Eric Colburn, PLS

Tag: Financial

  • Knowing Your Numbers-Business Metrics for Your Land Surveying Company

    A while back, I wrote Knowing Your Numbers-How To Measure Your Success, an article on the importance of developing your own set of metrics and benchmarks to accurately measure your success, or failure, which is something we all need to understand. In this Premium Membership post I expand on that theme; specifically how to use Business Metrics…

  • Knowing Your Numbers-How To Measure Your Success

    Know your numbers to measure your success. We all need to know our numbers, but do you know what numbers are important for your success? The metrics and benchmarks to accurately measure our success, or failure, is something we all need to understand. This is true in any professional land surveyor business, whether you are…

  • Professional Land Surveyor News: Trimble Posts $319 Million In First Quarter Revenue

    Professional Land Surveyor News: Trimble Posts $319.0 Million In First Quarter Revenue On April 29th, Trimble (Nasdaq: TRMB) announced that for the first quarter, which ended on April 2, 2010, its revenue increased approximately 10% when compared to the first quarter of 2009. The total revenue reported by Trimble for the first quarter of 2010 is $319.0…

  • PROFESSIONAL LAND SURVEYOR SURVEY-Does Your Company Share Its Financial Data?

    In this week’s PROFESSIONAL LAND SURVEYOR SURVEY I’m asking the question: Does Your Company Share Its Financial Data? Is your firm one that has an open book policy and readily shares the financial health of the business? Or, perhaps, if they do share financial data, maybe it’s only a small portion or sanitized version or…

  • Financial Protection in the UK Building Industry (Kindle Edition)

    Financial Protection in the UK Building Industry (Kindle Edition) Product Description Financial Protection in the UK Building Industry provides comprehensive treatment of a complex aspect of construction management which is increasingly important in modern construction contracts in the UK. This book looks at the legal and economic background of providing financial protection to clients. Also…

  • NEWS RELEASE-Autodesk Reports Fourth Quarter And Full Year Fiscal 2009 Financial Results

    Autodesk Reports Fourth Quarter And Full Year Fiscal 2009 Financial Results SAN RAFAEL, Calif., Feb. 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Autodesk, Inc. today reported revenue of $490 million for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2009, a decrease of 18 percent over the fourth quarter of fiscal 2008. GAAP diluted loss per share in the fourth quarter was…