A Guide to Small Business Financing
Small business owners know there are many important financial relationships to make when starting out—with your small business bank, with your vendors, and potentially with your business lenders and investors. It…
How to Calculate Cash Flow
As an entrepreneur, we know that your business is your baby. Not unlike actual parenting, it takes a lot of time, energy (hello, fifth cup of coffee before noon), and…
What is Financial Reporting and Why is it Important?
As a small business owner, accurate financial reporting is an essential part of managing, organizing, and understanding your company’s finances. While this concept may seem complicated and overwhelming, we’re here…
What is Cash Flow?
Cash Flow is a measurement of the money that is moving (flowing) in and out of your business in a period of time. When it comes to small business, money…
How to Create a Business Budget
Sometimes when you own a business with only a handful of employees it can be tempting to fly by the seat of your pants when it comes to budgeting. However…
Business Bank Account for an LLC: 6 Pros and Cons
Congratulations on starting your own business! Before you get to the fun part — actually running your business and making your fortune — there is still some admin to do….
How to Master Cash Flow Analysis for Your Business
Don’t be fooled by the fancy business lingo, a cash flow analysis is much simpler than it sounds. Basically, this is simply the process of taking the time to look into…
What is The CARES Act Self Employed Unemployment Assistance?
The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) were designed to offer financial support to thousands of Americans who have been affected by the COVID-19 outbreak. Since the…
How the CARES Act Paycheck Protection Program Can Help Your Small Business
Overview of the CARES Act If you’ve been too busy worrying about the global pandemic and staying sane during lockdown to pay much attention to the news, you might not…
5 Ways to Market Your Business on a Shoestring Budget
The idea of marketing your business can seem like a daunting task, especially as a small business with an even smaller budget? But marketing doesn’t have to cost you thousands…
22 Free Must-Have Business Tools for Growth
Small business owners know that stretching their budget as far as possible is essential. Unfortunately, a lot of popular business tools that streamline processes, improve communication, and help attract new…
5 Ways to Prevent Payroll Fraud
Your credit card payments are encrypted, you back up your data to a secure cloud, and you’ve enabled two-step authentication on your most important software. Congrats, you’re impenetrable. …just kidding….