For each account on this company’s balance sheet, show the change in the account during 2018 and note whether this change was a source or use of cash. Just Dew It Corporation reports the following balance sheet information for 2017 and 2018. JUST DEW IT CORPORATION
2017 and 2018 Balance Sheets
Assets Liabilities and Owners’ Equity
2017 2018 2017 2018
Current assets Current liabilities
Cash $ 12,157 $ 14,105 Accounts payable $ 46,382 $ 49,276
Accounts receivable 29,382 32,815 Notes payable 18,246 19,784
Inventory 54,632 57,204
Total $ 96,171 $ 104,124 Total $ 64,628 $ 69,060
Long-term debt $ 49,000 $ 45,000
Owners’ equity
Common stock and paid-in surplus $ 50,000 $ 50,000
Retained earnings 299,784 315,894
Net plant and equipment $ 367,241 $ 375,830 Total $ 349,784 $ 365,894
Total assets $ 463,412 $ 479,954 Total liabilities and owners’ equity $ 463,412 $ 479,954
Prepare the 2017 and 2018 common-size balance sheets for Just Dew It. (Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answers as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e. g., 32.16.)

Neon light company of kansas city ships lamps and lighting appliances throughout the country. ms. neon has determined that through the establishment of local collection centers around the country, she can speed up the collection of payments by one and one-half days. furthermore, the cash management department of her bank has indicated to her that she can defer her payments on her accounts by one-half day without affecting suppliers. the bank has a remote disbursement center in florida. a. if neon light company has $2.90 million per day in collections and $1.18 million per day in disbursements, how many dollars will the cash management system free up?

Imagine you own an established startup with growing profits. you are looking for funding to greatly expand company operations. what method of financing would be best for you?

Onsider the following subscription behavior information from genie, a web site that provides tools for constructing a family tree (ancestor search). subscriptions cost $9.99 per month, but you are charged for the entire year at the time of purchase. there is a one-year minimum term when you sign up for the service. once purchased, subscriptions are set to renew automatically unless the subscriber cancels them. when a membership renews, it renews for a one-year term and again you are charged for the entire year. there are no variable costs associated with providing this service to an individual customer, but genie does engage in customer relationship activities that they believe will increase customer retention. these customer relationship activities cost genie about $10 per year per customer. based on a sample of 1000 customers that joined genie five years ago, near the time when the company was founded, they were able to determine how many of those customers remained subscribers in the second year, third year etc. based on this information, genie calculated the average annual retention rate to be 20%. genie uses an annual discount rate of 8%. a. last year, genie spent $10,000 placing advertisements on google. genie management believes that these advertisements were responsible for about 300 new subscribers. would you recommend to genie management that they purchase more google ads? b. suppose a newly-introduced loyalty program increases the number of customers that remained to 30%. does this new data change your answer to 9.a? c. do you have any hesitations or concerns about making recommendations to management based on your above estimate of customer lifetime value?