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☠️ Capital Structure Design III: Pick Your Poison

Aug 16, 2025

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18 min read

☠️ Capital Structure Design III: Pick Your Poison

Debt Is Cheaper Than Equity... If It Doesn’t Kill You

Capital Allocation

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Capital Structure Design II: Do you know what you need?

Aug 9, 2025

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19 min read

Capital Structure Design II: Do you know what you need?

Make the business earn it.

Mailbag

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📬 Breaking Bad News: When, who, and how to handle it

Aug 5, 2025

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16 min read

📬 Breaking Bad News: When, who, and how to handle it

And can quarterly closes work?

CFO Role

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📬 The Pressure Cooker: My philosophy on handling the stress

Jul 22, 2025

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15 min read

📬 The Pressure Cooker: My philosophy on handling the stress

And a complete framework for monthly business reviews in start ups

Mailbag

+2

📬 Does MFCF Always Lead to EV Creation?

Apr 22, 2025

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12 min read

📬 Does MFCF Always Lead to EV Creation?

And EBITDA in a not-for-profit

M&A

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💃 Balance Sheet Ballet

Jan 18, 2025

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19 min read

💃 Balance Sheet Ballet

How does working capital work in M&A?

Case Studies

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🔥 Feel the (cash) burn

Nov 16, 2024

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19 min read

🔥 Feel the (cash) burn

Let's revisit Maintainable Free Cashflow

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Secret CFO

Cashflow

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🧱 How to Build a Cashflow Culture

Dec 16, 2023

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16 min read

🧱 How to Build a Cashflow Culture

And what to do in a cash crisis

Cashflow

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🏍️ 15 Drivers of Working Capital

Dec 9, 2023

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15 min read

🏍️ 15 Drivers of Working Capital

And how to drive them

Cashflow

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🎡 The Miracle of Negative Working Capital

Nov 25, 2023

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15 min read

🎡 The Miracle of Negative Working Capital

And the hidden pitfalls

Cashflow

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🪖 18 Month Cashflow Forecasts

Nov 18, 2023

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15 min read

🪖 18 Month Cashflow Forecasts

And how to use the indirect method

Cashflow

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⚡️ 13 Week Cashflow Forecasts

Nov 11, 2023

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15 min read

⚡️ 13 Week Cashflow Forecasts

And pitfalls to avoid

Reporting

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🥰 How to Get Your Business to Care About Cashflow

Oct 28, 2023

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17 min read

🥰 How to Get Your Business to Care About Cashflow

And what metrics and reporting to use

Cashflow

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🪣 M****** F****** Cashflow

Oct 21, 2023

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20 min read

🪣 M****** F****** Cashflow

Cash generation vs capital allocation

Cashflow

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👑 Cash is NOT king

Oct 14, 2023

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10 min read

👑 Cash is NOT king

...the start of a new season on cashflow

M&A

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🧙🏽‍♂️ Uncovering The Mystery of Working Capital in M&A

Sep 16, 2023

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23 min read

🧙🏽‍♂️ Uncovering The Mystery of Working Capital in M&A

... And what exactly is a 'Debt-Like' item anyway

Treasury

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😱 Cash Panic. How to Build a Cash Crisis Plan

Mar 24, 2023

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10 min read

😱 Cash Panic. How to Build a Cash Crisis Plan

Better be safe than sorry

Treasury

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🚨 10 Practical Tips for Managing Business Cash

Mar 17, 2023

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10 min read

🚨 10 Practical Tips for Managing Business Cash

Make your balance sheet SVB-proof

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