13 Oct
Small Businesses- Great Tips to Manage Your Financ...
A very on-point and well written article appeared on business.com, Accountancy 101: 5 Tips to Manage Your Small Business’s Finances, written by Russell Smith. The October 3, 2017 article addresses some of the concerns and hurdles that many of our clients face each day as a small business. “…When it comes to running your own
10 Oct
Fall in Love with Finance Series- Nobody likes fin...
One of the issues that SMB’s have is planning for expense payments that are not entered into their financial accounting system until after they’ve been incurred (let’s call them future transactions). Payroll is one of the largest expenses that most companies have and it falls under this category. Loans and mortgages are good examples of
05 Oct
Running a Small Business Using Cloud-Based Account...
On September 26, 2017, Newswire posted a press release entitled, “Frank Dinucci Easing Minds of First-Time Small Business Owners on Cloud-Based Accounting”. We found the press release on the website Digitaljournal.com and thought it was worth a share with our readers. Mr. Dinucci discusses the time saving benefits of accounting via the cloud. “People were
02 Oct
Fall in Love with Finance Series-Make it Simple.
“I don’t get it”, “I hated it in school”, “It’s too complicated”. These are statements I’ve heard from SMB owners, and they’re right! Accounting and finance can be complicated and difficult to understand. But what if it were simple? What if you got exactly the information you needed in an easy to understand format? If
29 Sep
Tips For Protecting Your Business From Ransomware ...
On September 19, 2017, Forbes.com published a great online article entitled, Tips For Protecting Your Business From Ransomware Threats. The article, written by Chalmers Brown, warns of the increase in online cyber-attacks by hackers often looking for ransom. “In 2016, U.S. small businesses lost $75 million in downtime due to ransomware attacks, according to Datto. The
27 Sep
Using Non-financial Providers for Paying Bills
A recent article on the website, MobilePaymentsToday.com discusses consumer comfort with using nonfinancial providers for bill pay and money transfers. The September 21, 2017 article, Consumers more comfortable with nonfinancial providers for bill pay, money transfers, states, “A substantial number of consumers are comfortable using non-financial providers for essential activities such as paying bills, transferring money
25 Sep
Welcome to our series, Fall In Love With Finance!
When I started my first business I had a basic understanding of finance, but was a lot more familiar with the products, service, support and sales effort required to get the business off the ground. I had a couple of uncles who owned small businesses, so I asked them about how to get started with
20 Sep
How much time are you spending on admin tasks and ...
A recent article posted online by the CPA Practice Advisor speaks to the challenges small businesses face: “Small businesses currently spend an average of 120 working-days per year on administrative tasks, accounting for approximately 5% of the total manpower for the average small and medium sized business. That’s according to a new economic report by Sage, a
18 Sep
How to fall in love with finance.
Crazy you say? Impossible! Well, we are here to show you is not. Join us for a series of tips and tricks for both the finance pro and novice for managing the financial health of small and medium size companies. You will start to see that finance can be fun and interesting. You may actually
13 Sep
In 1975 Business Week Prophesized That the Office ...
In an article originally published by Business Week in 1975, leaders of the wave of automation and advancements in office technology comment on the paperless office of the future. George E. Pake, head of Xerox Corp.’s Palo Alto, CA Research Center at the time said that, “…in 1995 [his] office will be completely different; there
