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How to Prepare a Business Plan: Your Guide to Creating an Excellent Strategy, Forecasting Your Finances and Producing a Persuasive Plan
by Edward BlackwellAn excellent business plan impresses financial backers, provides a clear blueprint for the future of your company and functions as a benchmark against which to measure future growth. How to Prepare a Business Plan explains the process of creating an excellent business plan in an engaging and accessible way. It includes essential coverage of producing cash flow forecasts, planning a business expansion, planning your borrowing and monitoring business progress. Global case studies containing real business plans provide inspiration and real-life practical insight by analyzing the plans, monitoring the business' progress and discussing their problems. Sample business plans also show you the process in action and provide useful examples for creating your own. How to Prepare a Business Plan helps new business owners to consider what they really want out of their business, and to map their own journey and gain a new understanding of their product's place in the market, as well as writing a business plan with the clarity, brevity and logic to keep bank managers interested and convinced. Whether looking to start up or expand, this practical advice will help anyone to prepare a plan that is tailored to the requirements of their business - one that will get the financial backing they need.
How to Prepare Now for What's Next: A Guide to Thriving in an Age of Disruption
by Michael McQueenDisruption is changing the playing field – keep your successful business on top Thriving businesses on top of their game are targets for disruption. But for savvy business owners and managers who understand the coming changes, the time to future-proof their successful companies is now. Following over a decade of research into future trends, business reinvention and disruptive innovation, author Michael McQueen presents How to Prepare Now for What’s Next, a blueprint for top companies to thrive in turbulent times. McQueen brings rare insight to the topic of business disruption. The book first explores the notion of disruption itself, and confirms that the term is much more than just guru-speak. The book outlines the four primary forms of disruption that McQueen sees playing out over the next 5-10 years, and quickly moves on to the in-depth tools, tips and techniques that healthy businesses will need to stay on top. Use a simple tool to assess just how vulnerable to disruption your company is Read case studies, research and trend reports that highlight real-world examples to complement the book’s concepts Understand the four forms of disruption, namely widescale automation, empowered consumers, unconventional competition and emerging generations Apply the 9 keys to future-proof your business against disruption and make it impervious to change The time to act is now for the businesses who want to keep their edge, and How to Prepare Now for What’s Next is the guide to continue thriving.
How to Present: The Ultimate Guide to Presenting Your Ideas and Influencing People Using Techniques that Actually Work
by Michelle BowdenDo you get nervous when presenting at work? Do you want to showcase your knowledge, influence people and accelerate your career? Would you like to learn the secrets of successful speaking, communicating and presenting? How to Present reveals how you can be a confident, clear and influential presenter every time. Presentation skills expert Michelle Bowden shares her internationally proven 13-step system to exceptional presenting, starting with analysis (plan what you would like to achieve), then design (put your presentation together) and delivery (communicate your message for results). Whether you're presenting or speaking to one person or thousands, this is the essential guide to becoming an outstanding presenter. How to Present will help you: maximise your impact in meetings, conferences and conversations manage your nerves so you feel calm and confident engage your audience and master the art of persuasion deliver your message clearly and with authority command attention and achieve your goals! There is no other book on the market like this that will take you step-by-step through the process of successful presenting. —Steve Weston, Managing Director of Retail Lending, UK Retail and Business Banking division, Barclays
How to Present: The Ultimate Guide to Presenting Live and Online
by Michelle BowdenLearn the secrets of successful speaking, communicating and presenting Do you get nervous when presenting at work? Do you want to showcase your knowledge, influence people and accelerate your career? How to Present reveals the winning formulas that ensure you are a confident, clear and influential presenter every time. Presentation skills expert Michelle Bowden shares her internationally proven system for exceptional presenting, starting with analysis (plan what you would like to achieve), then design (put your presentation together) and delivery (communicate your message for results). This second edition is fully updated with all new strategies for presenting in online and hybrid sessions. Presenting online can be effective and engaging—you just need to know what to do, and then do it! How to Present will help you: maximise your impact in meetings, conferences and conversations manage your nerves so you feel calm and confident engage your audience and master the art of persuasion structure your message cleverly and with deliver with authority command attention and achieve your goals Whether you're speaking to one person or thousands, live or online, this is the essential guide to becoming an outstanding presenter who is memorable for all the right reasons!
