What is a good backup system and where to start? I’d like to continue on from a recent post about identifying and storing of important paper documents and cover this time digital documents and how to keep them safe. Again, this is a big and important part of Taming your File monster is […]
Not having a will puts a lot of unnecessary strain on your family in a time of grief. Why? Well let’s explore In my last post, I talked about identifying, protecting and storing important paper documents and one of these documents was a last will and testament. (Download your checklist of important documents […]
Last week I was asked by a life coach how she could find an ideal accountant for her business, how she should go about it and what to look for before hiring. This is a great question and a quick google search of “how to find an accountant” revealed 115,000,000 results – looks like she […]
Tomorrow is Saint Patrick’s Day, most of us know it as an Irish holiday, we wear something green and drink a Guinness. But maybe you have also heard of that pot of gold at the end of the rainbow? The story behind this legend sounds magical and involves a leprechaun. As the legend goes, […]
There is a lot of Fear around dealing with Finances, especially business finances. This prevents otherwise smart and capable entrepreneurs from making smart decisions or from making decisions at all. If you are amongst the small business owners that are stressed out by money, budgets and taxes, then this fear of finances probably existed […]
Many entrepreneurs and small business owners face cash flow problems. And all too often, they fail to notice these cash issues in time. According to Dun and Bradstreet, cash flow problems cause 90 percent of small business to fail. Did you know you can have a profitable business and still run out of cash? […]
How would you feel if keeping records would become an enjoyable task rather than a dreaded one? How would this change your day to day life as an entrepreneur if you would get inspired and excited every time you organize and file your receipts, bills, and statements? Unfortunately, for most entrepreneur this is […]
On my search for a great topic for this weeks blog I came across an interesting article and concept from May 2012 by Bruce Sellery, that he calls “The Priority Pyramid”. He has devised a system that helps you out If you are having troubles setting financial priorities. It is based on Maslow’s hierarchy of needs that […]
Do you know the movie “Other People’s Money” with Danny deVito, Gregory Peck and Penelope Ann Miller? It’s a film about a corporate raider (deVito) that threatens to take over a “mom and pop” company. The patriarch of the company (Peck) hires his wife’s daughter (Miller), who is a lawyer, to try and protect the […]
I’d like to stay on the topic of Budget a little while longer … I can hear you sigh… I might be beating a dead horse here, but it is really such an important task that every entrepreneur should accomplish for her/his business (and personal finances too, but that’s a different story). If you read my previous posts […]