a great business is defined by its ability to generate…

Value investors look at cash flows. If a company can maintain present cash flows for 5 or 6 years, it’s a good investment. Investors…

— Peter Thiel

“Two of the things to look out for are that operational cash flows should match or be close to profit levels, and current assets…

— Matthew Kidman

“Statements of Cash Flows: Three Examples Case solution - This case presents the announcement of income through three cases of multi-year articulations of money…

— Casesolutionguru

“The intrinsic value of an asset is determined by the cash flows you expect that asset to generate over its life and how uncertain…

— Aswath Damodaran

The restructuring theme can be of various kinds. Some amount of debt gets serviced out of cash flows, some gets back-ended and resolved with…

— Chanda Kochhar

There are great municipal investments out there, but on a blanket basis you have to be really careful about knowing what cash flows are…

— Meredith Whitney

PayPal is a strong business: it has a strong balance sheet and free cash flows, and it will help us take a look at…

— Dan Schulman

The essence of a good investment manager is one who studies a given business and extrapolates the future cash flows that the business is…

— Mohnish Pabrai

Your business should be defined, not in terms of the product or service you offer, but in terms of what customer need your product…

— Ken Blanchard

A business is not defined by its name, statutes, or articles of incorporation. It is defined by the business mission. Only a clear definition…

— Peter Drucker

“You’ve probably heard about “first mover advantage”: if you’re the first entrant into a market, you can capture significant market share while competitors scramble…

— Peter Thiel

The best entrepreneurs know this: every great business is built around a secret that’s hidden from the outside. A great company is a conspiracy…

— Peter Thiel

“The cash flow statement also differs from the income statement in that it shows many transactions that would not appear on the income statement.”

— Mike Piper

“Creating a new business from scratch is hard, but executives of incumbents have the dual challenge of creating new businesses while simultaneously staving off…

— Scott D. Anthony

“In business, cash is seasonal, but in real estate, cash is scheduled.”

— Olawale Daniel