How to Present Like a Pro: Getting People to See Things Your Way
by Lani ArredondoA short and concise guide to making a memorable and effective presentation.
How To Present To Absolutely Anyone: Confident Public Speaking and Presenting in Every Situation
by Mark RhodesMaster the art of public speaking with a mind- and content-based approach to success How to Present to Absolutely Anyone is the ultimate guide to successful public speaking. Presentations, talks, and speeches are unavoidable in school, work, and even social occasions (have you ever had to deliver a wedding toast?)—but fear of public speaking is statistically more common than fear of death. Author Mark Rhodes once pretended he had crashed his car to avoid doing a presentation! Permanent avoidance will eventually hold you back, but mastering the art of the successful presentation can take you to new heights! This book shows you how Mark eventually learned to love public speaking: by setting himself up for a self-sustaining cycle of presentation success. It takes more than stage presence to make a great presentation—you need great content. Without it, you won’t get the result you’re after, and you will dread the next talk. But if your presentation stands on its own two feet and you manage to banish the stage fright, you get a taste of success that ignites your passion and gets you excited to present every time! Packed with practical advice for both mental anguish and content creation, this book approaches public speaking holistically to arm you with real skills for success: Build confidence, reduce fear, and develop the right mindset for public speaking Engage your audience from the start, and reduce first-minute jitters Develop great content that you look forward to presenting each time Go beyond simple body language to reach your audience in a more authentic, organic way Don’t mumble your way through a PowerPoint or try to put flash over substance. Craft an engaging, informative presentation that people want to see and that you want to present! This book covers performance anxiety, speaking skills, ideas/content, practice, preparation, and audience interaction. How to Present to Absolutely Anyone guides you from fear, to excitement, to success!
How to Price and Trade Options
by Al SherbinSelect and execute the best trades--and reduce risk Rather than teaching options from a financial perspective, How to Price and Trade Options: Identify, Analyze, and Execute the Best Trade Probabilities goes back to the Nobel Prize-winning Black-Scholes model. Written by well-known options expert Al Sherbin, it looks at the basis for probability theory in option trading and explains how to put the odds in your favor when trading options. Inside, you'll discover how anyone can "operate their own casino" if they know how through proper option strategies. Plus, a supplemental website includes videos that walk you through various probability scenarios, pre-formatted spreadsheets, and code. All investors should have a portion of their portfolio set aside for option trades. Not only do options provide great opportunities for leveraged plays, they can also help you earn larger profits with a smaller amount of cash outlay. With the help of this book, traders, active investors, and self-directed investors of all stripes will learn how simple it can be to deploy probability-based trading strategies. Teaches both defined and undefined risk strategies Utilizes simple cost basis reduction strategies to enhance investment returns Draws on unique research studies Discusses volatility to include both historical (realized) and implied volatility: the interplay between the two is a key piece of information overlooked by option traders If you're a trader of any level and want to make the best trades possible, this book has you covered.
How to Probate an Estate in California
by Julia Nissley Lisa FialcoHandle probate yourself - and save time and money When you've lost a loved one, the inevitable legal matters can seem difficult and confusing. But in most cases, probate involves little more than routine paperwork to transfer assets to family members and other beneficiaries. How to Probate an Estate in California explains, step-by-step, how to wrap up a basic estate. Whether you do it yourself or work with a lawyer, you'll save money and time. With this easy-to-follow guide, you'll learn how to: read and understand a will or trust determine who inherits if there is no will pay bills and taxes complete and file all necessary court paperwork collect life insurance and other death benefits transfer real estate, securities, vehicles, and other assets to heirs and beneficiaries transfer some assets without probate Even if you hire a lawyer to do some of the paperwork, this book demystifies the process so that you can make informed decisions and communicate intelligently with the attorney about the estate--and save cash in the process. Why pay a lawyer over $15,000 to probate a $500,000 estate, when you can do much of it on your own? Every page of this new edition has been reviewed and revised by a practicing probate lawyer. It provides fresh and accurate information about probating an estate in California.
