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There is a common phrase in business: "Cash is king." "Cash flow is the life-blood of a company. Without it, a company will fail" (Hicks, 2012). Yet, companies often have to take risks that could potentially jeopardize their cash flow (e.g., new projects, growth, capital budgeting, etc.). Assume you are the CFO of a struggling company. While you do have a positive cash flow, it is minimal at best. If something does not change soon, the company will go under. Fortunately, your product development team has just created a new product that will not only save the company from financial demise but will also revolutionize how the industry does business. The problem is that the product is still 2 years away from being able to be sold to the public, and you will run out of cash within the next 6 months. How would you propose obtaining the funds needed to keep the company alive and thriving for the next 2 years until you are able to see a return on the product development? How would you keep the stakeholders happy?
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Introduction
Cash is the primary concern when dealing with financial management of either a growing company or a well-established organization. The struggle of managing when suppliers and employees are to get paid and when money is to be collected from the customers is the challenge of many organizations that face cash management problems. Some of the financial practices that I would implement to manage cash deficits are explained below.
Acquire a short-term loan
There are some non-profit lenders who can help with finances that would help the organization to run for the two years. This would be the best option since the organization will not be required to pay extra money. However, there are banks which would give the short-term loan but with interest (Sasaki, 2016). These loans would help the organization to continue its normal operations and repay the loans once the organization starts making revenue from the sales of the new product.
Early collection of accounts receivable
Here I would speed the processes of collection the money that is owed to the organization. In case there are government agencies that owe to...
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