headermask image

Business Tools Blog

Author Archives: Sandi Mays

How much is that Company worth?

How to value your company

Why College Football Should be Abolished - a writing lesson for 1950s college students

How to improve your writing, a lesson from the 1950’s

Cash Flow Statement - a simple explanation

Cash Flow statement explained

Reminder Free Templates Available

Free Microsoft Excel and Microsoft PowerPoint templates are available at http://groups.google.com/group/Businesstoolsblog

Working Capital - a simple explanation

Now that you know how the balance sheet works, you can calculate Working Capital.
Why would you want to?
Working Capital shows the financial liquidity of a company. It tells you what would be left if a company raised all of its short term assets, and used them to pay off all short term liabilities. The […]

Let the Games Begin

I just read an interesting post from Defense Tech.
China Threatens Olympic Cyber Attacks
Click on the link to the article above for full content, in short, the article says:
Chinese officials publicly stated they will “punish” Internet Web sites, Re-broadcasters and other “new media” that replay the 2008 Olympic Games and related events without the authorization of […]

Azerbaijan Anyone?

This absurd quote has made it’s way into my home, via my 15 year old daughter.
“It is on! It is on like the former Soviet Republic of Azerbaijan”
For a minute, I thought she was really smart and had read a book or done some research on Azerbaijan. Alas, no. She got this […]

Balance Sheet - a simple explanation

The Balance Sheet - a simple explanation

P&L or Income Statement - simple user’s guide

Understanding an income statement

Debits and Credits - Accounting 101

Debits and credits explained