Managing Your Business with 7 Key Numbers
Managing Your Business with 7 Key Numbers

Author: Jeffrey Kenneth Prager

Publisher: Builderbooks

Published: 2015

Total Pages: 206

ISBN-13: 9780867187359

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Use 7 Key Numbers to help you earn greater profits with less time and energy Many builders and contractors struggle to get a clear picture of where their business is at the moment - and where it's headed financially. By the time you compare your accounting reports with your job costing, estimating and change orders, and pipeline, it's too late to make adjustments to guarantee profit. This book will help you see where you stand every day, with every job, by monitoring just 7 Key Numbers that drive all profits and cash flow, including - Number of leads - Sales conversion rate - Customer retention rate Stay on top of every job! Follow the steps in this book to create a process that will let you know when costs or scheduling deviate from the estimate--in time to respond before those changes cost you money. "Managing Your Business with 7 Key Numbers is exceptionally well written, organized, and presented. Specifically directed at professionals engaged in construction, Managing Your Business with 7 Key Numbers is as thoroughly "user friendly' as it is informative, making it very highly recommended." Small Press Bookwatch Oregon, WI

Introduction to Business
Introduction to Business

Author: Lawrence J. Gitman

Publisher:

Published: 2024-09-16

Total Pages: 1455

ISBN-13:

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Introduction to Business covers the scope and sequence of most introductory business courses. The book provides detailed explanations in the context of core themes such as customer satisfaction, ethics, entrepreneurship, global business, and managing change. Introduction to Business includes hundreds of current business examples from a range of industries and geographic locations, which feature a variety of individuals. The outcome is a balanced approach to the theory and application of business concepts, with attention to the knowledge and skills necessary for student success in this course and beyond. This is an adaptation of Introduction to Business by OpenStax. You can access the textbook as pdf for free at openstax.org. Minor editorial changes were made to ensure a better ebook reading experience. Textbook content produced by OpenStax is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Financial Management 101
Financial Management 101

Author: Angie Mohr

Publisher: 101 for Small Business

Published: 2007-09

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781551808055

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Financial Management 101 covers business planning, from understanding financial statements to budgeting for advertising. The second edition contains a brand new chapter on pricing your product or service.

Managing By The Numbers
Managing By The Numbers

Author: Chuck Kremer

Publisher: Hachette UK

Published: 2019-01-01

Total Pages: 216

ISBN-13: 1541617916

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The essential guide to understanding financial reports, for entrepreneurs, managers, and business owners Do you get complete financial reports for your business at least once a month? Do you understand what all those numbers mean? Do you use the information in those reports to help you make smart decisions about your business? If you answer "no" to any or all of these questions, then turn to Managing by the Numbers, a highly practical and accessible antidote to financial anxiety. Chuck Kremer, Ron Rizzuto, and John Case show you how to manage the three bottom lines of business financial performance -- net profit, operating cash flow, and return on assets -- and roll them into the "Financial Scoreboard" to see the big picture at a glance. Offering step-by-step examples and an extensive glossary of key terms and concepts, Managing by the Numbers is a commonsense guide to making those numbers work for you -- to monitor and measure performance, make smart decisions, and drive long-term growth. It is an essential resource for anyone eager to improve their mastery of the financial side of running a business.

Key Management Ratios
Key Management Ratios

Author: Ciaran Walsh

Publisher:

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 416

ISBN-13:

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A solid bestseller from the hugely successful Key Management Series. This book enables managers of different functions to work together towards achieving common business goals, linking the return on financial resources into the day-to-day operating parameters of the business. An essential guide that shows you how to analyse, compare and control the figures that drive company value - if you understand how these ratios work, you'll manage your company's performance better. It offers an intelligent but "ultra-clear" description of the essential management ratios - with visual aids. Nails a confusing area that courses and other books ignore.

Small Business Management
Small Business Management

Author: Timothy S. Hatten

Publisher: SAGE Publications

Published: 2018-11-29

Total Pages: 513

ISBN-13: 1544356080

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Now with SAGE Publishing! Timothy S. Hatten’s Small Business Management: Creating a Sustainable Competitive Advantage, Seventh Edition equips students with the tools they need to navigate the important financial, legal, marketing, managerial, and operational decisions to help them create and maintain a sustainable competitive advantage in small business. Strong emphasis is placed on application with Experiential Learning Activities and application of technology and social media throughout. New cases, real-world examples, and illuminating features spotlight the diverse, innovative contributions of small business owners to the economy. Whether your students dream of launching a new venture, purchasing a franchise, managing a lifestyle business, or joining the family company, they will learn important best practices for competing in the modern business world. New to this Edition Experiential Learning Activities provide students with hands-on opportunities to practice their small business management skills. Tech in Action boxes highlight how small business owners can leverage technology, big data, and social media. Issues in Small Business boxes prompt critical thinking on current issues. Small Business in Action videos showcase stories and interviews from a wide variety of small business owners. How To. . . videos provide students with instructions and examples of basic business tasks such as performing a breakeven analysis, understanding income statements, and forecasting demand.

How to Manage
How to Manage

Author: Jo Owen

Publisher: Pearson UK

Published: 2022-08-10

Total Pages: 247

ISBN-13: 1292426462

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How to Manage is the definitive how-to of management. Based on years of management practice in some of the world’s leading organisations, it cuts through the theory to show you how to develop the skills, behaviours, political abilities and emotions to thrive as a manager.

Service Success! Lessons From a Leader on How to Turn Around a Service Business
Service Success! Lessons From a Leader on How to Turn Around a Service Business

Author: Daniel I. Kaplan

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 1994-03-22

Total Pages: 278

ISBN-13: 9780471591290

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Packed with practical ideas and strategies for service managers, this candid case study demonstrates how to improve performance and profitability in any service business. A success story himself, Kaplan pioneers a radical new system for measuring quality in the service industry.