How to Profit from Auctions
by Fiona ShoopTV Programs like Bargain Hunt and Cash in the Attic have increased the publics interest in attending auctions. This invaluable guide shows all the tricks of the trade from looking for costly scratches hidden under labels when buying to negotiating for a better rate when selling, as well as how to arrange free collection and getting the best from your local auction house. Whether you want to learn how to bid so youre seen by the auctioneer or want to ensure your commission bid stands a better chance, antiques expert, Fiona Shoops advice could make you thousands. Contains a glossary to decipher common auction terms, as well as a detailed county by county auction directory with over 600 auctions listed.
How to Profit from the Coming Real Estate Bust: Money-Making Strategies for the End of the Housing Bubble
by John RubinoThe housing bubble is about to burst. Are you ready?While the rest of the economy teeters on the edge of recession, home sales are booming and home prices are surging. Can this continue?Not a chance. The housing market is hot because Americans--apparently convinced that the good times will never end-- are borrowing record amounts of money to buy ever-larger homes. And we've learned to treat our existing homes like piggy banks, borrowing against our home equity to maintain our lifestyles. This boosts the economy but causes us to incur debts that will soon force us to stop spending. The result will be a deep recession, complete with declining home prices and a collapse in the value of housing-related stocks.And that's the optimistic scenario! With mortgage, corporate, and government debt soaring, the bursting of the housing bubble might set off a chain reaction that wreaks 1930s-style havoc on stocks, the dollar, and real estate.In clear, easy-to-understand terms, this book shows how real estate has become the latest in a long line of financial bubbles, how the bubble is likely to burst, and how you can both protect yourself and make money as the drama unfolds. You'll also learn:* Why all "cash" is not equally safe* Why gold will soar as the dollar falls* Which stocks will be casualties of the housing bust, and how to profit from their collapse* How to ensure against--and even profit from--a decline in the value of your homeWhether you're worried about the value of your home, your stock portfolio, or your bank account, you'll find answers here. You can't stop what's coming, but you can turn it to your advantage.
How to Profit from the Next Bull Market
by Alan DustinA complete resource for Canadians seeking to master the stock market and secure their financial futures. Whether you’re a seasoned investor or just joining the game, How to Profit from the Next Bull Market will teach you valuable skills and secrets to investing and succeeding in the Canadian stock market. Learn how technical analysis will forecast when to buy and sell with certainty, interpret and understand a company’s financial statements with ease, master seven proven strategies that will protect you from losing money in the market today, and how understanding market cycles can be used to predict the future. Financial adviser Alan Dustin teaches readers how to research, select, and manage their own stock portfolios using easily accessible resources, and provides an analysis of twenty Canadian and American companies that have demonstrated their financial strength, staying power, and incredible rates of return over repeated market cycles. This honest, candid, and understandable approach to investing will serve Canadian investors well for the rest of their lives.
How to Prosper During the Coming Bad Years in the 21st Century
by Howard RuffThe devaluation of the American dollar, with the subsequent inflation, is eerily similar to the chaotic markets of the 1970s. The factors that created the stagflation and the gold and silver bull markets of the late seventies and early eighties are back. As Yogi Berra said, "It's deja vu all over again." Only this time, they're even more exaggerated-offering once-in-a-lifetime opportunities for middle-class Americans, if they look beyond the Wall Street stock-market propaganda. This book can help you panic-proof your life and your finances, and reap huge profits with relatively small investments in gold, silver, certain ETFs, mutual funds,and mining stocks.How to Prosper During the Coming Bad Years in the 21st Century is a must-have survival and moneymaking guide for people who want to profit from the rough economic seas.
