There’s no doubt about it: Today’s business investors are on the prowl for new opportunities with emerging growth companies. If you’re in need of financial backing to achieve a highly profitable business, you need these investors to be looking your way. But...
At some point in your entrepreneurial journey, you’ll come to a crossroads and face the daunting decision between focusing on sales growth or pursuing profitability. Both of these outcomes are highly valuable for a business. Owners and corporate executives...
Many companies contract the services of a public accounting firm to audit their financials. While audits can be expensive and time-consuming, they are sometimes a necessary undertaking for the business. But, how do you know if you fall into this category?...
As you work tirelessly to manage your operations, develop your product or service, attract new business, pursue your long-term vision and handle the everyday responsibilities that come with running a company, it’s easy to let your accounting needs fall to...
"The ability to ask the right question is more than half the battle of finding the answer.” – Thomas J. Watson, former chairman & CEO of IBM
Let’s be honest – accounting is not a topic most people would choose as a conversation-starter. But accounting is...
Whether you've just decided to start your business or you've been up and running for some time, you know that your budget is integral to everything you do. There won't be a single decision you make that won't be influenced by your business budget. Knowing...
Starting a business is not easy. There are so many decisions to make and complex challenges to overcome. That is why many entrepreneurs make mistakes in the first few months of operations. Explore six of the most common mistakes startups make and learn...
"Risk comes from not knowing what you’re doing.” – Warren Buffet
When valuing a business, public or private, large or small, investors look for value-creating potential along with the types and magnitude of risks that could reduce that value. In fact, ...
"It’s not the strongest species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the ones most responsive to change.” - Charles Darwin
What a year. All of the (family-friendly) adjectives we might use to describe 2020 seem inadequate. Few people were sorry to...
Any study of failed businesses would include a large section about companies that succumbed to problems related to working capital. Although perhaps not a topic that is as likely to provoke lively discussions as product design or marketing campaigns,...
