How to Balance Your Checkbook Activity: Here are 4 Good Options! If you have an existing checking account and have not been balancing it each month, then you have three options in order to get your account balanced. Stop trying to figure out your checking...
Burn Rate Project Management & Analysis | Calculate Burn Rate Burn rate. It just sounds nasty, and maybe in a sense, it is. But in reality, burn rate is actually just a colorful term for “negative cash flow.” Number-crunching types have referred to burn rate for...
Real estate investors claim that you actually make your money on the way in. That is, you put yourself – and your investment – in a position to succeed by making sure you don’t pay too much for a property. The investor can’t control what happens to the real estate...
Cash Flow. It should be a four-letter word. (Actually, it’s two four-letter words, but who’s counting?) Cash flow can be a headache for almost every small business owner. Making sure that more money comes in to your company than goes out is always job #1…but it’s...
Healthy cash flow is a must for growing businesses. Everyone knows it, yet almost every company, sooner or later, has cash flow problems. Some surveys of business owners indicate that at any given time, up to 50% of small business owners are encountering some sort of...
Major banks still process checks in a way that can result in more bounced checks and additional overdraft fees, and they make account holders agree to arbitration to settle disputes. The devil really is in the details. Even after recent class action suits that accused...
If you think it’s taking longer to get paid, you’re right. Small businesses say they are being forced to wait longer to be paid on outstanding invoices – especially when dealing with larger companies. A recent survey says that nearly two-thirds of small businesses...
Did you know that keeping inaccurate or inadequate cash flow records can hurt your chances of expanding your business? It’s a fact of business life. Those who maintain precise records with accurate cash flow projections often are rewarded – especially when it comes to...
But, deciphering these statements really isn’t that difficult – even if you don’t have a financial background. Once you’ve read our financial statement analysis (and free business advice!), you won’t feel as intimidated the next time you hear the term “financial...
If you run this type of business, you know about the difficulties of maintaining an adequate cash flow. In fact, you’re more susceptible to feeling a cash flow strain than many businesses. But, you can do plenty about it – besides worry. The U.S. Small Business...
