Stick Out Your Balance and Cough

by Gary W. Patterson

Book Overview

Patterson details for the first time the proven methods he's used to successfully treat companies of all sizes across a range of industries to stanch the internal financial bleeding and to provide a... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0982241518
• ISBN13: 9780982241516
• Release Date: April 2010
• Publisher: Fiscaldoctor Inc.
• Length: 166 Pages
• Weight: 0.51 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

The best prescription for the common and uncommon financial cough

There is a lot of talk out there about health and health care. There is not enough talk about prevention. Gary Patterson's book, "Stick Out You Balance Sheet and Cough," offers great financial disease prevention and get's right down to business with determining just what is causing that financial ailment and how to fix it. Mr. Patterson gets to work with his Path to Profitability Checklist which includes a checkup, diagnosis, treatment and wellness phase. He delivers all the tools necessary to put a small and medium sized business in the position to take back financial control and increase profitability. His book lives up to the claim of delivering the best practices for long-term business health.

The Cure for the Common Company

What a creative way to offer practical business advice! What makes "Stick Out Your Balance Sheet and Cough" so attractive is that Gary W. Patterson, the Fiscal Doctor, offers his business practices in a way we can all relate to... through health care. We all understand terms like "symptoms", "diagnosis", "prescription", "treatment" and "check up", so when they are applied to business it just makes sense. Ingenious. If you want a book to help keep your business healthy written in a fun and familiar manner, "Stick Out Your Balance Sheet and Cough" is it.

Stick Out Your Balance Sheet and Cough

Holy Cow! what a great book on insuring that your business will succeed. Gary has done an outstanding job in explaining what every business person should know in order to be successful. He explains the do's and don'ts of a successful business. If you own a business you need this book. It will prevent you from making the mistakes most businesses make. On a scale of 1 to 5, I give this book a 10. Great job Gary. Michael Monji

A Check-Up Guide to Better Business Health

Gary Patterson's book entitled "Stick Out Your Balance Sheet and Cough" is a must read in the business schools as well as C-Suites and Finance Departments of the corporate world. Complementing a step-by-step review of the "business physical" are lists of penetrating and thought provoking questions which boards and managements would be well advised to utilize and periodically review in the process. Their thought provoking nature facilitates laser sharp business focus, rigorous prioritization and a true understanding of the underlying motivations, assumptions and bias in enterprise navigation. This book makes a compelling case for the fiduciary duty of ongoing corporate financial analysis as a prudent preventive medicine.

The pulse of your business

"Stick Out Your Balance Sheet" has made me, a small business owner, aware of the financial reporting and information I should be regularly looking at. In the midst of business activities and deadlines it's easy to neglect the pulse of your business. While I have been vaguely aware of needing regular information flow on the financial health of my business, I wasn't quite sure how to get started. Witty, concise and to the point, Gary Patterson's book explains complex business processes in a simple language and raises awareness of the crucial information flow that may be missing in your company. It has jolted my head out of the sand and motivated me to establish regular reporting on the financial health of my business.