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HR Finance 101: A Guide To Finance for HR

AIHR

When meeting with HR regarding potential hiring, the best talent in the market may insist on scrutinizing a company’s financial reports to see how they stack up against the competition. A debit is an entry that increases the value of an asset or expense in an account or decreases the value of equity or liability. Transaction.

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It’s Time For Leaders To Rethink The Way Their Companies Make Capital Expenditures

Chief Executive

Instead, when a given site or plant makes a capex request, that request is judged only in terms of the anticipated change in cash flow of making—or not making—the investment in isolation. They spend their last dime on their worst assets because that’s where they believe they will get money back the fastest. It’s not fact-based.

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Dos and Don’ts During a Hiring Freeze

Zenefits

Cash flow is critical for any business, big or small, across all industries. Hiring freezes are painful, but something has to give when cash flow is down. And for some businesses, hiring gets the ax until the cash starts flowing again. Maintain liquidity. Survive an economic downturn.

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Stop Using The Wrong Inventory Metrics

Chief Executive

Precision Inventory Management In the prior Age of Mass Markets, which occurred throughout most of the 20th century, revenue maximization was the right objective. We have entered what I call the Age of Diverse Markets. They generate significant additional profit, cash flow and customer service benefits.

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Aligning People Ops Strategy for the 5-Stage Business Cycle

Zenefits

But whether we’re looking at your organization or the economy, the focus of POPS shifts along with the market. 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. This occurs when the market is saturated. Peak or maturity.

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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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Why startups are hard — the math of venture capital returns tells the story

Andrew Chen

get big — and it’s not the right way to finance the vast majority of new companies, many of whom are more focused on smaller markets or slower growth business models. For startups that ask why investors seem so obsessed with market size and say that few ideas are big enough, here’s the data that explains why. The J-Curve.

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