What’s your burn rate? Not calories per hour, we’re talking dollars per month. Dollars per month you small business goes through to stay functional. Business owners need to know what it takes to...

One thing I learned from the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses Program was how to properly raise money for your business. I didn't think I would ever want funding for our business, but now I...

For many businesses their bookkeeping causes a lot of pain. However, when handled correctly there are many pains that proper bookkeeping can remedy. Common reasons that bookkeeping causes pain are:...

If you are a basketball player you know what it means to pivot. Successful entrepreneurs know how to pivot. The dictionary definition of pivot is: the action of turning around on a point. When a...

My car finally died. My 1999 Subaru with over 180,000 miles died after I had been driving it for over 11 years. The car didn't owe me anything. It had seen some abuse going up and down the canyon...

Does any business owner really have time to work on their business? If you said no then you are doing it wrong.  As many of our readers know I was a scholar in the Goldman Sachs 10,000 small...

At times, the term bookkeeping takes on a vague meaning the makes it seem easier than it really is. This couldn't be more true for the small business owner that doesn't fully understand what...

I was having lunch with a business colleague of mine a few weeks ago when he told me how much changing his bookkeeper had helped him. He had been dealing with incompetent bookkeepers for a while and...

With the tax deadline rapidly approaching and it's time to finalize your taxes.  

I was talking with my CPA a few weeks ago and he had a client ask him: when does it make sense to stop making more...