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Employee Volunteer Programs. There are always ways to help even if you are not part of, or your company does not have an employee volunteer program.
The American Red Cross For those who want to volunteer by donating blood. Please donate where you are, in whichever state you reside. There is always a need.
Emergency Management Services Check into the services nearest you and see where you can help.
For those who are inclined to deal with ongoing humanitarian needs around the world please check out this website Top Humanitarian Aid Needs
Optimization
You can use account payables (A/P) as a means of financing for your business. You can usually go to 45 days and no one will scream at you. SECRET: Invoice your statements with the date that is 10 days from the date of the invoice.
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Part IV Increase Company Value. Listing your goals and identifying causes that match your organization is called strategic planning. You have to think in terms of “how can this cause benefit my organization and give me a personal outlet to express myself”? It is true that your personal time is your time, but if it involves doing things that disrupt the company image – you might want to switch causes, or at least tame it down a bit.
Financial Principles
Almost all businesses track REVENUE, COST OF GOODS or SERVICES with the resultant – GROSS MARGIN. However, there is a principle called VARIABLE COSTS. A variable cost is one that is a function of revenue. Meaning, when revenue is created; then an expense is triggered. Many hidden variable expenses are accounted for as administration or overhead costs when they are actually tied to revenue and should be categorized as “Variable Expenses”. When all of the variable costs are subtracted from GROSS MARGIN, then a magic number happens called the Contribution Margin (CM).
Rifle vs. Shot Gun Marketing ®
This concept is the Rifle vs. Shotgun marketing® that combines industry segment growth rates and gross margin for each segment to help determine the highest value segments to concentrate on with a marketing program. Examine your product lines, market segments and find the segment(s) that have the highest growth rate. Then times that by the gross margin. Make a list of the combined scores from highest to lowest. The highest value segment has the highest potential company financial return. Focus the marketing and promotion efforts and expenses in that area. This will give the greatest return on the investment and higher value probability.
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The connection between businesses and IT is shifting rapidly. Technology is no longer an indispensable cost center – it is progressively being regarded as a business enabler and a key component to competitiveness, thus its business value is measured by those factors. IT business strategies and goals need to be aligned together and optimized to provide the best return on business investment. Adaptive Security Architecture, it’s a game-changer for businesses.
Dale in the News
Dale was Key Note speaker in Romania Business Conference with 50 speakers
Financial Principles
Increase Your Company Value Financially. work to obtain renewing contracts, consumable products and create a proactive customer service program (Explained later) to raise the retention and renewal levels which will increase the value of the business significantly.
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Foster Care Teens Who Are Aging Out – How Businesses and Individuals Can Help. A landmark bipartisan proposal on Foster Care Legislation could mark a new beginning in the way foster care is handled in the US. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch(R-UT) , Ron Wyden (R-OR), Ranking Member and Chairman, Kevin Brady (R-TX), House Ways and Means Committee, and Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI), have been working on a bipartisan proposal that will help to prevent youth from entering the foster care system. The Family First Prevention Services Act will provide for federal funding in order to support evidence-based prevention services for families.
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There is an old saying, “creating positive change can be filled with both learnable, and teachable moments” Learnable moments are filled with inspiration and motivation to accomplish a task or help out with a special project. It doesn’t have to be a big project either – it just has to be something that you feel passionate about .
Those passions become teachable moments when we help guide others in using those same skills, to help one another or themselves.
Business Valuation Methods
The actual definition of preferred stock is equity that has priority over common stock with respect to dividend payments and asset distribution during liquidation. The hybrid personality of preferred stock is what can make it difficult to accurately value this type of investment. While the idea of offering public and private stocks is a good one, it is important that you know exactly how each type of stock works and what you can do to ensure that you always know the value of your company for all forms of equity stock or units.
Optimization
When businesses are looking to buy your business, they want to take the least risk possible. If your company can pay down debt, show strong recurring revenue streams and gain a competitive advantage in the marketplace, you are sure to increase the chances that other firms will take notice of your company and potentially look to acquire it through a merger or acquisition. Paying off debt is a quick way to increase the value of your business. When you pay down debt, your profit margins instantly increase because you do not have to pay to service your debt.
