David Cusimano - Emerge Dynamics

Episode 29: Money Mechanics for Owners and Managers of Businesses – Part 1: The Road to Gold

In this series of episodes of Emerge Dynamics we’re diving into a new, highly relevant topic: Web 3.0. The next level of the internet and how it influences transactions is going to have a large impact on business owners everywhere. Within this evolution, you’ll hear other possibly new terms such as blockchain, decentralized finance, smart…

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Episode 28: Customer Service and Doing The Right Thing (Even When It Hurts)

One of the most impactful aspects of business is customer service. It’s a topic with depth, and therefore may be unpacked further in later episodes. In today’s episode, David leads with a story he recently shared with his kids that relates to this topic. If you go to YouTube and search “United Breaks Guitars,” you’ll…

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Episode 27: Reflecting On What We’ve Covered So Far, Where We’re Going and What We’re Thankful For

In this Thanksgiving episode of Emerge Dynamics, we’re talking about what we’ve covered so far in this podcast, what we’ll be covering in the near future, and what we’re thankful for. Although the podcast is fairly new, it has welcomed some amazing guests so far. There’s also been a lot of talk about business drivers,…

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Episode 26: Use Business to Fight Poverty? Partners Worldwide Thinks So.

Partners worldwide is an organization that has a mission of fighting poverty with business. If we believe we are doing something good for the community with our business then it would be a natural extension of that thought that business can also do good for those living in poverty. Eric recently attended Partners Worldwide’s annual…

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Episode 25: Is Now The Right Time To Buy A Competitor?

In this episode, David and Eric will be discussing if now is a good time to start thinking about buying that competitor you’ve been thinking about. This episode builds upon our previous series on valuation and the current economic situation.  Today we are seeing more mainstream articles about how we are either already in a…

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Episode 24: Austin Sherman, Co-Founder of Big Easy Bucha, Shares Some of The Benefits Of Working With Equity Investors and Getting Your Numbers Straight As He Recaps His Journey To A Successful Exit

In this episode we’re joined by the charismatic and creative Austin Sherman, who co-founded a kombucha business from scratch. Like any business owner, he’s seen his share of ups and downs, but they led to an exit to a large multinational company. Austin shares his entire journey building and exiting from Big Easy Bucha. As…

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Episode 23: The Pros and Cons of Bringing in Equity Investors

Today we discuss working with equity investors. Small business owners can be hesitant to bring in equity investors, but there can be good reasons to consider this path. Equity capital is almost always more expensive than debt capital, but it can enable you to grow much faster than you otherwise would have. Join us as…

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Episode 22: Making the Banks Come to You

In this episode, David and Eric link the discussion of financial analysis to making banks want you. There can be good cases for using other people’s money to help accelerate your growth. There is so much confusion with businesses about what banks’ objectives and restrictions are. We clarify this before diving into financial analysis. If…

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Episode 21: Your Financial Forecast: Not A Tool To Predict The Future, But A Tool To Create It

In last week’s episode, David and Eric talked about ROA and ROA and why it’s important to grow your margin, but not at the expense of ROA. In today’s episode David and Eric discuss Financial Forecasting. While many seek a tool to help them see into the future, we believe this is a tool that…

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Episode 20: It’s All About Profit, Right? Think again. Check your ROA and ROE.

In this episode David and Eric return to unpacking the importance of Financial Analysis for a business. Today’s discussion will revolves around Return on Assets and Return on Equity – which involve numbers from both the Income statement and balance sheet. These two together are used in a powerful way to analyze business performance. Linking…

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