What an investment banker does, what he costs, and how to spot a good one

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How to decide if you should record revenue at gross or net

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Recording reimbursed expenses as revenue, and why this is a bad idea

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Setting up a trading plan under Rule 10b5-1

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How to sell restricted stock using Rule 144

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Registering stock with Forms S-1, S-3, and S-8; plus shelf registrations

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How to decide which products should be cancelled

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A review of FASB Statement 165, Subsequent Events

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How to use the Regulation A exemption to raise funds in smaller amounts

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How to use the Regulation D exemption to raise funds from accredited investors

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Type A, B, and C reorganizations, triangular mergers, and reverse triangular mergers

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A discussion of the CFO's primary responsibilities, and what not to do.

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Setting up a credit policy and administering it

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Why a term sheet is useful, and its typical contents

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The process for going private, and some pitfalls

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How the accounting department can work from home

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Various techniques for handling accounts payable matching

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Ways to improve the efficiency of your accounts payable operation

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Key items to look for in a due diligence review

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How to deal with the outside analyst

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Describes the controls that can be used during the creation of financial statements

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How to issue financial reports to the SEC as fast as possible

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Possible controls to install for your budgeting system

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How to compile a value for a target acquisition

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How to deal with short sellers

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Some techniques for creating and issuing better invoices

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How to streamline your office

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How to improve the accuracy and reliability of your budget model

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How to use (and not use) breakeven analysis and the margin of safety

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The mechanics of how to list on a major national stock exchange

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Greg Prow, CEO of Planitax, discusses tax technology

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How to construct a value stream mapping chart, and how it can be used to improve a process

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How to locate and dispose of obsolete inventory

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How to implement responsibility accounting within your organization

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How business combinations are affected by the new SFAS 141R accounting standard

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When to issue guidance, and what information to reveal

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The Financial Accounting Standards Board has overhauled the coding structure for GAAP

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Denise Curd discusses business valuation and SFAS 141R

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How to pursue recoveries from suppliers

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Dick Crandall explains lean accounting, and where it can be used

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How to use safe harbor clauses when making forward-looking statements

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How target costing can improve your product margins

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How to create a highly accurate inventory record keeping system

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Steve discusses how to allocate work to maximize collections.

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Steve discusses how to select the best payroll cycle.

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Steve discusses a variety of accounting best practices implementation issues, and how to avoid them.

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Steve interviews Rich Lanza about using the internal audit staff for profit recovery purposes.

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 Steve interviews Carolyn Newman, president of Audimation Services, Inc., about IDEA data analysis software.

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Steve discusses accounting standards convergence with international accounting standards expert Barry Epstein.

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Steve interviews Ralph Nach about FASB Statements 157 and 159, which cover fair value measurements and the fair value option.

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Steve interviews Rich Lanza about the mechanics of the profit recovery process.

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Steve discusses the types of controls to use for throughput accounting.

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Steve discusses the implications of using throughput concepts on a series of financial analysis scenarios.

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Steve describes how throughput accounting concepts alter the capital budgeting process.

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Steve discusses how to manage a bottleneck operation in order to increase the level of throughput achieved.

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Steve discusses the drum-buffer-rope aspects of constraint management, as well as the sprint capacity and throughput concepts.

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Steve discusses how to create PDF versions of customer invoices, and how this can reduce collection problems.

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Steve discusses how to use a check scanner to send electronic check payments to the bank.

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Steve discusses time clocks that incorporate fingerprint scanners and hand shape readers, and in what situations they are most useful.

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Steve interviews Mark Nickson, President of Telliris, about timekeeping by telephone.

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Steve interviews Joshua Burnett, CEO of 9ci, Inc., about automatic cash application systems.

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Steve interviews Ms. Mona Clayton, Partner at PriceWaterhouseCoopers, about forensic accounting investigations, and also discusses logistics measurements.

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Steve interviews Ms. Rossana Salaris, Senior VP of The Clearinghouse Payments Company, about their Universal Payment Identification Code, and also discusses sales measurements.

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Steve interviews Rich Lanza about profit leaks and recovery auditing, and also discusses metrics for the accounting department.

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Steve interviews Harry Cendrowski, co-author of The Fraud Deterrence Handbook and president of Cendrowski Selecky PC, about fraud deterrence.

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Ralph Nach interviews Steve Bragg about acquiring a public shell company.

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Mark Polino (from Transit Television Network) discusses accounting run charts, and Steve covers return on investment measurements.

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Steve discusses operating performance measurements.

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Steve interviews Ralph Nach regarding upcoming accounting standards in 2007, and discusses asset utilization measurements.

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Steve interviews Rich Lanza regarding how to locate Excel spreadsheet errors, and discusses cash flow measurements.

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Steve interviews Ralph Nach regarding accounting in the year 2006, and discusses liquidity measurements.

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Steve interviews Ralph Nach regarding the risk assessment suite (part 2) and discusses inventory measurements.

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Steve interviews Ralph Nach regarding the risk assessment suite and discusses payroll measurements.

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Steve discusses how to improve the speed of the close by compressing the billing process.

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Steve discusses how to accelerate several payroll closing activities.

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Steve discusses how to improve the closing process by increasing inventory record accuracy.

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Steve discusses how to improve the speed of your close by altering the payables process.

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Steve discusses how to manage journal entries in order to achieve a faster close.

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Steve discusses how to restructure the financial statements in order to improve the speed of the closing process.

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Steve discusses how centralizing the accounting function improves the speed of the closing process.

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Steve discusses how to close the books fast by shifting work into the preceding month.

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Steve discusses how to create a fast close (part 2).

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Steve discusses how to shift closing activities into the preceding month (part 1).

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Steve discusses controls for fixed assets.

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Steve discusses payroll controls for both manual and computerized systems.

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Steve discusses accounts payable controls for both manual and computerized systems.

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Steve discusses controls for collections and cash receipts.

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Steve discusses billing controls for both manual and computerized systems.

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Steve discusses controls for shipping.

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Steve discusses controls for production.

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Steve discusses controls for inventory.

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Steve discusses controls for receiving.

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Steve discusses controls for expense reports.

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Steve discusses controls for purchase orders.

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Steve discusses controls for procurement cards.

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Steve discusses controls for the credit department.

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Steve discusses controls for a computerized order entry system.

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Steve discusses controls for a manual order entry system.

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