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The old mantra that Cash is King is even more important in today’s economy than ever before.  The access to loans and private equity has never been tougher to obtain.  While it seems that the credit market has at least stabilized, obtaining cash to grow your business...

There are thousands of financial reports that your company can write and use, but the following 10 key reports are a must to run your company successfully. (1)              Income Statement Trend Report An income statement report that shows consecutive monthly results...

There are 6 reasons to document company processes. Understand the steps required to complete a certain process Understand the time necessary to complete the entire process and each step Understand the complexity of the process, by determining which department produces...

As discussed in the 1/1/2010 Blog called The 10 Key Financial Reports Every Company Should Use, all companies need to monitor their key performance indicators or kpis.   There are thousands of kpis depending on your industry, departmental area and task.  Management...

An accounting manual is an important tool that all companies should create and maintain.  An accounting manual describes in detail accounting procedures and policies that are currently in affect at your company.  The accounting manual is like an owner’s manual you...

Small and medium sized businesses have been put on notice by the state governments.  Most States have budget shortfalls and need to obtain additional tax revenue.  States are hiring new investigators in order to assess more small and medium sized company’s...

Due to the severe economic downturn businesses are required to reduce staff and cut operating costs in order to maintain profitability.  The normal place to reduce staff is in the administrative areas.  However, as you will read from the article below, maintaining...

An accounting software system should not be simply used for recording and storing company transactional data.  The main purpose of an accounting system is to allow the user the capability to extract and analyze the transactional information in order to make informed...

A new company is highly motivated to obtain clients, thereby, bringing in cash to support the new company's initial employee and administrative costs. However, it is important to understand that obtaining new clients at any price is not a strong financial decision....

If a company offers credit terms, sooner or later it will encounter a customer or client who refuses to pay for the products and services it received. In the four years that I’ve been in business as an outsourced CFO, I’ve helped many companies deal with the hassles...

"How to Choose an Architect" is the first in a series of blogs discussing construction projects. Consult Your CFO and Joan Watkins, Owner of JSW Residential Design are collaborating to bring you this information. We hope you find this information helpful.

The feeling is over whelming, the walls are starting to close in on you.  It's impossible to fit anything else through the door.  And then it hits you, you've outgrown your existing home. It's time for an addition or a renovation to your existing home or perhaps you...

You have designed your new building to your specifications now time to decide on a contactor/builder to make your dream building come true.  It is critical to hire a builder with whom both you and the architect feel comfortable working, but that is not the only...

Establishing a solid construction building agreement is extremely critical to the success of the project. You need to make sure your needs and priorities are completely documented and not open to interpretation. This makes obtaining a strong legal advocate throughout...

In any construction project planning is critical to the successful outcome of the design.  Over the years we have seen many construction projects that, due to lack of proper planning, fail, thus causing the owner to be unhappy with the design and have cost overruns...