Remove Cost Remove CPA Remove Media Remove SBA
article thumbnail

The Latest Questions Small Businesses Are Asking

Up and Running

A major cause of business failure is not having enough cash available to cover all startup costs and operate for at least a year. Listen with an open mind to employees, suppliers, customers, the media and members of the community. What is being said about the company in public, on social media and in the hallways of the business?

article thumbnail

Entrepreneurship for Superwomen

Up and Running

Through his class, I learned what to expect as far as occupancy, cost of goods, insurance, taxes, real estate needs, and more. I got an SBA loan and purchased my business within months of beginning my search. Even if you feel the pinch, continue to put the money in media that provides customers. Have a bookkeeper and a CPA.

Florida 102
article thumbnail

Lean Business Planning with Tim Berry [VIDEO]

Up and Running

Magda, the new business owner, knows this deli office park business, so she knows more or less to educated guess what it’s going to cost her for each cup of coffee, for each lunch. You have visits that you assume from clicks through social media. What is our plan for social media? Then we start budgeting costs, expenses.

Lean 60