How to Protect Bookstores and Why: The Present and Future of Bookselling
by Danny CaineCan bookstores save the world? As bastions of culture, anchors of local retail districts, community gathering places, and sources of new ideas, inspiration, and delight, maybe they can. But only if we protect them and the critical roles they fill in our communities.Danny Caine, author of the bestselling sensation How to Resist Amazon and Why and co-owner of the Raven Book Store in Lawrence, Kansas, makes a compelling case for the power of small, local businesses in this thoughtful examination of the dynamic world of bookstores. At once an urgent call to action and a celebration of everything bookstores can do, Caine's new book features case-study profiles of a dozen of the most interesting, creative, and progressive bookstores of today, from Minneapolis to Paris. Through a well-informed analysis of these case studies, Caine offers actionable strategies to promote a sustainable future for bookselling, including policy suggestions, ideas for community-based action, and tips on what consumers can do to help. A captivating read for any lover of books, patron of bookstores, or champion of the survival of these vital institutions, How to Protect Bookstores and Why makes the strongest possible case for the importance of a resilient, inclusive, and progressive bookstore landscape.
How to Protect Investors: Lessons from the EC and the UK
by Niamh MoloneyAs governments around the world withdraw from welfare provision and promote long-term savings by households through the financial markets, the protection of retail investors has become critically important. Taking as a case study the wide-ranging EC investor-protection regime which now governs EC retail markets after an intense reform period, this critical, contextual and comparative examination of the nature of investor protection explores why the retail investor should be protected, whether retail investor engagement with the markets should be encouraged and how investor protection laws should be designed, particularly in light of the financial crisis. The book considers the implications of the EC's investor protection rules 'on the books' but also considers investor protection law and policy 'in action', drawing on experience from the UK retail market and in particular the Financial Services Authority's extensive retail market activities, including the recent Retail Distribution Review and the Treating Customers Fairly strategy.
How to Protect Your Life Savings from Catastrophic Illness and Nursing Homes: A Handbook for Financial Survival
by Harley Gordon Jane DanielHow to avoid financial disaster from a long nursing home stay, protect your home from a Medicaid lien, choose a lawyer, protect your assets, avoid insurance traps, negotiate with a nursing home, and more
How To Put Yourself Across
by Elmer WheelerThis is Elmer's newest book. It is his best yet. It will bring you up to date on all the methods, techniques and strategy used, not only in America to win friends, but from around the world.He constantly brings out methods used worldwide to make friends. He has discovered many ways to get along in life as used for centuries by people of other lands, but never practiced in the United States. He will tell you, for example, about the soft sell of Japan; the bargain ways of Hong Kong; the winning silk appeals of Bangkok people; the image sell of India and so forth--how these people sell themselves to others and go places in life.Truly, this is a collection of best ways--and test ways--to make friends, keep old friends--and go places.You'll live, you'll learn, you'll become a master of self-sell, once you've read these lively chapters of Mr. Sizzle.
How to Quit Your Day Job and Live Out Your Dreams: Do What You Love for Money
by Kenneth AtchityAre you a creative person seeking more satisfying work? Do you want to make the transition from a job you find secure but soulless to a life built around your creative dream? Then look no further than this essential guide, written by a tenured professor who quit his job and pursued his dream as a successful "story merchant” and film producer. This book will show you how to: Construct a life that fits your personal vision Stand up against negative peer pressure Redefine success in your own terms Identify and control your conflicting inner voices Find time to make your dreams come true And much more! Kenneth Atchity teaches you the skills you will need to venture out into the world on your own terms. If you’re ready to fall in love with your future, this book can give you the inspiration you need to make that life-changing leap into a better world.
How to Quit Your Day Job and Live Out Your Dreams
by Kenneth AtchityAre you a creative person seeking more satisfying work? Do you want to make the transition from a job you find secure but soulless to a life built around your creative dream? Then look no further than this essential guide, written by a tenured professor who quit his job and pursued his dream as a successful "story merchant" and film producer. This book will show you how to: - Construct a life that fits your personal vision - Stand up against negative peer pressure- Redefine success in your own terms - Identify and control your conflicting inner voices - Find time to make your dreams come true - And much more! If you're ready to fall in love with your future, this book can give you the inspiration you need to make that life-changing leap into a better world.
How to Raise a Family on Less Than Two Incomes
by Denise M. TopolnickiMany parents today believe that two steady incomes are not only desirable but absolutely necessary in order to raise a family. Yet most full-time working mothers say that if it weren't for the money, they would not work, and instead would stay at home with their children. After the birth of her second child, Denise Topolnicki faced this common dilemma: Continue working full-time, or spend more time with her family? As a former editor ofMoney, Denise used her financial expertise and discovered that she ...
