New business owners or those new to accounting tend to equate expenses with cash output, with the assumption that any expense created by your business will also include a reduction of cash. While that is true if you’re using cash basis accounting, if you’re using accrual accounting, a recorded expense does not always include a reduction of cash…
If you’re gearing up to borrow money for a car, home, or another big purchase, you already know how important it is to have a good credit score.
What’s less clear, usually, is how to boost that score if you need money ASAP, and your current one leaves you with...
The basic beliefs of advertising were shaken up in 1996 with the arrival of the GoTo.com search engine, created by Bill Gross of Idealab. Before that date, people were inclined to cite David Ogilvy: “Half the money I spend on advertising is wasted, and the trouble is…
The pandemic has made the difference plain.
We’ve been hearing it for some time. Industry experts insist that “loyalty is dead.” Employees are always looking for the next job. Millennials are more interested in freelance work than long-term employment. Companies don’t seem to be interested in loyalty, either…
Investments are inherently risky - real estate in particular. The subprime mortgage crisis was barely a decade ago and it played a large role in a devastating recession.
Is real estate a good investment today? As with any potential investment, doing a thorough research and examining all your...
Global trade is under unprecedented pressure from COVID-19 and geopolitical challenges, with supply chains affected by a range of factors firms cannot control. As liquidity dries up and the global economy shrinks, banks should prepare for higher levels of non-performing loans, and should find ways to move credit risk off their balance sheets. At the…
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Back in the olden days (1978), a theater term was applied to finance, and angel investing was born. As far as I can tell, this is the one and only time that theater and finance have merged, at least outside of one semester of college when I took an acting class…