Finance
Is Accounts Receivable Financing Right for Your Business?
Accounts receivable factoring has worked for many small businesses in obtaining their ultimate success. It is a flexible form of short-term, service-based commercial financing. Invoice factoring is when a trading business sells its accounts receivables…
How Well Versed Are You in Startup Investor Jargon?
Whether you are talking to peers, competitors or investors, you as an active entrepreneur will be judged on your familiarity with today’s startup and funding jargon. I’m not recommending that you saturate your discussions with…
Does Your View of Value Limit You and Your Customers?
Value is one of those $25 words everyone talks about. We all want to talk about our value and value propositions. But we have huge variations in the way we interpret value and the way…
3 Ways to Reduce Cost of Goods Sold
The cost of the materials used to make the product or service you sell directly impacts your profit. This is easy to see, because the less you have to spend to get the product, the…
What is the Schedule K-1 Tax Form for Businesses?
According to the U.S. federal tax code, businesses can be arranged as pass-through entities. This designation means that instead of a business being taxed separately at the corporate level, its taxes, deductions, losses, and other…
Evaluate All Your Products and Services Each Year
“Cut your losses and let your profits run.” ~Proverb Many businesses fall into the trap of assuming that products or services generating great sales revenue are also profitable. Truthfully, you cannot tell which products and…
How to Do Due Diligence on Investors
This is my Quora answer to “How do I perform due diligence on investors?” Choose an Investor Like You Would a Spouse I’m so glad you asked this question, because it’s really important and vastly…
Freelancers: Update Your Invoices to Look More Professional
One of the biggest challenges you’re facing as a freelancer is managing your own admin. There’s no HR department that does the dirty work for you—you’ll be responsible yourself for managing your projects, logging receipts…
How to Perfect Your Payroll Process
Small businesses need to receive revenue to survive, but they also need to provide payroll to maintain a dedicated workforce. Payroll is an important business asset that needs to be done right, so here are…
Take Control of Your Small Business: Balance Your CAC and LTV
Small business owners focused on merchandising for the next major shopping holiday and worried about making next week’s payroll often have a difficult time taking a step back and looking at longer-range goals. Failing to…
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