18. Figuring financials

Chapter survival toolkit

Analysing the financials

New ways of looking at the figures

Some key performance indicators

Ten hard questions to ask or be asked

Conclusion

‘Discovery consists of seeing what everybody has seen and thinking what nobody has thought.’

Albert von Szent

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