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Why Product Managers Need to be Able to Read 10-K (Annual Report) Filings

By John Mecke on August 22, 2018 • ( 0 )

One of the key themes I have reinforced over my 15 year career in product management is basic financial literacy. Product managers need to be able to locate, read, and interpret basic financial filings like Annual Reports (10-Ks), quarterly filings… Read More ›
Acquisition Candidate Analysis

By John Mecke on August 19, 2018 • ( 1 )

A short presentation for product managers on how to analyze a potential acquisition candidate and present it to senior management. Acquisition analysis leverages open source and other publicly available information. This presentation covers the key concepts associated with acquisition candidate… Read More ›
Moneywheel Analysis

By John Mecke on August 19, 2018 • ( 0 )

How to find repeatable sales transactions to scale revenues in tough times. You can also use the moneywheel to estimate the size and scale of demand generation requirements needed to hit product/service line revenue targets. Click the headline to see… Read More ›
How to Calculate the Enterprise Value of Private Companies

By John Mecke on August 19, 2018 • ( 0 )

The Basics Enterprise value is perhaps the most common metric used to describe the value of a company. Simply put Enterprise Value is what it would cost to acquire a company. The formula for enterprise value is pretty straight forward:… Read More ›