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iCFO’s 2023 Financial Trend Update of Benchmarking Data

iCFO adheres to stringent reliability standards with updates to financial data twice per year, announcing it’s most recent update containing 2023 figures from audited statements and trends across all quarters. iCFO’s database contains over 1M privately-held companies across more than 2,600 industry segments with a comprehensive array of company sizes and performance ranges, allowing iCFO […]

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Take a deep dive into your business data

It’s standard practice for business owners to analyze their current financial statements to gather a general idea of whether or not their business is performing well, and then making adjustments or staying the course based on that information.

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Financial Analysis, Financial Health,

Starting up? Here’s what you need to know.

When you’re starting out on the road toward building your start-up or small business, it’s hard to know where the journey will take you. You can guarantee that there will be a long road ahead, full of ups and downs and twists and turns, but how can you ensure that your final destination is a […]

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Financial Analysis,

Liquidity vs. Profitability

Liquidity and profitability are two of your business’s most important key performance indicators. In their own way and together, they demonstrate whether your business currently is or can be successful and they indicate your potential for growth and sustainability. Your liquidity has an impact on your profitability and your profitability will have an impact your […]

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Financial Analysis, Financial Health,

Assessing Financial Risk? You need more than just your numbers.

Starting up and staying in business is not without risk. But with the right understanding of industry metrics, combined with the application of accurate and intuitive financial and business data and analysis, the risks you face can lead to rewards—and the business risks themselves can even be rewarding in their own right.

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Financial Analysis,

Platform for SaaS Reviews Honors iCFO With Industry Distinctions for Financial Reporting Software

The iCFO team is proud to announce that our financial analytics tool has passed the standards of leading B2B software review platform FinancesOnline. We receive a positive score from their experts and they commended iCFO for delivering “sound, reliable, and current financial data.” In addition, we received two prestigious awards: Rising Star for 2018 and […]

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Financial Analysis,

What Does Financial Data Analysis Software Include?

So, you are considering investing in a budgeting and planning software to help you manage your business’s finances. That is a wise decision. Here are some of the services and functions included in a software package that will benefit your business.

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Financial Analysis,

4 Common Cash Flow Mistakes Made by Small Business Owners

If you are starting a brand new business and you don’t have any kind of budgeting software or financial performance analysis tools, you better be a human calculator with a photographic memory. Between 2013 and 2014, over five percent of surveyed businesses ceased operating because of inadequate cash flow. In fact, as many as 25% […]

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Financial Analysis,

Back to the Basics: Understanding Financial Ratios

Understanding financial ratios is essential to cultivating a healthy business. Between the years 2013 and 2014, 5.2% of surveyed businesses failed as a result of inadequate cash flow or sales. Many of them probably did not even realize the magnitude of their financial problems because they were not able to calculate and interpret their financial […]

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