David Cusimano - Emerge Dynamics

Episode 57: The Single Metric That Tells the Health of Your Business

In this episode, we discuss the EVA metric which includes the opportunity cost of running your business. Many business owners think that positive net income means that their business is doing well, but is your business creating more value than it’s costing? EVA = NOPAT – (WACC * capital invested)         forsook [fawr-sook] verb –…

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Episode 56: Does Your Business Scenario Planning Include the Inverted Yield Curve and the SLOOS Report? It Should.

In this episode, we look at current and historical data from the Federal Reserve and discuss what the inverted yield curve tells us about the state of our economy. The SLOOS Report is a quarterly survey of senior loan officers of banks. According to their date, over 50% of banks are seeing a decline in…

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Episode 55: Declaring Victory in Your Turnaround – The Stabilization Phase

In the final episode of a three-part series on turning your business around, we discuss ways to use the changes you’ve made to return to being profitable again. It is important to pay attention to the new control systems that have been put in place so that you don’t end up back in the same…

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Episode 54: Emergency Action- What To Do When You’re Running Out of Cash

In this episode, we discuss step 2 of the 5 stages of a turnaround, the emergency action stage. We give several practical actions that you’ll need to take in order to get your business through to the next step. It’s all about cash. And you’ll need to map how it comes in and goes out…

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Episode 53: Housing Crash in 2023? You do need to know.

Are you following the housing market? All business owners and managers should. While other industries only affect us if we are in them or related to them, housing affects all of us. Will there be a housing crash in 2023? Or is the crash cancelled? Eric and David weigh in on where the year is…

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Episode 51: The Second Most Important Person to Build a Strong Company

The discussion on turnaround management continues today with a discussion on weak finance function. As a business owner, it is your responsibility to have integrity and to hire people to work in finance who will hold the line. It’s not just about the numbers, it’s about recording financial data according to fundamental principles with correct…

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Episode 50: You Can’t Put Lipstick On A Pig!  – Signs Your Business May Be In Trouble

Today we’re highlighting some adverse trends that indicate problems are arising in your business. If your business is struggling because you’ve hit a plateau, or your business is headed in the wrong direction, you’ll want to pay attention to these warning signs of decline. Poor working capital controls will ultimately get your business into trouble….

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Episode 49: I’m Turning My Company Around – I’m Starting with the Man in the Mirror

Emerge Dynamics is all about how businesses can emerge from their peers, and businesses accomplish that when they are well-run. This is especially true during a downturn, so today we’re focusing on how you can guide your business through these challenging times. There are so many bankruptcies happening in 2023. Why is that? It can…

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Episode 48: Building Strength Through Discipline in Your Borrowing Base – Part 2 of 2

Today we continue the conversation around your borrowing base. This episode dives deeper into why you may want to consider a borrowing base to finance your working capital so that you can help your business meet its potential. We also discuss the importance of having healthy accounts receivable, and how to use it in the…

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