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[INTERVIEW] Michael Majeed, Finance Executive, SR&ED Tax Consultant

YoungUpstarts

Michael Majeed is quick to note the vast numbers of new startups that launch each year on the Canadian landscape, and he’s keenly interested in helping young business owners make the most of their opportunities, especially when it comes to their finances. Financial intelligence is important to anyone starting a company.

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Cash Flow

Up and Running

Broadly speaking, businesses bring in money through sales, financing, and returns on investments—that’s cash flowing in. The other two, an income statement (also known as a profit and loss statement ) and a balance sheet , complement the cash flow statement and help you see a full picture of your business’s finances. .

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5 Ways to Improve Your Business Financial Management

Up and Running

Ongoing financial planning and forecasting are critical for business growth. Now, managing and analyzing your business finances doesn’t have to be a frustrating process. Here are a few tips to help you better manage your business finances. Invest in financial management technology. Automatically generate reports.

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Turn What-if to What-Now: The Importance of Scenario Analysis

Up and Running

Financing options: Can I get an emergency payroll loan? Before I started my own business I was a market researcher, doing forecasts. For example, you take an original pre-crisis sales forecast and use it to develop a new scenario in which sales plummet (ouch, by the way … hard to talk about this).

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Eight Accounting Tips For The Aspiring Entrepreneur

YoungUpstarts

Part of the path to building healthy balance sheets is excellent organisation, keeping track of your financial paperwork key to avoiding accountancy aggravation. With this in mind try to establish an organised system, filing away every facet of your business finances separately. Establish an understanding of tax facts.

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Working Capital vs. Cash Flow: The Differences and How to Better Manage Them

Up and Running

You can think about cash flow in the sense of personal finances as well as business. A strong accounting strategy includes things such as preparing a cash flow forecast—which is made easier by using an accounting tool that comes with crucial features like financial statements and automated bank reconciliation. What is working capital?

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SayAhh’s Revenue Projections

Feld Thoughts

Before building his projections, Dick needs to make three main decisions: Should he build a simple cash forecast or a set of projected financial statements? Cash Forecast vs. Projected Financials – What’s the difference? A simple cash forecast is just that – it is a model that helps anticipate cash balances over time.

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