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Juanita Schwartzkopf
- Jul 25
- 6 min
What Tools Help a Business Deal with Rising Interest Rates, Cash Flow Needs, and Covenant Compliance
This article explores dealing with increased operating expenses, impacts of increased interest rates on cashflow, & loan covenant compliance
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Juanita Schwartzkopf
- Jul 19
- 5 min
How Does a Business Improve its Performance Today? Analyze, Manage, and Adapt!
Businesses are seeing expenses increase across the board and financial performance continues to be stressed in margins, EBITDA, and more.
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Juanita Schwartzkopf
- Jun 2
- 4 min
What Defines a Small Business? Middle-market Business? Large Business? How does a Business Survive?
As the pandemic moves further into the past, the need for businesses to change and adapt is increasingly important to success.
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Juanita Schwartzkopf
- Nov 29, 2021
- 4 min
Looking for Liquidity
With 2022 around the corner, companies need to plan for their working capital needs, & evaluate their loan agreements for future compliance.
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Juanita Schwartzkopf
- Oct 25, 2021
- 2 min
Are Liquidity Pressures Foreshadowing Hyperinflation?
Working Capital Impacts Are Everywhere! Liquidity pressures are the primary concern of companies and their lenders.
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paloisio
- Oct 11, 2021
- 1 min
Focus Management Group Webinars
Here you can find a collection of recordings for our past webinars. We will continuously update this page and add new recordings.
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paloisio
- Jan 1, 2021
- 1 min
Focus Management Group: December Month in Review
Each month we post an overview article that covers our recent company articles, announcements, and insights. This is for the month of Dec.
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Juanita Schwartzkopf
- Dec 29, 2020
- 5 min
Evaluating Working Capital in the ‘New Normal’ of the Covid-19 ABL World
As the COVID-19 ramps back up through the end of 2020 and start of 2021, a tentative ‘new normal’ has set in for borrowers & lenders alike.
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Juanita Schwartzkopf
- Dec 8, 2020
- 6 min
Where is the Tipping Point?
When the economic impacts of Covid-19 hit in March, most experts anticipated increased problems. Why didn’t we experience a tipping point?
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paloisio
- Nov 30, 2020
- 5 min
Focus Management Group - Webinars from 2020
We provided webinars on important topics like the Covid-19 pandemic and the various government programs. Listen for practical & useful info.
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Juanita Schwartzkopf
- Sep 15, 2020
- 7 min
How Do You Anticipate a Surprise Bankruptcy Filing?
Lenders are working to identify companies with a heightened risk of filing and trying to be prepared for any possibility.
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paloisio
- May 6, 2020
- 4 min
Covid-19 and Working Capital: Managing Accounts Payable
Accounts payable management seems to be causing the most stress for companies and their employees right now.
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paloisio
- Apr 27, 2020
- 5 min
Part 2: Blocking and Tackling Working Capital in the Covid-19 World
Considering working capital and cash management with the backdrop of the coronavirus is complicated. Let’s work through a few examples.
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paloisio
- Apr 21, 2020
- 4 min
Returning to Normal in Coronavirus Defined Stages
We all want to return to normal as quickly as possible. The question is what does normal mean and how can the return be financed?
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paloisio
- Apr 13, 2020
- 3 min
Part 2: Accounting for the Payroll Protection Program - Working Capital Impacts
Last week we discussed the income statement. This week, we will discuss the accounting for the PPP funds and working capital management.
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paloisio
- Mar 27, 2020
- 5 min
Operating Cycle: Lame Lending School Concept OR Key Performance Indicator?
Operating Cycle is the amount of time a Company needs to convert inventory to accounts receivable, to cash, then offset by accounts payable.
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