If you have decided to outsource strategic financial help for your company, you still have an important question left to answer. Will …
Driving & Navigating Growth: How Virtual CFO Services Help Small Businesses Grow
By Jeff Heybruck January 2021 Every milestone in small business growth comes with a series of decisions and calculations that can be …
6 Consultant Lessons
Lately I’ve gotten a couple people asking how I got started in consulting. I joke and say it took me “X years, …
3 Types of Virtual CFO Services
Virtual Chief Financial Officer services enable businesses otherwise limited by geography or budget to tap into a talent pool of top strategic …
Six Essential Monthly Accounting Numbers Every Business Owner Needs to Know (& Where to Find Them)
It seems like Revenue and the cash balance are the first (or only) two numbers most business owners look at on a …
How To Respond When Employees Ask For A Pay Raise Based On Inflation
Written by: Jeff Heybruck Have your employees asked for a raise lately? All over the country people are reevaluating their employment and …
5 Tactics for Negotiating with Suppliers and Vendors
Successful entrepreneurs understand the importance of building long-term business relationships that can contribute to their bottom line. That’s why many business owners …
Using Tomorrow’s Job to Pay Yesterday’s Subs
All too often, businesses find themselves using tomorrow’s job to pay yesterday’s subs. This can result in a never ending feedback loop …
How to plan for the impacts of inflation on small business
There is a lot of talk these days in the media about inflation, and since it is a part of normal economic …
When do you capitalize an asset?
Photo credit: Pickawood Sometimes the best topics to discuss here are the ones we, as accountants, overlook. Recently, our marketing consultant asked …
Strategies For Small Businesses to Prevent and Mitigate the Risk of Rising Material Costs
Regardless of industry, rapidly rising or wildly fluctuating material costs can have a negative impact on a business. The same is true …
CPA vs. CFO vs. Controller vs. Bookkeeper: What is the Difference?
Written by: Jeff Heybruck We often encounter business owners trying to figure out their organization’s structure and which roles they need to …
Small Business Finance Questions
This is our third installment of frequently asked questions, (check out our first and second installments) and we hope to give helpful …
What to do with excess cash in a business?
If I have extra cash from my business thriving what should I do with the cash? As with most good answers, it …
5 Basic Accounting Principles Most Entrepreneurs Get Wrong
For most entrepreneurs, fast growth is the ultimate goal. Many start off with a great idea, hobby, side hustle, or like a …
Virtual CFO Services: The First Thing Your Virtual CFO Service Should Do For Your Business
Written by Jeff Heybruck Congratulations! You are a small business owner and have taken the first step and started working with an …
5 Things Every Franchisee Should Know
Written by Kurt Dyck Many small business owners decide to buy into a franchise system rather than start a business from scratch, …
CFO Services for Small Business: Do You Need Them?
By: Jeff Heybruck CFO. You may have traditionally thought this executive-level role reserved for only larger businesses. But now that your business …
How Do I Clean Up My Chart of Accounts?
Written by: Jeff Heybruck What is the importance of the Chart of Accounts? You may have heard from your CPA, CFO or …
Outsourced CFO Services – Like A Personal Trainer for Your Business
Written by: Jeff Heybruck What does a good outsourced CFO do? A good outsourced CFO can be likened to a personal trainer …
What to Do When an Employee Is Terminated
Most business owners will have to terminate an employee at some point in their career. A termination event can be tense for …