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The Latest Questions Small Businesses Are Asking

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Many people who want to start a business believe they will be able to get grants or loans to help them finance the venture. Are sales growing or shrinking? Do I need to hire a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) for my small business? As a licensed professional, a CPA has to adhere to a code of professional ethics.

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10 Things the Bank Will Ask When You Need a Business Loan

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I was really disappointed when I needed my company’s first commercial bank loan to finance receivables of more than $1 million—from well-known distributors no less—and we ended up having to sign a lien on our family home to get the loan. See Also The Complete Guide to SBA Loans. CPAs get sued over bad audits. Collateral.

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Do You Have Fear of Financials?

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I posted 5 Things Every Manager Should Know About Financial Forecasts recently on the Industry Word blog on the SBA (Small Business Administration) community site. 2. Forecasts don’t take an MBA, CPA, or PhD. I received an email overnight that reminds me that people still need a lot of reassurance about financials.

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Entrepreneurship for Superwomen

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Some of the parameters I had for my new business location included things I knew benefited me in my years of sales and marketing out of Dallas: An airport within 25 miles. I hired David Caples as my consultant for the purchase of an inn in Florida, and he introduced me to a realtor who showed me properties for sale.

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Lean Business Planning with Tim Berry [VIDEO]

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That’s the sales forecast, the spending forecast and the cash flow. What’s the concept of all of this that you’re talking about and then in financing? You want to show that, and investors need to see the scale of a business that have to do with your sales forecast. That hurt her sales forecast for the deli.

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How to Fine-tune Your Small Business Finances—from Funding to Growth [Webinar Recap]

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Bates: Good morning and welcome to our CEO panel, “How to Fine-Tune Your Small Business Finances From Funding to Growth” which I think is the direction that we would all like to be going. I’m here with some really phenomenal CEOs who are going to talk to us today about small business finances from funding to growth.