Sigh. I feel like I haven’t written about specific companies for so long that this doesn’t even feel like an investment or money blog like that (even though it’s never been purely that). I’m working on something fairly significant on the business end, so coupled with everything else on my plate it’s largely made it where I’m […]
Tag: analysis
Ten Important Metrics for a Start-up (and most businesses)
I recently interviewed with a start up in Nigeria to understand what they look for in their finance employees and also to get a sense of the quality of thinking available in the space, as the Internet companies grow and become more important to the country. The start up will remain unnamed, but I was […]
Analyzing Risk/Returns for A Capital Project
Every business has to make capital investments or projects of one form or another, in the course of its operations. And most of the time, you have to choose one option out of many to invest in, and forego the others. So any manager always has to weigh different projects on a risk/return basis to decide […]
Ferarri Readies for IPO
She said she never drove foreign So I introduced her to my red Ferrari- Waka Flocka Next Tuesday, the IPO for Ferrari is expected to debut on the market. The iconic car has been owned by Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV, who own 90% and Piero Ferrari, the second son of the company’s founder who owns […]
How to read a Common Size Financial Statement
If your first question is, what is a common size financial statement, don’t worry I’ll get to it in a bit. Most people are familiar with the regular financial statements: the balance sheet, income statement, cashflow statement, and statement of owner’s equity. If you’re a business person, you should be aware of how the statements […]
Nigeria: Rough Sledding Ahead
“and when it all, when it all falls down who are you going to call?” -Kanye West Anyone with their eyes open can see there’s lots of trouble ahead for Nigeria in 2015. I’m going to skip over the politics, for one because it’s an absolute nightmare, and secondly, it’s not really my thing. Instead […]
