{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Inside BS Show","title":"EBITDA for Grown-Ups: What Your P&L Is Trying to Tell You | 876","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2238,"description":"On this episode of The Inside BS Show, Dave Lorenzo sits down with Jennifer Yousem, founder of I Heart EBITDA, to demystify the financial fog that clouds too many businesses. If your profit margins don’t make sense, your revenue looks great but your cash is gone, or you’re relying on a bookkeeper to handle strategy, they tackle it all here. Jennifer shares hard-earned insights about revenue recognition, why cash flow surprises are a symptom of deeper issues, and what every business owner needs to stop ignoring in their financial statements. This is the crash course in financial adulting that no one gave you.What You’ll Discover Today:Why EBITDA is more than a buzzword and why it mattersThe biggest red flags in your financials (and what they’re trying to tell you)How a messy P&L destroys your ability to make decisionsThe real cost of fixing financial chaos versus setting it up right from the startRevenue recognition basics for professional service firms (hint: it’s not cash in, revenue booked)Why you can outsource execution but not financial thinkingHow Jennifer acts as a financial early warning system for business ownersKey Topics Discussed:The “Order to Cash” audit: how to spot the holes in your financial processWhat to do when you’re growing revenue but not making moneyCommon bookkeeping and tax filing mistakes that crush cash flowWhy small businesses are never too small for real financial guidanceStrategic versus transactional finance: controller versus CFO roles explainedWhat to listen for at dinner: red flags that scream “You need Jennifer”","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/PiZj2Jvm0A50__OqC5DH07qJG7fmMYBgHzZdsz2P7co/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS83ZDIx/MjEwZDNiZDMwN2Uw/YzJiNjE0ZTNkMmFm/ODZlOC5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}