Category: Best Practices

As a financially responsible business owner there’s a lot to keep track of: taxes, cash flow, expenses, profitability, growth. Of course, that’s in addition to daily operations, inventory management, employee management, sales and marketing. You’ve got a lot of important…

As a growing small business owner, you might find the bookkeeping portion of running your business becoming more and more important… and complicated. You know it’s time to bring in a professional, but you aren’t sure which direction to turn…

The jobs site CareerBliss.com analyzes 50,000 company reviews and evaluations it receives each year from employees. The most content workers in the U.S. credit their happiness to first-rate employee incentives, ample benefits, career…

Most companies utilize a variety of general metrics that allow upper-management to track overall financial performance of the business – compared to previous months, years and competitors. But when drilling down into these numbers for specific insight into…

The decision to start your own business is an empowering one. You finally get to do things your way, on your terms. Of course, it’s the most important job of your life and each decision you make shapes your future success, or failure.One of the most important elements of making …

It’s Crunch Time!
Tax time is upon us. Here are a few friendly reminders to help relieve the stress of the season.Make sure your 2012 books are closed out. There are only a few days left to get this done. This one step delays the…

Customer is king. As a small business owner, we know that to be true, but what about the people we have working for us? They are the face of our business. They represent us. Do they know the importance of their every interaction with our client base…

In large companies, the hierarchy within the finance department consists of the CFO, one or more controllers and several bookkeepers. In smaller companies, these functions get collapsed under fewer people. For small businesses, the function of CFO is usually…

There is no doubt that large banks have recently done everything they could to scare clients away. However, when it comes to small businesses, large banks still offer assets that make it harder for smaller banks to compete. No, it’s not just about…

The two most common causes of fraud in small businesses are when rogue employees or contractors write checks to themselves or deposit checks to their account instead of the company’s account. Those are very unsophisticated schemes and can easily be detected…