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10% Net Profit is the New Breakeven

In this video, you’ll learn how the following affect net profit and cash flow:

0: 25      Business income taxes for “pass-through” entities

1:44        Loan payments – interest and principal

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Business Finance Is A Skill You Can Learn (Even If You Hate Numbers)

If you are not a numbers person, business financial literacy can be daunting.

Here’s a little secret…you use numbers every day.

In fact, this morning, you may have weighed yourself.

 

Today’s number is 200. By itself, the number 200 lbs does not mean a lot, but when you...

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Is my Accounts Receivable Balance Healthy?

It’s tempting to look at the $106,200 balance and assume everything will fine. This is more than enough to pay the bills on time. The problem is customers do not always pay on time, if ever.

If your AR report looks like this, then you are in good shape. This is an example of a healthy AR...

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Is my Accounts Receivable Balance Too High?

I don’t know. We’ve never met, but I will help you answer the question. Here are 3 signs your AR balance is too high:

1. You are not able to pay your bills on time.

  • This may sound like Captain Obvious but it is common for owners to assume they need to sell more. When the cash flow...
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9 Tips for Making Collection Calls Less Painful

Collecting money is one of the most dreaded aspects of running a business. I would rather scrub my bathroom floor with a toothbrush than pick up the phone and ask a customer to pay a past due invoice. The secret is to have awesome employees on your team and great systems in place. These tips...

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How one BHAG, 13 Core Values and a Bigger than life Vision Statement helped save my HVAC company

Jamie and I bought Brown Heating and Cooling in September 2015. We were eager to implement fresh ideas to help our 55-year-old company spring into the new world of technology and social media.

We hit the ground running.

We implemented new and improved processes but we quickly learned great...

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3 Activities to Jump Start Your Business Literacy Training Program

The language of business is numbers and processes, so it makes sense to teach your employees how to speak the language. But, pulling back the curtain and sharing numbers with employees can be scary.

Instead of sharing your balance sheet and income statement with everyone, start with one of these...

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Team Training: Top 5 Expenses

Overview

Most employees believe their company’s net profit is 36% when the average across 212 industries is only 6%. Employees don’t know how much it costs to operate a business, because they have never owned a business. Employees rarely know the difference between revenue, profit and...

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Team Training: Who's Responsibility is it to ______________?

Overview

The Who’s responsibility is it to __________? training activity is a great way to spark a conversation around a process. Too often employees do not understand how they affect the entire business cycle. It’s your responsibility to teach your team how everyone contributes to...

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Team Training: True Cost of Payroll

Overview

The True Cost of Payroll training activity is a great way to teach your employees how to read their pay stub and understand how much cash the company needs to make payroll.

Don’t assume all of your employees understand how to read their pay stub. You’ll be surprised by how...

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Cash vs Accrual: The best accounting method for running a business

 

Video Highlights

1:07               Overview of the Cash Method

3:25               Advantages of the Cash Method

6:04  ...

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How is my business profitable but I don’t have enough cash to pay my bills?

Unfortunately, this happens more often than you might think. Business owners and managers enjoy watching revenue soar but shift the focus to generating new sales instead of making sure all of the cash generated by the business is used wisely and collected on time.

First, it’s important to...

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