Business owners can be a worrisome bunch. Oftentimes owners aren’t even sure what to worry about. One of the top worries for business owners, no matter what stage they’re in, is cash. More specifically, will I run out of cash? So how do you keep track of all your money?
How Do I Avoid Tax Surprises?
One of the annual traditions of business ownership is making some tax planning decisions, usually late in the year. It includes things like buying equipment or vehicles to take advantage of accelerated depreciation through a Section 179 tax deduction or some other accounting jargon. But those aren’t really the surprises we’re talking about. We’re talking about those surprise tax bills you get from your CPA where you have less than a couple of weeks to come up with significant cash to pay your bill.
How Do I Stay Positive?
Some days it’s easier to stay positive than others. For instance, those days when you land a big new customer or finally bring on board that key new hire. But there are other days when it’s really tough to keep that positive outlook. Simply flip the scenarios mentioned before where instead of landing a big new customer you instead lose a customer that makes up 25% of your business. Or that key employee gives you two weeks notice.
How Do I Value My Inventory?
In This Episode This might seem like a simple question. But depending who you ask about valuing your inventory, the […]
How Do You Stay Grounded When Everything Around You Is In Flux?
With so many things changing over these past 3 months, it’s good to know that some things stay the same no matter what. When it comes to business, one thing that endures is MVP’s 7 Keys to Success. These guiding principles for how to run your business successfully continue to be tested in all sorts of areas including a global pandemic.
How Do I Figure Out What To Pay My People?
How do you think differently and more creatively about how you compensate your people? There’s never been a better time to try something new than the current situation with COVID-19.
How Do I Figure Out Where I’m Going When The World Is In Flux?
What’s the world going to look like in 2030? More importantly, what’s your business going to look like in 2030? Does that seem like a crazy question with all the uncertainty in the world today?
It’s A Great Time To Fail!
There’s never been a better time to fail! Think about it. Nobody has the answers right now so why not try something new or different? Is there something you’ve been thinking about trying for a while and yet you’ve made all sorts of excuses for why you can’t do it?
Are You Having Fun In Your Business Yet?
Usually three-letter words are OK, it’s the four-letter words you need to avoid! Yet it’s hard to find too many people having FUN in their businesses today with all the changes that are being introduced and forced upon us due to COVID-19. The real question is, were you having fun in your business before all this coronavirus stuff hit? Unfortunately we find too many business owners who aren’t having fun in their business any more. But it doesn’t have to be that way!
A Turnaround Mindset Can Help You Not Only Survive, But Thrive in the Coronavirus/COVID-19 World
One of the things we have a lot of experience with is turnaround situations in business. A turnaround situation in our books is simply defined as taking a company that is losing money and turning it around to making a profit. Why is this important in the current Coronavirus/COVID-19 world?