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If you’re leading a growing business, there’s a good chance you’ve outpaced your systems, especially when it comes to your financials. And when things are moving fast, reviewing your numbers can feel like just another task on a never-ending list.
A business legacy is the lasting influence or impact a business and its leaders leave on their industry, employees, customers, and the community after the business has been handed down to new leadership or has ceased operations. It encompasses the relationships built with all stakeholders, including employees, third parties, and the community, an unwavering commitment to excellence, and a strong vision, mission, and values. It’s about the values, principles, reputation, contributions, and culture that continue to exist even after the founders are no longer in the business.
If you own a business, you probably agree that driving cash flow is essential. Who wouldn’t want to enhance cash flow? Like any machine, many different parts contribute to making it run seamlessly and efficiently. For your business, this means having the components that generate revenue, the elements that boost profit, and the strategies that drive cash flow. To operate successfully, you need to focus on driving cash flow along with increasing revenue and profit.
You’re a business owner. You naturally want to have a growing and successful venture. To do so, you need to transform it into a money-making machine. Just like all machines, your business has a primary purpose—to make money. After all, that’s really what it all comes down to. We can have all the passion in the world; we can have a great product or service, but if the business is not making money, it will not survive. But the opposite is also true—if it can make money, you’ll have a financially successful business that you own, instead of owning a high-demanding, low-paying job.
You’re a business owner. You naturally want to have a growing and successful venture. To do so, you need to transform it into a money-making machine. Just like all machines, your business has a primary purpose—to make money. After all, that’s really what it all comes down to. We can have all the passion in the world; we can have a great product or service, but if the business is not making money, it will not survive. But the opposite is also true—if it can make money, you’ll have a financially successful business that you own, instead of owning a high-demanding, low-paying job.
The first obstacle is that the more difficult the situation, the more unlikely you are to have these conversations. And unfortunately, these are the times when you need them the most. The second is that even if you decide to talk about it, you often don’t have anyone to talk to.
I often hear from business owners who are struggling and stressed. They are either burnt out or approaching burnout very quickly. They need to take some time off both for personal and professional reasons. But they hesitate, worrying that if they do, their business will fold, and they will have nothing to come back to. Take it from someone who has seen it work—it can be done, with even more benefits than most can imagine— if it is done correctly.
As someone who is deeply passionate about helping business owners understand how to make their money work for them, I have learned the incredible value of open, honest dialogue. We need to have the often difficult, sometimes embarrassing, and hopefully always empowering conversations about money to truly get to the heart of the matter. But this can be challenging for several reasons. The first obstacle is that the more difficult the situation, the more unlikely you are to have these conversations. And unfortunately…
We all tend to feel certain ways about money. Some worry about it, some worship it, others have a great respect for it, and still others fear it. But what most don’t understand is that these perceptions, regardless of where they fall on this scale, are not random. Rather, they are our money scripts—core beliefs about money that were developed in our childhood and influence financial behaviors throughout our lives. These beliefs are typically unconscious, yet they have the ability to profoundly shape our financial decisions and attitudes. For CFOs, understanding…
While understanding revenue, expenses, and profit is crucial for any business owner, cash flow is an equally important metric in truly understanding a business’s financial health. Cash flow, representing the movement of money both in to and out of a business bank account, can be positive or negative, and will fluctuate as the business shifts and expands. A positive cash flow is just as it sounds—more money is coming into the account than leaving it. A negative cash flow, in contrast, means the exact opposite—more money is leaving the account than coming in.