QuickBooks QuickTip: Keeping Track of A/R
What do most entrepreneurs dread more than bookkeeping? Calling a client to find out if they’ve paid an invoice or not. Small business owners send out dozens of invoices a month (a food producer or…
The Procrastinator’s Guide to Year-End Analysis
The first week of January, newspapers and magazines offer a flurry of tips on creating and sticking to New Year's Resolutions. By the first week in February, most have been tossed out the window.…
QuickBooks Online vs. Desktop
QuickBooks Online vs. Desktop Without reservation, I recommend that all my clients use QuickBooks to manage their bookkeeping and garner information to make managerial decisions. While there are…
Six More Tips For Growing Your Business
One of the lessons I’m reminded of time and time again is that the skills that make a great entrepreneur in a start-up company are not necessarily the skills needed to grow a business. Starting a…
9 Tips for Growing Your Business
We’re sick of New Year’s resolutions, too, don’t worry. But January is as good a time as any to take a step back and review your approach to growing your business in the coming year. That empty…
QuickBooks Best Practices for Restaurants and Farms
Anyone who works in the food industry knows the expression: “Garbage in, garbage out.” For those that are unfamiliar, it means: The quality of your end product will only be as the ingredients you put…
Inventory Management
Every month chefs hunker down in the walk-in refrigerator and dry-storage room to count what’s on hand. It’s not a particularly pleasant task and, unfortunately, it’s often put off until the end of…
Creating Financial Statements
Over the last few months, I spoke with micro-lenders – ACCION USA and The Carrot Project. The story is the same: they have capital to lend, but are having trouble finding “qualified” borrowers.If you…