Analytics

Getting valuation right—and writing a plan investors can trust—means matching methods to cash flows, using disciplined assumptions, and presenting decision-ready analysis. This guide distills today’s best practices with links to authoritative sources you can reuse in your models and reports. The three core valuation lenses you should always triangulate Discounted cash flow (DCF) with FCFF/FCFE DCF anchors value in forecast cash flows…

Expert closers consistently create more value and less risk in modern B2B deals. Buying groups now include multiple stakeholders, legal redlines are heavier, and small pricing mistakes destroy profit. This article shows when and why to bring in specialists—sales strategists, negotiators, pricing leads, and contract counsels—and what results to expect. The buying side is complex—specialists keep momentum Typical B2B buying groups…

How we picked these ideas (and why they’re timely) We focused on problems with clear demand signals in 2025: enterprise-grade AI adoption, security & compliance pressure, real-time payments, data-center power constraints, and demographic shifts. This is backed by top-tier outlooks—McKinsey’s 2025 tech-trends roll-up, Gartner’s 2025 top strategic trends (agentic AI, spatial computing, polyfunctional robots, AI governance), and a16z’s “Big Ideas in…

Global stocks drifted while traders waited on two catalysts: Washington talks around a possible Ukraine peace framework and the Federal Reserve’s Jackson Hole symposium later this week. Rate-cut odds for September remain elevated, but policymakers may avoid pre-committing. Oil steadied after headlines around Russian supply and India’s purchases; gold firmed as Treasury yields eased from recent highs. What moved markets…

Analytics is no longer a side elective—it’s core to modern business education. Employers expect graduates who can reason with data, and accreditation bodies now emphasize technology competencies in curricula. The result is a sharper focus on statistics, programming, experimentation, optimization, and ethical use of AI across top programs. What employers want in 2025 The GMAC Corporate Recruiters Survey 2025 reports strong…

What “easy analytics on mobile” actually means Modern tools unify web and app data, switch to event-based tracking for flexibility, and ship mobile apps or responsive dashboards so you can check KPIs anywhere. Google’s GA4 collects both website and app data in an event model and adds predictive capabilities and privacy controls, which is why many teams standardize on it for…

Executive Summary Global growth remains positive but slower than 2024; the IMF’s July update puts 2025 at roughly 3.0% with 3.1% in 2026, while warning about tariff, inflation and geopolitical risks. Markets are hyper-focused on the Fed’s Jackson Hole messaging and a potential autumn rate cut; stagflation chatter has risen even as indices hold up.Flows are the headline: ETFs are pacing…

Understanding the real boundary of your “business area” is the first step to expanding it. This guide turns big frameworks into practical steps: define your market honestly, diagnose what truly constrains growth, and choose proven plays to unlock new potential. Define your market with TAM/SAM/SOM and validate bottom-up; most overestimation errors come from poor assumptions and confirmation bias. Your core competencies…