13. Getting to gross profit

Chapter survival toolkit

The bottom line near the top of the page

Sales revisited

Cost of sales

Inventory

Looking forward

Record keeping for stockholders

Ten hard questions to ask or be asked

Conclusion

‘The superior man understands what is right; the inferior man understands what will sell.’

Confucius

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