Only 50 percent of small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) will survive five years or more. Only one-third will survive ten years or more. What fatal errors do SMB entrepreneurs and CEOs make that contribute to this high rate of failure? These bald statistics don't begin to express the human suffering those failures leave behind. As an owner or CEO of an SMB, you have responsibility for your employees, your team. If you make poor business financial choices, both you and your team will ultimately pay for it. In his book, Master Your Business Cash Flow(TM) Grow the Company You Love, Live the Life You Want Now, author Al Zdenek will answer all of the potential questions you may have about SMBs, and he'll give you a process for making better financial choices. In these pages you'll find clarity regarding concepts like making cash-flow management decisions and inspiration for you to achieve the financial life you wish to lead now and in the future.

Many small business owners don’t understand the importance of maintaining a healthy cash flow. More than anything else, cash flow determines the success or failure of a small business. Small Business Cash Flow covers all the basics of cash flow, from selecting a great accountant, to keeping money flowing in and out of the business, to budgeting and record-keeping.

Achieving Financial Independence. To create the life you want now and in the future, you have to become the master of your cash flow. By understanding the big picture of your financial situation, you will be able to make better financial choices―no matter how small. Trusted CPA and financial specialist Al Zdenek shares how you can build your wealth and reach your financial goals. Master Your Cash Flow(TM) gives straightforward and valuable information you can use in everyday financial decisions to help make the 100 percent correct financial choice for you.This book will help you: - lessen stress and anxiety in your life - make better financial choices - live the life you want now - achieve financial independence in a time frame that is reasonable for you - preserve wealth while continuing to build new wealth - assemble a "championship" team of experts If you are ready to take the first steps toward living the way you want now and for the rest of your life, look no further than this book. This book is part of the Master Your Cash Flow(TM) series.

Provides the tool necessary to determine and evaluate the effectiveness of a corporation's management of cash. Examines how operational activities can affect cash flow management. Shows how effective cash flow management can improve corporate performance and increase shareholder value. Provides an overview of cash management techniques.

The fast and easy way to grasp cash flow management Cash Flow For Dummies offers small business owners, accountants, prospective entrepreneurs, and others responsible for cash management an informational manual to cash flow basics and proven success strategies. Cash Flow For Dummies is an essential guide to effective strategies that will make your business more appealing on the market. Loaded with valuable tips and techniques, it teaches individuals and companies the ins and outs of maximizing cash flow, the fundamentals of cash management, and how it affects the quality of a company's earnings. Cash flow is the movement of cash into or out of a business, project, or financial product. It is usually measured during a specified, finite period of time, and can be used to measure rates of return, actual liquidity, real profits, and to evaluate the quality of investments. Cash Flow For Dummies gives you an understanding of the basic principles of cash management and its core principles to facilitate small business success. Covers how to read cash flow statements Illustrates how cash balances are analyzed and monitored—including internal controls over cash receipts and disbursements, plus bank account reconciliation and activity analysis Tips on how to avoid the pitfalls of granting credit—evaluating customer credit, sources of credit information, and overall credit policy Advice on how to prevent fraud and waste Covers cash-generating tactics when doing business with dot-coms, other start-ups, and bankrupt customers Cash Flow For Dummies is an easy-to-understand guide that covers all of these essentials for success and more.

Discusses how to eliminate cash flow worries and experience peace of mind by becoming the master of your business rather than being a slave to it.

Principles of Cash Flow Valuation is the only book available that focuses exclusively on cash flow valuation. This text provides a comprehensive and practical, market-based framework for the valuation of finite cash flows derived from a set of integrated financial statements, namely, the income statement, balance sheet, and cash budget. The authors have distilled the essence of years of gathering academic wisdom in the study of cash flow analysis and the cost of capital. Their work should go a long way toward bridging the gap between the application of cost benefit analysis and the theory of capital budgeting. This book covers the basic concepts in market-based cash flow valuation. Topics include the tme value of money (TVM) and an introduction to cost of capital; basic review of financial statements and accounting concepts; construction of integrated pro-forma financial statements; derivation of free cash flows; use of the WACC in theory and in practice; estimating the WACC for non traded firms; calculating the terminal value beyond the planning period. It also revisits the theory for cost of capital and explains how cash flows are valued in reality. The ideas are illustrated using examples and a case study. The presentation is appropriate for a range of technical backgrounds. This text will be of interest to finance professionals as well as MBA and other graduate students in finance. * Provides the only exclusive treatment of cash flow valuation * Authors use examples and a case study to illustrate ideas * Presentation appropriate for a range of technical backgrounds: ideas are presented clearly, full exposition is also provided * Named among the Top 10 financial engineering titles by Financial Engineering News