by Patty Lawrence | Budget & Forecasting, Business Management
If you sold your business tomorrow, do you know what it would be worth? Not what you hope it would be worth. What a buyer would actually pay. The reality is, many business owners don’t know the answer to that question, and that’s not a criticism....
by Patty Lawrence | Accounting Services, CFO Services, Financial Processes
Maria runs a successful seven-figure consulting firm. Every April, she sits down with her CPA, walks through the numbers, signs where she’s told to sign, and leaves feeling vaguely unsettled. The taxes are done. The books are clean. But the questions that...
by Patty Lawrence | Financial Management, Non profit
“Nonprofit” doesn’t mean you don’t make money. It means you reinvest it. Those are two very different things, and confusing them is quietly holding a lot of organizations back. The word “profit” makes a lot of nonprofit leaders...
by Patty Lawrence | Accounting Services
Sam runs a $5 million service business. His bookkeeper, Carol, has been with him for eight years. She knows every vendor, every client, and every quirk of his QuickBooks file. Lately, she’s been working weekends. Sam noticed. But he didn’t say anything...
by Patty Lawrence | Employee Management
Here’s a question most business owners can’t answer: what would it actually cost if your top performer gave notice tomorrow? Not just the recruiting fees. The whole picture. Understanding the real cost changes how you think about retention and contingency...
