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		<title>Building A Financial Model For A Television Network</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Financial Modeling Guide</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The television network industry is in flux, as networks struggle to retain the attention of viewers who spend an increasing amount of their time and media consumption on other mediums such as the internet.
Fragmentation of this viewer audience is forcing traditional television players, the networks and studios, to reach out where the audience lives. Many [...]


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		<title>Building a Financial Model &#8211; Creating a Log</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 05:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Financial Modeling Guide</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When building a financial model, a log sheet helps a good financial analyst and other users track and understand all changes that have been made to the financial model.
This is especially helpful if the financial model is to be handed over to another financial modeling team to take over the development or make updates to [...]


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		<title>Incremental Cash Flows In Financial Modeling</title>
		<link>http://www.financialmodelingguide.com/financial-modeling-tips/tricks/incremental-cash-flow/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 07:00:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Financial Modeling Guide</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Whilst it is common to consider cash flows in a financial model from a financial statement analysis perspective, a good financial analyst should also consider the concept of cash flow from the perspective of assessing a new business opportunity or capital investment project.
The additional operating cash flow that a company or business owner receives from [...]


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		<title>Forecasting Sales and Demand in a Financial Model</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 07:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Financial Modeling Guide</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sales are the lifeblood of any company, and getting a reasonable estimate of sales revenue scale and growth is highly critical in any ensuring business planning exercise, such as capital investment decisions, hiring of staff, expansion of business operations and allocation of operating budgets, etc.
Hence, forecasting demand for a company&#8217;s products and services, and the [...]


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		<title>Minimize Spreadsheet Risk &#8211; Defining Inputs and Calculation Formula</title>
		<link>http://www.financialmodelingguide.com/financial-modeling-tips/planning/spreadsheet-calculation-formula/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 05:30:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Financial Modeling Guide</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Once all the expected results of a financial model have been clearly specified and agreed with all financial modeling team members, users and the eventual audience of the financial model results, defining the required inputs for the financial model and the calculation formula used to arrive at the financial model results should be a straight [...]


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		<title>Planning a Financial Model &#8211; Define Team Roles</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 06:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Financial Modeling Guide</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Right at the start a good financial analyst should assign responsibilities for the detailed management of the financial model build process.
One person should be in charge overall but may delegate modules to different team members working in parallel. Only the responsible person should make changes to the structure of each module: names, cells formulas, etc.
The [...]


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		<title>Further Techniques for Auditing a Financial Model</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 06:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Financial models are often used to make major financial decisions that involve several millions of dollars worth of capital. It is therefore essential that these financial models do not contain errors or bugs that render calculations and results incorrectly. A good financial analyst will always start a financial model audit assuming that every financial model [...]


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		<title>The Financial Modelers&#8217; Manifesto</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 11:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Financial Modeling Guide</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Emanuel Derman &#038; Paul Wilmott have written a thought provoking article about the state of financial models and its implications with the global financial crisis of 2008:
A spectre is haunting markets – the spectre of illiquidity, frozen credit, and the failure of financial models. 
Beginning with the 2007 collapse in subprime mortgages, financial markets have [...]


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		<title>Designing a Financial Model &#8211; Making it Idiot Proof</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2010 05:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Financial Modeling Guide</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Always design a financial model for people who did not build it and for people with limited understanding of financial modeling and analysis techniques.
This will help you ensure the usefulness and relevance of the financial model, and preserve its longevity long after you have completed the financial modeling exercise.
In each financial model workbook, you will [...]


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