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Section 6 | Lesson 34 - Balance Sheet, Cash Flow Statement

Notes

tips

  • confidence leads to perceived competence, especially in sales
  • confidence is king
  • in baseball you miss more often, so the best hitters are insanely confident
  • when presenting to investors get into the confident state

financial analysis

  • don't focus on memorization
  • if you understand you will remember it

years 3-4

  • growth is accelating
  • running out of cash

copyright and trademarks

  • ™️

    • meaning: brand, logo, or phrase that is claimed but not yet registered with a government trademark office
    • legal: limited protection, intent to claim but not the legal weight of a trademark
  • ©️

    • meaning: creator of a work owns the copyright
    • legal: automatically granted as soon as work is created and fixed in a tangible medium. symbol serves as a public notice
    • applies to creative works, not brand identifiers
  • ®️

    • meaning: officially registered with a government agency
    • legal: strongest protection for brand, logo or phrase. allows the owner to sue for damages if someone infringes on the trademar

balance sheet

banks

  • you shouldn't deal with banks early on
  • you want to deal with multiple banks

    • best deal
    • options

terms

  • balance sheet: tracks everything you own or owe
  • equity: what people own
  • debt: what banks own
  • assets: what you own

    • current: stuff you can sell in less than one year

      • equipment
    • long term: stuff you can't sell in less than one year

      • factory
  • liabilities

    • current

      • stuff you have to pay back in a year
      • credit card
      • payroll
    • long term

Cash Flow

  • tells you about your income

    • top line is sales / revenue
    • bottom line is net income

Financial Summary

The following is a fictional summary of a the finances of a watch company

Gross Profit
Category Quantity Per Unit Total
Sales 1000 $300 $300k
Cost 1000 $200 -$200k
Gross Profit $100k
Earnings Before Interest and Taxes (EBIT)
Expense Type Amount
Marketing expenses -$10k
Employee expenses -$30k
Rent expense -$17k
Depreciation -$2k
EBIT $41k
Earnings Before Taxes (EBT)
Item Amount
Interest -$1k
EBT $40k
Net Income
Item Amount
Taxes (25%) -$10k
Net Income $30k

Explanation of the Financial Summary

  1. Gross profit: the monty you bring in taking away only the cost of manufacture
  2. Earnings Before Interest and Taxes (EBIT) / Operating Profit

    • this is also called "The Line"
    • this composes operating expenses and depreciation
    • depreciation is the wear and tear on your equipment

      • in the US you can deduct that cost
      • this means you can deduct from the use of even a car