratio is not applicable if the subject company’s net worth for the period being analyzed has a negative value. Explore other financing options.

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Use agile budgeting to manage your cash

David Teten

I encourage entrepreneurs to correct course with a re-forecast early and often. Howell, Professor of Business Administration at Tuck, writes that you should turn your budgeting process upside down by “reformat[ting] planning and budgeting templates to highlight cash rather than accounting net income.”.

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Coping With Late Payment – Managing Asia’s Slow Payers

YoungUpstarts

by Anthony Coundouris , trade finance evangelist for ApexPeak. According to The Economist forecast for 2015, ASEAN will add USD 335 billion and become the fourth largest economy in the world. 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.

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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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Could you achieve ten percent net income each month?

Berkonomics

[Email readers, continue here…] We are not taught to think this way, but rather to find the month in which we break even in our plan, then calculate the accumulated losses to that point, add all the cash needed for investment in fixed assets, and end up with the amount needed to finance the business through equity or debt financing.

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Unlocking the Power of Data: Transforming Metrics into Actionable Insights

Duct Tape Marketing

The rising importance of predictive AI-driven analytics became clear, hinting at a future where forecasts will shape decisions. I think the net of it is it went from HubSpot teaching a business model to follow to more of a partner program where you're reselling technology. But yeah, so they definitely made a bunch of changes.

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How should I finance my new venture? - Startups and angels: Along.

Tim Keane

How to prepare a sales forecast for a business plan » March 09, 2011. How should I finance my new venture? It’s a deceptively simple question:  what is the optimal way to finance a new startup?   Sometimes, the bonus in bootstrapping is that the venture finds it doesn’t need acceleration financing

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