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How to Model Scenarios to Scale Your Company
By John Murdock, Chief Executive Officer
The U.S. economic outlook is bright; the U.S. GDP rose to 2.4% in 2017, unemployment is dropping, and inflation is a manageable 1.6%. It comes as no surprise that many companies see the next few years as their opportunity to grow their revenues and market...
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What is a Collaborative Business Budget?
By Jason Lin, Chief Financial Officer
And how do you ensure your budgeting software offers a true collaboration? There’s a growing trend among mid-size businesses who find their budgeting needs have outgrown the spreadsheets they’ve been using. They’re now looking for business budgeting software that will make it easier to collaborate...
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Spreadsheets Are Here to Stay—But Not for Complex Business Budgets
By Alan Hart, Centage Guest Blog Author, Principal Consultant at Pacific Shine Group
Although I’m an avid spreadsheet user (who isn’t?) I don’t consider myself a spreadsheet geek. So, it wasn’t until I read a press release from Centage Corporation (www.centage.com/) announcing an event at their Natick, Mass., headquarters to honor Fathers of the Spreadsheet Dan Bricklin and...
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How to Build a Board-Ready Business Budget
By Jason Lin, CFO
You won’t be faulted if you’re nervous about your first …or your 20th…annual budget presentation to your Board of Directors. The time and effort that’s been put into finalizing the financial and operational business budgets thus far has been significant. Analyzing countless scenarios, reviewing ratios...
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Smart Budgets: Easy and Accurate Reporting for Everyone
By Centage
Today’s mid-size businesses no longer look at their annual budget as a once-a-year exercise. The budget is now seen as a strategic asset, vital for monitoring performance vs. plan on a monthly (or even weekly) basis, forecasting future performance based on current actuals and the...
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Our National Spreadsheet Day with VisiCalc Inventors Dan Bricklin and Bob Frankston
By Centage
On Tuesday, October 17th, we decided to get in on the fun of National Spreadsheet Day by inviting the inventors of the first computer spreadsheet program, VisiCalc, Dan Bricklin and Bob Frankston over for a celebration of spreadsheets and a dedication ceremony our new Bricklin-Frankston...
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Three Steps to Optimizing Business Budgeting
By Jason Lin, CFO
Business process workflow illustrating management approval, flowchart with businessman in background The business budgeting process. It’s something every business has to do, yet many struggle. More often than not, managers and CFOs get bombarded with multiple meetings, data sets and wait times before the process...
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