According to USA Today, the average 2014 tax refund will be more than $3,000. It’s tempting to use that money to take your family on a nice vacation, splurge on those designer duds you’ve been eyeing, or on some other guilty pleasure. But what if you took that money and invested it into your …
Small Business Budget Articles and Interviews (tag)
Seven Accounting Solutions for Your Small Business
Benjamin Franklin once wrote, “In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.” And to that, many a small business owner can add accounting. As a small business owner, you naturally want to spend your time making your product or service the best it can be, not crunching …
Importance of Budget Planning: Avoiding Lost Opportunities from Cash Flow Shortfalls
There are many things to consider when managing a business; hiring, marketing, and actual delivery of the goods or services to your clients. At any stage of delivering value to your clients, things can go wrong. Miscommunication can lead to missed deadlines, poor internal controls can lead to …
Five Ways to Keep Money in Your Pocket as a Small Business Owner
The Ancient Roman playwright Plautus is credited with coining the phrase: “You must spend money to make money.” Certainly, as a small business owner, you know that to be true. Even with the leanest start-up, there are costs to running a business. The trick, of course, is to earn more money …
Get Your Budget Out of Hot Water: When Finances and Circumstances Collide
Regardless of how successful a business is or how awesome the owner is, sometimes things happen that are out of our control. These things may cause the business to suffer, and sometimes it may not be able to recover. The key to safeguarding against these types of circumstances is to be prepared …