How to Build a 13-Week Cash Flow Forecast (With a Simple Template)
The 13-week cash flow forecast is the tool turnaround specialists reach for first when a company is in trouble, and the tool healthy businesses use to stay out …
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Cash flow, pricing, unit economics and the financial basics every owner should know.
Sales Tax for Small Businesses: What You Need to Know
Sales tax is money you collect for the government, not revenue you earn, and the rules about when to collect it have changed dramatically since 2018. This …
How to Separate Business and Personal Finances: A Checklist
Mixing business and personal money is the most common bookkeeping mistake new owners make, and one of the most expensive to untangle later. It muddles your …
Business Credit Scores Explained: How to Build and Improve Yours
Your business has a credit score, whether or not you have ever checked it. Lenders, suppliers, landlords and even customers can look it up, and most small …
How to Read a Loan Offer: APR, Fees and the Fine Print
A loan offer is written to be signed quickly, not understood slowly. The headline rate is rarely the real cost, and the clauses that hurt most sit in the last …
Exit Planning: How to Prepare Your Business for a Sale
The best time to start preparing a business for sale is two or three years before you want to sell it. That is how long it takes to fix the things buyers …
How to Raise Prices Without Losing Customers
Most small businesses wait too long to raise prices, then do it badly: apologetically, all at once and without a plan for the handful of customers who object. …