A budget uses numbers to express thoughts which can be done broadly, narrowly, or both. How thoughts are expressed is important in a budget. If a budget is not impressed properly, it becomes irrelevant in many ways.
June 24, 2020
In order for a company to exist, it must organize itself in a way that fulfills its value proposition because a value proposition has enormous power. So, how can a company organize itself? The answer is with a budget.
May 6, 2020
A company exists in order to improve the well-being of its stakeholders. Achieving this task is based on the ability of a company to connect with its customers. How a company connects with its customers is through a value proposition.
April 22, 2020
“If everyone has to think outside the box, maybe it is the box that needs fixing.”
For FP&A professionals the box is budgets.
March 25, 2020
One of the characteristics people use to describe me is well-read which is appropriate because I enjoy reading material that covers a variety of fields. One of the fields I cover is sports because it provides connections to finance. While covering sports I found material that represents a connection to budgets and the connection is the leadership style of a football manager, Jurgen Klopp.
February 27, 2020
The sixth meeting of the Boston FP&A Board was held on February 27, 2020, to address a popular subject of Zero-Based Budgeting (ZBB). What is new in ZBB of the 21st century? How can it be useful for addressing the challenges of traditional budgeting culture
Karl Kern
Karl Kern has a BBA degree in Accounting from Temple University, and an MBA degree with a concentration in Finance from Babson College. After graduating from Temple University Karl started a career where he has established a reputation as a problem solver. Karl’s reputation as a problem solver is based on his ability to create as well as implement initiatives that have helped organizations increase revenues, decrease expenses, and improve cash flows.
Karl’s ability to create as well as implement initiatives is due to being a well-read individual with exceptional organizational skills and passion. It is Karl’s passion that guides him to improve the lives of not only himself but also those around him.
Author's Articles
July 29, 2020
A budget uses numbers to express thoughts which can be done broadly, narrowly, or both. How thoughts are expressed is important in a budget. If a budget is not impressed properly, it becomes irrelevant in many ways.
June 24, 2020
In order for a company to exist, it must organize itself in a way that fulfills its value proposition because a value proposition has enormous power. So, how can a company organize itself? The answer is with a budget.
May 6, 2020
A company exists in order to improve the well-being of its stakeholders. Achieving this task is based on the ability of a company to connect with its customers. How a company connects with its customers is through a value proposition.
April 22, 2020
“If everyone has to think outside the box, maybe it is the box that needs fixing.”
For FP&A professionals the box is budgets.