Musings on Markets

AUGUST 28, 2024

He mentioned that he had developed a Damodaran Bot, and explained that it was an AI creation, which had read every blog post that I had ever written, watched every webcast that I had ever posted and reviewed every valuation that I had made public.

Valuation

CFO News Room

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Starting in late January 2023, I will be back in the classroom, teaching valuation and corporate finance to the MBAs and valuation to the undergraduates, and these classes will continue through May 2023. Just as a note of warning, this is my quirky version of accounting, and I don’t follow the accounting script in this class.

Marketing

The CFO College

AUGUST 31, 2021

If company owners don’t have a realistic view of their financials and are not set up for capital raising, reports, and tax prep, their dream may fade away before they ever get a chance to open their doors. As an accountant or bookkeeper, you can help prevent startups from going under or losing profitability.

Startups

CFO News Room

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

In the second post, I pointed to inconsistencies in how accountants classify operating, capital and financing expenses , and the consequences for reported accounting numbers. As someone who has spent the last four decades talking, teaching and doing valuation that we have lost our way in valuation.

Marketing

Fpanda Club

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

This process usually presumes the close collaboration of FP&A teams with business leaders and executives to align goals and expectations and create a common financial model of future revenues, costs and cash flows based on the external and internal factors and conditions.

Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A)

Musings on Markets

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Starting in late January 2023, I will be back in the classroom, teaching valuation and corporate finance to the MBAs and valuation to the undergraduates, and these classes will continue through May 2023.

Valuation

Musings on Markets

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

In the second post, I pointed to inconsistencies in how accountants classify operating, capital and financing expenses , and the consequences for reported accounting numbers. Narrative and Value As someone who has spent the last four decades talking, teaching and doing valuation that we have lost our way in valuation.

Valuation

BlueLight

AUGUST 21, 2020

Their expertise ranged from seed stage start-ups, where the CEO also served as the in-house finance leader, to growth stage companies where an in-house CFO monitored the entity’s current and future financial health. From there I was recruited by Coopers & Lybrand in San Francisco to join their valuation group?—?before

Planning

Cube Software

MAY 11, 2023

These financial modeling tools are one of the most important to help a company prepare for any kind of scenario imaginable and map out a future trajectory. Pro forma statements are financial projections that ask and attempt to answer "what if" questions. That's where pro forma statements come into play.

GAAP

Barry Ritholtz

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Joel Tillinghast : Well, okay, G, when he was six, my grandfather, who was a bookkeeper accountant at a textile mill died and my grandmother was a second string violin at the Providence Symphony Orchestra, which didn’t pay well then, and I suspect didn’t pay well now. Let, let’s start with your background.

Benchmarking

CFO Talks

MAY 13, 2025

This is where your financial model becomes the loudest voice in the room. Its a financial x-ray. Price with Discipline – Not Emotion Valuation is where many deals derail. Will the deal structure trigger tax or accounting landmines? If the deal doesnt make long-term, measurable sense, say so.

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A)