Term or Phrase |
English Translation |
| Acquisition strategy |
the current products have no market
|
| Basically on plan |
revenue shortfall of 25 percent |
| Biotech business model |
potentially bigger fools have been identified
|
| Considerably ahead of plan |
hit plan in one of the last three months |
| Core business |
obsolete product line
|
| Currently revising the budget |
financial plan is in total chaos |
| Cyclical industry |
posted a huge loss last year
|
| Entrepreneurial CEO |
totally uncontrollable, bordering on maniacal |
| Ingredients are there |
given two years, we might find a workable strategy
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| Investing heavily in R&D |
trying desperately to catch the competition |
| Limited downside |
it can't get much worse
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| Long selling cycle |
yet to find a customer who likes the product |
| Major opportunity |
last chance
|
| Niche strategy |
a small-time player |
| On a manufacturing learning curve |
can't make the product with positive margins
|
| Possibility of a slight shortfal |
a revenue shortfall of 50 percent |
| Repositioning the business |
multimillion-dollar investment recently written off
|
| Somewhat below the plan |
revenue shortfall of 75 percent |
| Strategic investor |
investor who will pay a preposterous valuation
|
| Too early to tell |
results to date have been grim |
| Turnaround opportunity |
lost cause
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| Unique |
no more than six competitors |
| Upgrading the management team |
the organization is in complete disarray
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| Volume sensitive |
massive fixed costs |
| Well below plan |
an outright, unmitigated disaster
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| Window of opportunity |
without more money, the company is dead |
| Work closely with the management |
talk to them on the phone once a month
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