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Unusual Ways to Save Money In Your Business

Strategy Driven

When it comes to sourcing your materials, you will need to have a system that looks at the different offers, compares them based on price, benefits, and flexibility.

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A Quiet Revolution in Clean-Energy Finance

Harvard Business Review

Solyndra's example has been particularly stark: it raised over $1 billion in equity finance in addition to receiving a $535 million loan guarantee from the Department of Energy, all prior to a cancelled IPO and the recent FBI investigation upon its bankruptcy.

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Don't Do What You Love

Harvard Business Review

Last year, I finished directing a documentary film called The Work of 1000. But — although she loved working closely with clients and helping them create just the right branding — she was simply unable to manage her pricing and cash flow. Amazingly, however, the river was her second choice for an advocacy project.

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Many Companies Still Don’t Know How to Compete in the Digital Age

Harvard Business Review

Kodak accepted the pain of shuttering plants and laying off tens of thousands of film-factory workers. Initially, as their price and performance improved, they made digital photos easier to take and more attractive to print, causing the sales of both digital cameras and home photo printers to accelerate. By 2005, Kodak ranked No.

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Understanding Financial Leverage

Harvard Business Review

"Leverage" is one of the more interesting and difficult concepts to fully grasp in all of finance, but it's important for anyone that borrows or plans to borrow money to understand. Orion and other film studios needed level-headed projections about projects before jumping in with both feet. What could have saved these companies?