Business Strategy

How to Improve Your Business’s Cash Flow

How to Improve Your Business’s Cash Flow Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable There are two areas that most businesses can improve upon with only a little effort: accounts receivable and accounts payable. Depending on your business,...

Your business and COVID-19

Are you concerned that your business won’t make it through the pandemic? Like many other small business owners, COVID-19 has thrown a wrench in my business plans. I finished my MBA in March just as...

From emergency to abundance and back to emergency 

The life cycle of business. Having a profitable company is the end goal of many entrepreneurs. People start their company as an idea, and if they are successful, it grows and matures into a growing...

No purchase order, no work? 

Should you do that change, your client wants you to do? Anyone who has worked in construction or for a service company can tell you that at some point, the client will ask you to...

Understanding the legal requirements for your business

Make sure you understand the legal requirement for your business. Depending on where you operate your business and what industry you are in, there are different legal requirements for your business. In Canada, three levels...

Danger, Iceberg Ahead!

Like an iceberg, what you can't see is what's dangerous to your business. There are three areas of knowledge: what you know, what you don't know and what you don't know that you don't know....

Keep it simple

Streamline your business with the KISS principle I’ve been a big fan of the KISS principle for most of my career. The KISS principle (Keep It Simple Silly) is vital for small businesses. Small business...

When do you end a product or service?

Is your product or service at the end of its life? New products enter the market, and old products leave the market every year. Business owners face the difficult choice of knowing when to put...

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Questions About My Company’s Cash Flow

Questions About My Company's Cash Flow Cash flow is the lifeblood of any business. A healthy cash flow allows companies to pay bills on time, invest...

Failing at Cash Flow is Real

Here’s How to Become Profitable After Failure. How to recognize poor cash flow and how you can make sure it won’t be a problem...

Changing Your Business Focus When the World Changes

Changing Your Business Focus When the World Changes It’s no surprise that we’re living in a constantly evolving world. Now, more than ever before, due...

Top Cash Flow Issues for Restaurants and Bars

Top Cash Flow Issues for Restaurants and Bars Cash reserves provide the means for paying employees and suppliers and meeting obligations. For small businesses,...

How to Shorten a Cash Flow Cycle

How to Shorten a Cash Flow Cycle Methods and practical ways to shorten prolonged cash flow issues. In a turbulent and unreliable economy, cash can make...

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