Breathe Easier with a Cash Budget
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Breathe Easier with a Cash Budget

ByBill McDermott

Cash is like oxygen to a business owner. It’s necessary. The struggle comes when business owners get confused and frustrated trying to manage the cash flow of their business. It shouldn’t be so hard to predict cash collections and then match expenses against that. But when growth happens, receivables go up and cash goes down because revenue lags…

How Good Are You at Collecting Money?
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How Good Are You at Collecting Money?

ByBill McDermott

We’ve been talking about how running a business is like baking or cooking. You need all the right ingredients, in the right proportions, cooked at the right temperature, for the right amount of time.    Every business owner wants a business that’s “cooked” just right, with lots of cash flow and profits. You can read about the…

Profitability: Do You Know How to Get it?
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Profitability: Do You Know How to Get it?

ByBill McDermott

Have you ever cooked something that just didn’t turn out right? Either you missed an ingredient or put in the wrong proportions. You cooked it too long or not long enough. I recall recently that I was trying to grill some really thick steaks. Two were supposed to be medium rare and two were supposed to be…

Is It A Cost Or An Investment?
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Is It A Cost Or An Investment?

ByBill McDermott

As the economy begins to swing back upwards, business owners are asking “Should I be investing in people or equipment or in a building that my business could occupy?” For many of my clients, the answer is yes. But with many businesses recovering from tight cash flow the past year or more, it’s difficult to look…

Do You Have What it Takes to Be a CEO?
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Do You Have What it Takes to Be a CEO?

ByBill McDermott

When it comes to running a business, every CEO wants to know if they’re making the best decisions for the financial future of their company. However, it’s virtually impossible for the CEO to be all things to all people which makes them overworked, exhausted, and sometimes even paralyzed not knowing who they can go to…

Business Succession Planning- How Ready Are You?
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Business Succession Planning- How Ready Are You?

ByBill McDermott

Every business owner has a big dream for their company and wants to make it happen. Yet in many businesses, too little of that work goes into determining who will take over when the founder leaves the stage.  Only one in four private companies say they have a formal succession plan in place. Many CEOs are too caught up in…

I Want to Grow My Business, But Where Did My Time Go?
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I Want to Grow My Business, But Where Did My Time Go?

ByBill McDermott

Every business owner has a big vision for their company and wants to make it happen. The problem is, most owners aren’t sure how to move forward and grow revenue, leaving them confused and frustrated. That was certainly the case with a professional services firm I’ve been working with for about a year now.  In our…

3 Liquidity Traps to Avoid
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3 Liquidity Traps to Avoid

ByBill McDermott

You might be in a growth phase of your business. Growth always requires cash and cash is generally at a premium. Further, there are some liquidity traps to be avoided as you grow. Here’s 3 to watch out for:  1) Excess build-up of accounts receivable  It’s normal for your receivables to increase when you grow. However, if…

Teaching Financials to Drive Performance: Part 3, The Cash Flow Statement
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Teaching Financials to Drive Performance: Part 3, The Cash Flow Statement

ByBill McDermott

Every business owner wants to increase cash flow to have more cash. But it’s frustrating trying to figure out which “levers” to pull to increase cash flow. It shouldn’t be so hard to have a business that brings in more cash than it spends. Recent studies show that the lack of cash flow is the…

Teaching Financials to Drive Performance: Part 2, The Income Statement
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Teaching Financials to Drive Performance: Part 2, The Income Statement

ByBill McDermott

Every business owner has a big vision for their company and wants to make it happen. However, when the owner is struggling with making the company bigger, they often get confused or frustrated that it’s not happening. They didn’t teach you how to grow your company in college and there’s no on-the-job training when you’re…

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