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5 Critical Things Entrepreneurs Need to Know about Managing Their Company's Finances.

Small Business Force

Starting and operating a small business is replete with challenges, but nowhere are the challenges greater than for an entrepreneur to know how to manage their company's precious financial resources. It is understanding what your numbers mean and how to best manage them. Wherever possible, get deposits, up front.

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Lean Business Planning with Tim Berry [VIDEO]

Up and Running

This is that bicycle store again, it’s a few people and you can do your estimated gross salary per month, and the point here is it’s conceptually simple. You don’t need a CPA. There is the one page business plan, strategic plan, operations plan, all of that. Form follows function then. A lot of that goes on.

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How to Become Your Own Boss in 2015 (Webinar Recap)

Up and Running

Most people who bootstrap their business do it on their personal credit card and if yours are maxed out from the day you start your business you’re going nowhere fast. It’s your operation, it’s your banking relationship and your processes and what goes into your process? That should be six to nine months of salary.