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Uber, Abiomed, Peloton, Carvana, Molson Coors and more

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Uber plans to cut spending and hiring in an attempt slow the company’s plummeting stock price, which is down nearly 50 percent for the year. . Johnson & Johnson is looking to boost growth at its medical devices unit after it completes plans for a spinoff of its consumer health business next year. Scott Olson | Getty Images.

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What does a CFO do with CAC and LTV?

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CFOs use CAC and LTV for forecasting revenue and planning cash flows. Acquisition cost is an essential assumption to forecasting revenue growth. Consider the following simple example: Company X is thinking about increasing their advertising budget from $100k to $130k. How much will that increase revenue?

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Anna Zhirnova, Group FP&A Manager, Jones Knowles Ritchie

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For me, it’s been flashback time,” says Anna, who joined the company in February this year and is responsible for business insights, budget forecasting, profit and loss and cash management. . I’ve been doing a lot of scenario building, short and medium-term forecasting, cash management and so on. . “So

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Musings on Markets: META Lesson 3: Tell me a story!

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In case you are interested, I did write a book on the process that I use to convert stories to numbers, but if you are budget-constrained, many of the ideas in the book are captured in posts that I have done over time on valuation. If you are a numbers valuation, you start with some advantages.

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What is the difference between price analysis & cost analysis?

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Both support strategic planning and decision-making for the next steps of your business. Your pricing will affect your capital plan, working capital, and fixed assets. When planning a new product or service, sales will commonly forecast their cost expectations and then validating them over time with actual data.

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3 Financial Issues Small Businesses Face

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At our fractional CFO firm , we believe there are three primary financial issues that small businesses face: Planning growth through uncertainty. Growth planning through uncertainty Business owners struggle to forecast new business growth due to uncertainty. Develop an array of forecasts from bad to terrible to predict impact.

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META Lesson 3: Tell me a story!

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In case you are interested, I did write a book on the process that I use to convert stories to numbers, but if you are budget-constrained, many of the ideas in the book are captured in posts that I have done over time on valuation. Why stories matter in a numbers world If you are a numbers valuation, you start with some advantages.