Weighing Your Debt Load
(Originally published in Inc Magazine.)
I've talked to any number of business owners over the years who felt buried under a mountain of debt. But...
Manage Periodic Payments with an Excel Cash Calendar
Most companies must write checks periodically to companies that don't send invoices. Often, their accounting systems provide little help in keeping track of these...
Map Costs and Sales in Excel with a Classic Breakeven Chart
When I worked as a CFO, my monthly reports always included a breakeven chart. It was one of the most popular reports I produced.
But...
How to Report GL Account Groups in Excel
Believe it or not, this income statement is quite sophisticated. It's not nearly as simple-minded as it looks.
In fact, this income statement illustrates a...
Use this Excel ‘Cash Flow Balance Sheet’ to See Sources & Uses of Funds...
For most businesses, cash flow is more important than profits and losses.
The reason is clear. A profitable company with negative cash flows may not...
Use Excel to Fix Your Broken AR Measure of Days Sales Outstanding in Receivables
During tough economic times it's particularly important to manage your Accounts Receivable balance carefully. Unfortunately, the traditional way to measure AR performance is badly...
How to Use SUMIFS with Criteria Lists, Summarizing Sales
With one exception, SUMIFS is a very powerful function. And it's very fast.
To understand the one exception, suppose you have a table of sales...
Advanced SUMIFS Calculations with Criteria Lists
In Part 1 of this series, you learned how to use criteria lists for marketing data. In Part 2, we looked at financial data.
And now, in Part...
How Fast Is Too Fast?
(Originally published in Inc Magazine.)
What typically tops the list of worries of the chief executive officers of fast growing companies? Financing that growth, according...
How to Use Array Formulas to Report Groups of Accounts
Often, in accounting, marketing, and other departments, we'd like to report and analyze groups of items rather than one item at a time.
In Part...
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Getting Radical with Excel
It's time to think about Excel in a radical new way—when we use it to work with business or economic data.
It's time, in fact,...
How Fast Is Too Fast?
(Originally published in Inc Magazine.)
What typically tops the list of worries of the chief executive officers of fast growing companies? Financing that growth, according...
How to Smooth Data by Using the TREND Function
Years ago, I read that Prof. William S. Cleveland had suggested that data could be smoothed by calculating a centered trendline through adjacent data—a...
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