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Cash Is a Reality Check: Cash Flow as a Critical Measure of Financial Health

Karen Berman, Joe Knight, John Case

Product #:6556BC
Supplier:Harvard Business Press Chapters
Discipline:General Management
Details:Books & Book Chapters (PDF) • 9 pages • 2008-10-07

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The two most important measures for the entrepreneur who is just starting out are cash flow and burn rate (the amount of cash you burn through to operate in a given period, usually a month). Learning to keep a well-trained eye on both is key to building financial intelligence. This chapter is excerpted from "Financial Intelligence for Entrepreneurs: What You Really Need to Know About the Numbers."

Learning Objectives

To explain to entrepreneurs why cash is king when it comes to evaluating companies.
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