Streamline Your Business and Improve Your Results

Founders need to balance their need to control with the ability to focus on tasks that grow the business.   You can meet both objectives when you streamlining your business.   Streamlining operations is a lot like cleaning out a closet. There’s less to look at, and the items that remain are the most important, […]

What the Schwab/ TD Ameritrade Merger Teaches Us About The Cost-Volume-Profit (CVP) Ratio

Why would two large companies decide to merge?   In many cases, it has to do with huge changes in how both firms generate revenue and profits. As a business owner, you can use the cost-volume-profit (CVP) formula to make decisions about the direction of your business.   As this great article explains, Charles Schwab […]

What Delta Airlines News Teaches Us About Accounting For Leases

Some companies, such as banks, large manufacturers, and airlines, have to make a big investment in assets to operate.   Delta Airlines, for example, has to lease gates and ticket counters at over 300 airports. How a business accounts for this type of spending has a big impact on company profit.   This excellent article […]

What Mattel’s Accounting Mistake Teaches Us About Material Weakness and Deferred Taxes

Who knew that Thomas the Tank Engine could stir up so many problems?   Mattel, the owner of the toy brand and PwC, Mattel’s external auditor, did not take proactive steps to correct an accounting error.   The company and the auditor have paid a heavy price.   This excellent article from the Wall Street […]

Why Using a Logistics Firm Can Grow Your Business

People don’t often consider logistics to be an interesting topic.   But getting logistic right can make or break your business.   Logistics may be viewed as a way to get products from point A to point B, but there is much more to it than that. For a lot of businesses, getting the right […]

What the Under Armour Accounting Scandal Teaches Us About Liquidity Ratios (Video Link)

Under Armour’s CEO is stepping down, and the stock price declined by over 18% on Mon, 11/4.   What happened?   The company’s third quarter earnings report was negative, but the bigger story is this:   “Department of Justice is conducting a criminal inquiry into whether Under Armour shifted sales from quarter to quarter to […]

Save Money, Save Planet

  If you have ever been in the financial hole, you know how hard it is to make ends meet.   It requires some creative juggling and being extremely tight on where you spend and how much. Every expense is weighed, every option is reviewed, and creativity is flowing to stitch everything together.   At […]

Empty Coffers: Why You Can’t Save Money (4 Video Links)

In a perfect world, we would all have money tucked away for an emergency.   Of course, in reality, many of us lurch from one paycheck to another, crossing our fingers and praying that we have enough to cover what we owe. Sadly, this often leaves very little or nothing for savings.   But you […]

How Businesses Are Changing The World

The world is changing.   Starting a business has become, and the market is becoming so crowded with people who are desperate to make it to the top.   And there are some really powerful businesses at the top of the food chain, that can make a massive difference to the way that this world […]

Computing Weighted Average Shares Outstanding (10 Video Links)

The weighted average shares outstanding calculation is the number of common stock shares outstanding, adjusted for stock splits, stock dividends and other factors. To understand the weighted average shares outstanding example below, you need to review diluted weighted average shares outstanding. The number of shares outstanding formula also adjusts for the number of months a […]