Chapter 1. Working with Income Statements

In many ways, operating a business is like playing a game—a serious one, of course—and keeping track of your business is very similar to studying games such as baseball. Baseball fans know hundreds of statistics, such as batting averages and earned run averages. Similarly, if you are serious about your business, you need to be able to measure and understand the numbers that describe how your business operates. Accounting in general and financial statements in particular ...

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