How Financially Disciplined is Your Company? 3 Rules for Surviving any Storm

Recessions and volatile markets can leave behind net losses, bad cash flow and bankruptcies in their wake. At the same time, more fortunate companies emerge unscathed. What factors separate those that made it through tough challenges from others that did not?

After working with hundreds of companies, we believe that the survivors all have one thing in common: a mature and disciplined finance function that has protected them from the worst storms by providing key data, information and insight to guide management decisions.

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Business Plan Wizard: How to Write your Future on One Page

The magic of Harry Potter recently found its way into business strategy and planning.  In fact, author J. K. Rowling gave up one amazing secret to her creative genius that every entrepreneur should use for writing a business plan.

No, she did not conjure her 3,407 page chronology using black magic, a wand, a spell or a potion.

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