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The Genghis Khan Guide To Business

This is another book that I believe is a must read for all Entrepreneurs.

The Genghis Khan Guide To Business is a great introduction to the ‘Financial Dynamics’ of business for Finance and Non Financial managers alike.

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Positive Churn #6 - Business is Marketing / Marketing is Business

What do your actions say about your business? And what IS marketing, anyway? Clive Birnie of Positive Churn argues that every decision and action communicates and is therefore Marketing.

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What is The Goal?

Many years ago (more than I care to remember) I was introduced to The Goal by Eliyahu M. Goldratt and Jeff Cox. Although published 35 years ago in 1984, I believe this book is still a must read for all Entrepreneurs and those running SMEs.

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Positive Churn #5 - Cash IS King

Getting payment terms right, for customers AND suppliers, is key to managing cashflow. Another Positive Churn post on the importance of understanding a key driver for business success.

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Starvation vs Indigestion

Last week I retweeted…. ‘There is an old #business #adage that says more businesses die from indigestion than from starvation’ which was posted by @allonriaz. This blog post explores my take on this ‘adage’ in a little more detail.

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Integrate LibreOffice and PostgreSQL

As noted in a this post, one reason for installing uzERP is to get better information for key decision makers, many of whom like to use spreadsheets to carry out analysis or generate reports. This was also explored in a another post on csv files and LibreOffice Pivot Tables.

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LibreOffice Pivot Tables

Pivot Tables are an extremely useful analysis tool - they are very flexible, powerful, and can generate valuable insights from large amounts of data if used properly. This post walks you through how to set up a Sales Ledger Receipts forecast using a Pivot Table in LibreOffice.

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Positive Churn #4 - Don’t Let Your Overheads Grow Faster Than Your Business

Cost control is vital if a growing business is to extract a profit from that growth.

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Positive Churn #3 - Variable Labour Cost Does Not Exist

Maybe you shouldn’t be including Direct Labour in product costs if you want to win new business….. Clive Birnie, of Positive Churn explains.

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Positive Churn #2 - Cash Belongs in the Bank, Not in the Warehouse

In the second Positive Churn post, Clive Birnie takes issue with large stock (inventory) holdings being a good idea.

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