How to Read a Financial Report: Wringing Vital Signs Out of the Numbers
by John A. Tracy Tage C. TracyThe updated new edition of the comprehensive guide to reading and understanding financial reports Financial reports are used to provide a range of vital information, including an organization’s cash flow, financial condition, and profit performance (aka The Big Three Financial Statements). Financial statements are often complex and extremely difficult to understand for anyone other than accounting and finance professionals. How to Read a Financial Report enablesinvestors, lenders, business leaders, analysts, and managers to read, analyze, and interpret financial accounting reports. Designed specifically for non-specialists, this reader-friendly resource covers the fundamentals of financial reporting in jargon-free English. Topics such as sales revenue & recognition, costs of goods sold, sources & uses of capital/cash, non-cash expenses (e.g., depreciation expense), income tax obligations, understanding profits & financial stability, and financial statement ratios & analysis are covered throughout the book. Now in its ninth edition, this bestselling guide has been thoroughly revised to reflect changes in accounting and financial reporting rules, current practices, and recent trends. New and expanded content explains managing cash flow, illustrates the deceitful misrepresentation of profits in some financial reports (aka Financial Engineering), and more. Further, end-of-chapter activities help readers learn the intricacies of the balance sheet and cash flow statement, while updated sections address shifts in regulatory standards. Written by two highly experienced experts in financial accounting, this resource: Enables readers to cut through the noise and focus on what financial reports and financial statements are really saying about a company Clarifies commonly misunderstood aspects of financial reporting and how companies can “financially engineer” operating results Offers comprehensive, step-by-step guidance on analyzing financial reports Provides numerous examples and explanations of various types of financial reports and analysis tools
How to Read a Financial Report: Wringing Vital Signs Out of the Numbers
by Tage C. TracyLearn how to read, understand, analyze, and interpret different types of financial reports In the newly revised and updated 10th Edition of How to Read a Financial Report, seasoned accounting, financial, and business consultant Tage C. Tracy guides readers through reading, understanding, analyzing, and interpreting various types of financial reports, including cash flow, financial condition, and profit performance reports. This book also reveals the various connections between different financial metrics, reports, and statements, discusses changes in accounting and finance reporting rules, current practices, and recent trends, and explains how financial information can be manipulated, such as through inclusion or omission of certain KPIs. This bestselling guide uses jargon-simplified and easy-to-understand language to make the information accessible to all, regardless of finance or accounting background. Updates to the 10th Edition include: Relevant terminology and issues critical to understand in today's economic environment. New material on loans, debt, and using financial reports and statements to understand performance. The connection of capital including debt and equity to the income statements and cash flow statements. Expanded financial analysis tools and ratios that provide a deeper understanding of a company's financial performance and strength. A more in-depth overview of how company's may engineer financial results and how understanding cash flows can help root out fraud. An essential all-in-one guide on the art of reading a financial report and avoiding common pitfalls and misconceptions, How to Read a Financial Report earns a well deserved spot on the bookshelves of all business leaders and investors who want to be able to read and understand financial reports and statements like a professional.
How to Read a Financial Report
by Tage Tracy John A. TracyAn updated new edition of the comprehensive guide to reading and understanding financial reportsFinancial reports provide vital information to investors, lenders, and managers. Yet, the financial statements in a financial report seem to be written in a foreign language that only accountants can understand. This new Eighth Edition of How to Read a Financial Report breaks through that language barrier, clears away the fog, and offers a plain-English user's guide to financial reports. This updated edition features new information on the move toward separate financial and accounting reporting standards for private companies, the emergence of websites offering financial information, pending changes in the auditor's report language and what this means to investors, and requirements for XBRL tagging in reporting to the SEC, among other topics.Makes it easy to understand what financial reports really sayUpdated to include the latest information financial reporting standards and regulatory changesWritten by an author team with a combined 50-plus years of experience in financial accountingWith this new edition of How to Read a Financial Report, investors will find everything they need to fully understand the profit, cash flow, and financial condition of any business.
