I‘m going to let you in on a secret: The best businesses—those that really boost the wealth and happiness of the business owner—are not built

Business owners often ask me whether or not they should borrow money to fund growth. It’s an earnest question, but when you understand the bigger

It’s OK, at some point, every business owner feels it.  It starts with a tightening of the chest. Then there’s the ache in the pit

I’ve accepted it: Retirement is dead. Anyone still working today might never be able to retire. So why are we all putting money into retirement

As if managing your business wasn’t enough of a challenge, one day you wake up to find that your company needs a number of cars

Small business owners have enough to do without spending hours poring over financial statements. It’s tempting to delegate all accounting tasks to a CPA or

As a CFO and accountant, I’ve created the books, cleaned up the books, and used the books to tell management about their company. To me,

Marketing and finance are entirely different disciplines, so it’s no surprise that the CFO and the marketing team have an often contentious relationship. To the

Its a sad truth that even a successful business can run out of cash.  Sometimes the “cash conversion cycle” can turn a successful business into a

Here’s how you can put a stop to it for good. Originally Published on TSheets by Quickbooks on January 15, 2018, by Kim Harris It’s not fun to

In the next two years, a third of small business owners believe cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, Ether and Litecoin, will be available as a method of payment

Every year, 66% of small businesses fall victim to fraud. Not all of them know it. Some never will. The damage may be small and contained

Perhaps your year-end financial statements have looked a bit gloomy. Maybe you are showing a bad loss – or maybe too much profit. You need

There’s no getting around it. Businesses run on cash. If you’ve been there you know: when the cash flow stops, the business stops. The amazing thing

There are so many moving parts to worry about when managing your business. And to make a hard job even harder, accounting systems never seem

It’s a common daydream – leaving your job in the corporate world and striking out on your own. Maybe you want to pull the rip

Running a company without a CFO is tough – but hiring one can be even tougher. No other role will be so crucial to your