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The Top 13 Metrics that CEOs Should Measure for Strategic Success

LSA Global

Cash Flow Cash flow management is crucial for meeting day-to-day operational needs and setting the company up to invest in growth. Ability to Develop Top Talent When properly trained, supported, and motivated, employees typically represent a company’s most important asset.

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Aligning People Ops Strategy for the 5-Stage Business Cycle

Zenefits

Evergreen concerns such as compliance and efficiency remain in every stage of the business cycle, but certain stages have specific pitfalls. They are an asset, a client, and a contributor. Generally, the economy is good, debt is low or paid on time, and cash flow accumulates. It can be tempting to rush into hiring again.

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Registering Your Small Business: Single-Member LLC vs. Multi-Member LLC

Zenefits

If someone attempts to sue your business and you’ve filed as an LLC, they usually can’t come after your personal assets. Bankruptcy protection With a single-member LLC, you can technically separate personal and company assets. However, a judge could consider personal and company assets the same if there is an overlap.

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What to Know About Small Business Liability Insurance

Zenefits

With tight cash flow and an uncertain market, small businesses can be financially ruined by a disastrous, unexpected lawsuit or accident. And it’s more common than you think. In fact, 43% of business owners are threatened with or have been involved in a lawsuit, and litigation can easily cost up to $150,000. Business size.

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Profiting from the Golden Rule

Harvard Business Review

Even accounting rules specifically dealing with reputation — goodwill and intangible assets — are subject to frequent rule changes and endless debate. And the mathematics of long-term financial success — revenues, profits, cash flow — square perfectly with this scorecard.

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How Banks Can Compete Against an Army of Fintech Startups

Harvard Business Review

Though the new underwriting is fast and uses intriguing new data, such as current bank transaction and cash flows, it’s still early days for these new credit scoring methods, and they have largely not been tested through an economic downturn.

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Why We Need to Update Financial Reporting for the Digital Era

Harvard Business Review

Their combined assets of $944 billion are an order of magnitude lower than the combined assets of $7,700 billion of the largest 3,177 companies in 1986, when the aggregate market capitalization reached $3 trillion for the first time. Martin Konopka/EyeEm/Getty Images.