The Entrepreneur’s Bookshelf
There are literally thousands of books on every aspect of business from start up to management to marketing. You could spend a lifetime reading about managing your business rather than running your business. Not very effective! There are however, some books that have stood the test of time and, in my humble opinion, should be rendered dog-eared and tattered by every small business owner. You can buy these books at almost any bookstore, or borrow them from your local library. Please note, these books are not in any particular order.
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Owner Compensation
This article is all about you – the owner and manager of your business. Up to this point, we have been concerned with the financial viability of the business. Can we keep the doors open? How do we plan for growth? How do we collect our accounts receivable more efficiently? These are all questions that have so far been answered.
Grow Your Business By The Numbers
Many small businesses use the splatter approach to marketing and growth. They throw together some advertisements for the paper, or perhaps for radio. They prepare some flashy brochures and mail them to all the potential customers in town. They take out a big ad in the yellow pages of the phone book. Then they cross their fingers and hope that business floods in the door.
10 Most Useful QuickBooks Short Cut Keys
For those of you who are new to QuickBooks, and for those who have had some experience but would like to find quicker ways of doing repetitive tasks, here is my list of the 10 most useful QuickBooks short-cut keys.