Words From the Mind of a CFO
The True Cost of Not Doing Job Costing
The owner of a marketing communications business—let’s call her Christine—was sitting across from me. She cradled her head in her left hand and...
How You Can Change “The Worst Part of Owning a Small Business”
I recognize our company is an outlier. Everyone here loves the busyness of January: closing out our clients’ year-end books and getting things ready...
30 Minutes to Break-Even
It’s a brand-new year, full of promise and potential. I hope you’re rolling up your sleeves to improve cash flow this year. Wait, that wasn’t one of...
Find Break-Even Before You’re Broke
You know you’re an accountant when — during the turkey dinner, holiday shopping, and assorted festivities — your brain turns to budgeting. That’s on...
How Much Time and Money Are You Wasting Doing Payroll In-House?
“It’s not rocket science.” That’s what I frequently hear from business owners after asking, “Why in the world are you preparing your own payroll?”...
Are You Afraid to Change CPAs?
Most small and mid-sized business owners rarely change accountants—even when they should. There was the owner who was completely surprised to learn...
Do You Have a “Splitting “Headache?
An accountant walks into a bar . . . No, it’s not the beginning of a corny joke. It describes a visit I once made to a client. Her books were in...
Making Friends with Your Numbers
Have you hesitated about rolling up your sleeves and digging into the financial side of your company? Then read on. This information will add years...
Outsourcing: When to Use an Outside Resource for an Inside Job
When people ask what NPS does, I say, “We’re the guys in accounting. All those activities that end in the phrase ‘walk it over to the number...
Do You Have Your Company’s “Number”?
Every business has a number. Now I’m the numbers guy, so of course I’d say something like that. I’ve even written before about key performance...
