Ethos Business Law

Recently, I was working with a client looking at a potential investment.  As I was pouring over the diligence, I noticed some interesting and unfortunate trends.  By using quick and simple ratio analysis, I was able to determine that the business was not as healthy as initially thought, nor as the sellers portrayed.  A few simple calculations saved my client significant purchase price dollars and buyer’s remorse once they acquired a business in serious trouble.

I think it is important that all business people (including lawyers) be able to understand, digest and interpret basic financial statements.  If you are not familiar, I have set forth below a few key financial ratios that you can use to assess the financial health of a business: (more…)

On October 7, 2009, I will be speaking at the Shareholder Communications Symposium in Chicago, IL on the topic of Social Media:  Super Power or Kryptonite.

Here is the link for the event.  Take a look at the agenda and sign up to attend.  There will be some very useful information on communicating with shareholders.

By now, you’ve probably read our recent survey and report on corporate social media use. There has been some great discussion around the Web about it, so we thought it would be interesting to round-up a few of our favorite posts and articles and share them here.

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