The Happy Cash Flow Newsletter

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Archives

2009

January—The Search For Budget Wisdom
February—Plans Can Be So Overwhelming
April—Tough on Those Vision Statements
May—Mission Statements
July—Objectives and Goals
September—The Customer Quadrant
October—Internal Business Processes
November—Performance Measures

2009

January—Let's Get Real with Budgets!
February—Budgets Set Expectations, Provide Feedback, and Allocate Resources
March—Accountability, Transparency, Focus
April—Qualities of a Good Budget
June—Where Did You Get That Number?
July—Steps to Estimate a Budget Figure
September—How to Sell a Budget
November—The Game of Budgeting
December—Overcoming Resistance to Change

2007

January—How to Use Written Financial Analysis to Serve Your Clients Better
February—A Practical Perspective on Cash Flow
March—Cash Flow Is Different than Profit—Much Different
April—The First Principle of Happy Cash Flow
May—The Second and Third Principles of Happy Cash Flow
June—The Fourth Principle of Happy Cash Flow
July—Cash Flow: Who Else Is Doing It Right?
August—A Look at Other Businesses
October—What Happened to My Pension and Health Benefits?December—Funds, Funds, Funds!

2006

January—Linking Metrics to the Strategic Plan
February—What Is a Budget?
March—The Sandwich Approach to Budgeting
April—Are You Looking for Cost Savings?
July—Always a Game
August—What Is Up with All that Data?!
September—The Basic Things You Need to Know to Run a BusinessOctober—Why India?
November—China On My Mind
December—Lease vs. Buy Decision

2005

January—The Income Statement – Variable and Fixed Costs
February—Indirect and Direct Costs on the Income Statement
March—Analyzing the Income Statement
April—Funny Income Statement Terms and Why They Matter
May—Depreciation and Amortization
July—The Cash Flow Statement – Do We Have Enough to Pay Payroll?August—Classifying Cash Flows into Three Categories
October—There Is More to Business than Finance
November—Different Types of Metrics

2004

September—The First Financial Statement: The Balance Sheet + Net Worth
October—Who Owns the Business?
November—How Lean and Mean Are You?
December—The Third Way We Use the Balance Sheet to Make Decisions