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Cash flow is king!
Cash flow is the key to business success. The vast majority of business failures is down to bad cash flow, if not all failures for that matter! If you want to run a good business and a successful one at that you must keep an eye on cash flow. Whilst profitability is important, profit is no good to any business unless the money you invoice to your customers is collected in full and in time! Forget balance sheets and profit and loss accounts if you are not accounting minded, but get to grips with your business cash flow. If you lose control of your cash flow you will lose control of your business either to the bank and or the receiver/liquidator! If anything, with most new ventures the cash flow is over optimised. It is always worth while being realistic when planning cash flow for your business.
Lesson #5: Have Fun
“I’m still maybe Peter Pan – doesn’t want to grow up,” says Branson.

Poker, Unpredictability, and Going on Tilt
I had an interesting experience tonight playing Texas Hold'em Poker. Despite having virtually no poker experience, I ended up winning a decent-sized pot. The morals of the story:
Great pieces of advice
When I started the company, I had absolutely no idea on how to provide consulting services, let alone run a business. A lot of people gave us a lot of good advice, and I thought I would list out the more unconventional pieces of advice we received, and immensely benefited from
Your Website As Persuasion Machine
The combination of the Internet, the Web, and technology has democratized business almost beyond recognition. Today the small, nimble, clever adaptor has the competitive advantage over their bigger, slower moving, 'we've-always-done-it-this-way' competitors; but the confluence of the Web environment and digital technology is one thing, how to use it effectively is another. Not every trendy social networking gimmick, user generated irrelevance, and pointless viral voyeurism is a productive business communication tactic.

Why you have to love Tech Stocks!
As someone who spent a lot of time as a Financial Planner after the Tech Bubble in the late 90’s, it is not easy to say you have to love Tech stocks. Why? Because, the Tech market of the late 90’s became the poster child of what not to do when investing. It became a cliché for anyone who taught people how to diversify and be a balanced investor.

Financial Regulation: Necessary Evil or Evil Necessarily?
The article discusses the issues with newly proposed regulation for financial markets. It lists the possible implications of mistakes regarding new regulation, and cites past instances that support its claims.
Franchise Resales Part II - Due Diligence Tips
This is the second of a two part series dedicated to helping people better understand the give and takes of investing in a franchise resale.
Stock Market:How to Enjoy the Upside without the Downside
Back before I knew anything about stock analysis, financial statements, ratios, etc… I was introduced to a method that helped me to follow trends. The method can help you to know when to get into a fund or ETF and when it may be best to get out.

Time to Re-Finance or Buy a Home?
Veteran Financial Planner goes through the bold moves by the Fed and the Treasury and explains how they will affect you!

Heres why the market tanked when Geithner spoke
Traders and investors alike have been waiting for Geithner’s speech. However, what he ended up doing was opening up more questions than answers. Until we get some “light” as to which way this will all go, the markets will continue to be choppy and erratic.
The Bank of Japan will buy 1 Trillion Yen of Shares Held by Banks, But will it be enough?
The Bank of Japan is buying 1 trillion yen's worth of stocks from their banks to shore up their balance sheets and to encourage them to lend. But will it be enough? Read on...
The Building Blocks of a Successful Company
The Building Blocks of a Successful Company - Business owners want their businesses to grow… of course. But a business can only grow successfully over the long term if it is built on a strong foundation. In this article, you'll read about what important aspect of the business makes up many of the building blocks of your soon-to-be successful company. Ignore these building blocks at your own peril! Or, embrace them and hold on as your business becomes more successful than you anticipated!

Tough Times Demand Resilient Leaders
Daily news shows detail the difficulties that corporate leaders face. Resiliency has never been more vital for leadership than it is today. Eileen uses the acronym "Hope" to teach leadership key strengths.
Private Equity: Africa for Sale?
Leslie W. Maasdorp, Vice-Chairman, Absa Capital and Barclays Capital, South Africa, a Young Global Leader, opened with the remark that it is very clear the private equity industry has experienced unprecedented growth. But this activity is also attended by concern, he said, both from regulators and those who foresee the possibility of newly acquired companies becoming saddled with debt.

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Impact of Culture on Mergers and Acquisitions
no matter how adept top executives have been in working the art of Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A), many are now singing the post M&A blues. According to a KPMG International study, 83% of mergers and acquisitions fail due to mismanagement of cultures. Merging balance sheets it turns out is far easier than merging cultures. Executives must therefore analyze the culture of the two companies before considering a merger or acquisition.
Calvin Klein Bedding
There are some who would argue that your bed sheets are the most important part of your room. While soothing to the sleeper, they can also refresh – or damper – the entire room. That is why they come as varied as the people who buy them. From classic white to prints and plaids, bed linens range not only in colour and pattern but also in price. The untrained eye might not realize it, but the material quality and thread count of your sheets goes a long way in determining how much you’ll be paying for them. And, if you look at the upper end of that scale that is where you’ll find Calvin Klein bedding.

Leadership Success Strategy - Your Winning Leadership Formula to a Balanced Life
Balance is not a state or place we can get to. Balance is always in motion. A ballerina trains and practices balance to be on point, a golfer balances his/her golf swing, a pilot keeps the aircraft balanced through all types of weather conditions. Each of these examples illustrate different areas where balance is required, however, each of the individuals have one fundamental characteristic. They are focused on an objective to get to a specific outcome. Balance is a skill to be developed.

The Bank of Japan will buy 1 Trillion Yen of Shares Held by Banks, But will it be enough?
The Bank of Japan is buying 1 trillion yen's worth of stocks from their banks to shore up their balance sheets and to encourage them to lend. But will it be enough? Read on...
Time to buy banks with mark-to-market behind them?
Yesterday, the FASB eliminated mark to market accounting standards. Now they will be priced based on their income, not what a buyer would pay for them in the market. This will create a lot of uncertainty around some of the toxic assets on banks balance sheets, as well as the TALF program.

Strive for Harmony, not Balance!
Balance is impossible! Just ask any entrepreneur about balance in his business or talk to a new mother about balance! Ask the newlyweds about balance or an Olympic athlete about balance. It doesn't exist in their world. As the #1 Online Life Coach I'm here to tell you that doing anything of great value requires you to be out of balance.

Serving for Success
The elements of business success go far beyond simple bottom line calculations. Success comes from an attitude and focus on serving others, not just our balance sheets.
Could the World Cup Be Telling Us Something?
In this World Cup (circa 2010), the countries struggling on the field are the same countries struggling with their disastrous balance sheets and bloated entitlement programs, suggests Mike Farrell with aspenIbiz. Read this short post about taking a few pages from the playbooks of the more effective teams on the field which are from developing nations with strong economic growth and stable balance sheets.
10 Richest Canadian Billionaires - Find Out How They Got So Rich
Canada has its share of top richest people and even if recession has affected the Billionaire Balance Sheets of 2008 to 2009, the top richest people in the world have $2 trillion in asset valuation. Forbes, the trusted magazine all around the globe when it comes to entrepreneurial stories and news, came up with the list of 10 richest Canadians for 2009.
Leasing Office Space – Funding Tenant Improvements
The landlord is usually willing to fund tenant improvement expenditures provided he is confident the tenant has the financial capacity to pay rent for the term of the lease. For large companies with strong balance sheets, landlords will generally spend as much as is requested on tenant improvements.
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