Category: Finance

Financial Processes for Success

Would you drive your car on the interstate without a speedometer, gas gauge or a clear windshield? Reviewing your monthly financial statements to understand your organization’s financial health is like watching the gauges to ensure you are staying on track. So, how do you do it? Keeping a financial grip…
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The Importance of Financial Fluency

This story is all too familiar. An energetic entrepreneur works and works to save money to start a business.  Their nest egg builds and the dream is coming closer to reality.  Friends and family contribute.  The equipment is purchased.  The employees are hired and the restaurant finally opens. And six…
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Cash is King

Or is it? If you’ve been around business for any length of time you’ve certainly heard someone say “Cash is King.”  But, is cash flow really the primary measure of the financial health of a business? One thing is for sure, if you understand the historical cash flow statement you…
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Financial Fitness Quiz

How financially fit are you? Most of us, when asked that question, probably answer that we’re in pretty good shape, while knowing we have a few things to work on. But where to start? There are a number of ways to get into great financial shape, from quick fixes to…
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Financial Fitness: The Five Minute Workout

Getting in really good financial shape takes time and effort, but there are a few things you can do quickly and easily to shape up. Here they are, in no particular order. If you have great financial quick tips of your own, share them in the comments below. Stay Positive!…
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App Your Financial Game

Every day a new feature or function is added to phones, tablets and wearable tech gadgets that bring those devices closer to replacing everything else we carry – wallets, credit cards, even IDs. Over half of all US states allow you to show electronic proof of insurance1 in the event…
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