Peter Baldwin - Profit Peak for Entrepreneurs: A Practical, Field-tested Guide to Maximizing Profit and Optimizing Cash Flow

WHAT BUSINESS OWNERS ARE SAYING ABOUT THIS BOOK:

Peter has precisely targeted the core financial needs of small-to-medium-sized businesses. He zeros in on the criticality of analytics and the underpinning data and how to practically use it to drive results. I have seen him successfully use this approach many times. Scott Marvel, CEO, Nexus Cognitive

The concepts in Profit Peak really worked for us! We were able to double the size of our business in five years. Getting all the right players at every position is a winning formula. Greg Hardin, CEO, Diverse Marketing / Diverse Toy

We have worked with the author for over ten years and we endorse his profit-improvement techniques. By understanding our financial statements and improving our financial modeling, we have minimized our financial risks, improved our strategy, and received quick answers to critical business questions. All these factors have been instrumental in driving our earnings. Gary Cravens, President, Advance Components

I didnt understand what I was missing in our small business until I started asking the question What do CFOs do? We had a good CPA and bookkeeper keeping us in line, but when the author began implementing the concepts described in this impactful book as our fractional CFO, I began to really know the financial side of our business. Instead of just keeping score through the rear-view mirror, we are now looking down the road ahead with forecasts, metrics, strategies and processes that have cast new light on how to run our business well, and profits have soared! Dave Reichert, President, Davis-Hawn Lumber & Architectural Millworks

Profit Peak is an easy read and quick reference guide for business owners seeking to improve their financial management practices. We have benefited from the authors knowledge and experience over five years. Allison Deen, Co-Owner, Eddie Deen & Company Catering

The lack of financial literacy is one of the most overlooked issues facing our society today. We have an agency full of financially literate employees with a business owner mindset yes, even interns. The concepts outlined by Peter Baldwin have been helpful to us and they will help you to become more financially literate, too. Michael Rose, Founder & CEO, Mojo Media Labs

Peter Baldwin helped us build a financial culture that includes education, collaboration and the importance of tasking team members to be fiscally responsible with corporate resources. Because of this education, we participate in timely reviews of our financial performance and are now better able to adopt new technology and processes. Profit Peak will help your company establish and maintain an industry leadership position. Suzanne Cravens, Co-Owner / CEO, Advance Components

Like it or not, Peter Baldwin will prove to you that the numbers dont lie. By following his disciplined approach to collecting and analyzing critical data and adjusting organizational behavior, owners / managers can steer those numbers in more profitable directions. Dan Zimmerman, Serial Entrepreneur & Past President, Manufacturing Company

My six-year-old business was growing rapidly but forecasting cash had become a real problem. We worked with Peter Baldwin to build a predictive financial model that managed our sales growth and additional capital needs as they arose. The concepts outlined in Profit Peak kept us on track! Greg Wood, President, Image Reproductions

Peter Baldwin used his unique skill set to develop a deep knowledge and understanding of our business in a fairly short time. We used his dashboard reports for a strong business overview and to identify measurable metrics. With his entrepreneurial view, he quickly knew what was important to the business and coached our team to success. Alan Putter, President, Amusement Management International

A GUIDE to understanding financial expertise providers who work with small-to-medium-sized firmsa BLUEPRINT for structuring your finance and accounting departmenta PRIMER on using financial statements and analyticsand a ROADMAP to financial management success.

Peter M. Baldwin, M.B.A.
Your Ten Percent, LLC

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Cover, design, and editing
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This book is dedicated to
the many entrepreneurspast and present
with whom I developed, implemented, and refined
these operational finance tools & techniques.

A special thanks to my beautiful wife Nancy for
supporting me in this remarkable journey.

A heartfelt thank you to Martha Carlisle
for adding great clarity to the manuscript
and conceptualizing the book design and cover.

YOUR FREE GIFT!

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