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How to Improve Your Finance Skills (Even If You Hate Numbers)

Harvard Business Review

But having a grasp of terms like EBITDA and net present value are important no matter where you sit on the org chart. And who’s in the best position to offer advice? The Refresher: Net Present Value. Overlook the impact of financial skills on your career. What the Experts Say.

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Is Your Business Biased Against Innovation?

Strategy Driven

Many conventional metrics we use to estimate value are based on faulty assumptions. Net present value [NPV] is a case in point. Given that money today is always worth more than money in the future, you are trying to establish what the future value of the investment will be in terms of that money’s value today.