Category: Starting a Business
- The first cause of poor cashflow – your cash lockupThere’s a massive difference between profit and cashflow. Profit increases when you create an invoice for work you’ve done or goods you’ve sold; cash increases when you bank the money. Your lockup equals the cash that isn’t in your bank account because it’s either in work in progress (you’ve done the work but you haven’t…
- Cashflow freedom – the seven causes of poor cashflowCash is the life blood of any business. In fact, even profitable businesses can and do fail because of poor cashflow. What’s important is that you understand your key drivers of cashflow. Improving cashflow is often all about changing your business’s processes, for example, how you order stock and pay for it, how you bill…
- Business Process Improvement: Ramp Up Accuracy & Efficiency, Through Better ProcessesOver time, even the best business processes become inefficient and outdated. Inflexible legacy systems hamper the introduction of technological innovations. In addition, shifts in consumer preferences, changes in market forces, new regulatory policies, and long-established processes affect efficiency, competitiveness, and even your bottom line. Business Process Improvement is the antidote to this. What is Business…
- Goal Target SettingWhat goals and targets have you set for the year ahead? Ewen explains the importance of setting these each year in this short video to help you get started.
- Hiring Your First Employees: How to Leverage Early Hires to Promote GrowthYour company’s early hires have the potential to shape your business. They can improve operational capacity and efficiency while freeing you to focus on the work that builds value. So, while the hiring process can be difficult and daunting, it is also necessary to grow your business. In this blog post, we’ll answer some frequently…
- Selling Business as a Going ConcernIf you’re considering selling your business make sure you have the right advice to ensure get the tax outcomes right.
- Business StructuresIs your business structure right for your business? Ewen explains why you should review this as things change in your business to ensure your structure is right for where your business is now.