How to Read a Financial Report Workbook: Wringing Vital Signs Out of the Numbers
by Tage C. TracyRead and understand financial reports like an expert, including the “big three” financial statements Accompanying the new 10th edition of How to Read a Financial Report, How to Read a Financial Report Workbook provides hands-on exercises and active tools that teach readers not just how to read, analyze, and interpret a variety of financial reports but in addition, provides bonus material related to better understanding the types of capital used by companies to support business growth. To explain concepts in an easy-to-understand way, this book is lighter on text and instead features a wealth of exhibits and accompanying companion exhibits to first showcase various scenarios and then compare two scenarios using different assumptions. This workbook also includes “in the trenches” content that enables readers to equate key concepts with commonly used “street” language in finance. In this workbook, readers will learn and expand their knowledge with: Cash flows & capital sources, financial condition (i.e., the balance sheet), and profit performance reports (AKA the “big three” financial statements) Balance sheets, income statements, financial ratio analyzes, and statements of changes in shareholder equity Typical financial statement line items including earned sales revenue, costs of sales revenue, operating expenses, EBITDA, income taxes, accounts receivable, inventory, capital and other long-term assets, accounts payable, accrued liabilities, short-term debt, deferred revenue, long-term debt, and types of equity capital Most commonly used accounting and finance terminology, enabling you to speak the language of business finance Bonus material that covers key concepts with understanding capital sources, the capital table (i.e., cap table), and the critically important cap stack How to Read a Financial Report Workbook is a helpful interactive learning resource that can be used every day by investors, lenders, business leaders, analysts, and managers seeking to enhance their career path and upward mobility by gaining more knowledge in understanding financial information and performances.
How To Read The Financial Pages
by Michael BrettStripping away the mystique from the world of investment and finance, How to Read the Financial Pages is a layman's guide to reading and understanding the financial press and the markets and events it covers. Assuming no financial knowledge, Michael Brett provides a valuable explanation of the workings of the financial world - from money markets to commodity markets, investment ratios to takeover bids. With an extensive glossary of financial terms, this book will help you through the financial columns to a better understanding of the language of markets and money. For ten years How to Read the Financial Pages has been an outstanding first-choice buy for everyone who wants a thorough - but friendly - grounding in finance and investment.--What are stock markets, currency markets, commodities markets? How do they operate?--What are derivatives? Could they cause the financial system to crash?--What is meant by insider dealing? Why is it illegal?--Who are the main players in the world of money? What do stock brokers, market makers, merchant bankers and underwriters actually do?--How has the Internet affected private investors? What are the new opportunities?
How to Read Nonprofit Financial Statements: A Practical Guide
by Andrew S. Lang Lee Klumpp Tammy Ricciardella William D. EisigEXPERT GUIDANCE ON HOW TO READ, INTERPRET, AND USE NONPROFIT FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—UPDATED FOR THE NEW FASB STANDARD RELATED TO NONPROFIT FINANCIAL REPORTING (ASU 2016-14) If you're an executive or volunteer leader at a nonprofit who is unfamiliar with the formats and language of financial statements, this book fills you in on how to read and correctly interpret those critical documents. If you're a seasoned pro who wants to brush up on your skills while familiarizing yourself with the latest FASB nonprofit reporting standards, this is the only guide you need. The intent behind creating the ASU 2016-14 was to improve the clarity and usefulness of nonprofit financial statements, but making sense of those statements can still be tough going for the uninitiated. Accountants and non-accountants alike who use and prepare nonprofit financial statements need guidance on how to interpret and implement the new FASB standard. Written for both audiences, this book: Clearly defines accounting terminology and concepts, while offering numerous examples of financial statements reflecting both the old and new FASB standards Steers you, line-by-line, through financial reports, providing explanations of differences between the old and new standards Provides numerous illustrations that help you quickly feel at home with the format of nonprofit financial statements Offers exercises that help you gain insight into the concepts surrounding nonprofit financial statements and reinforce your command of those concepts How to Read Nonprofit Financial Statements, Third Edition is an invaluable resource for everyone who reads, interprets, or prepares those all-important documents.