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Service-Oriented Architecture SOA? Ugh! A few days ago I was talking to my friend, and LessAccounting advocate, Beth Damis, who runs Bookkeeping By Beth. She was studying for one of her classes and the topic was on Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA). As we talked through the study points and pretest questions, I was struck by that old feeling about […]
Should You Grow Your Freelance Business & Start Hiring Employees? There’s a false hope among freelancers that growing to multiple employees will make a person “happier” or feel more successful or make more money. I’m not going to debate the definitions of success or happiness. It’s a common path for freelancers to move from solo […]
Running a service-based company is about effectively managing your time, your employees’ time, your stress and your company’s cash. Running out of cash, having a cash flow problems, is deadly to a service-based company. But stop thinking cash flow has anything do with accounting or bookkeeping formulas. It doesn’t. It’s simple to understand but hard […]
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I recently watched a talk Seth Godin gave and one sentence blew me away. Godin asked, “How much of your time is spent trying to get ‘better’ clients?” the link is forwarded to the quote I referenced above. I talk to a lot of business owners, mostly people launching a web product or a service-based […]
Anytime you make a decision (or don’t make a decision) there is a cost. The cost can come from loss of time, additional stress, cash and opportunity cost of missing out on another unforeseen opportunity. “Easy win” is a phrase Steve & I often use when making a strategic decision. A successful business is the […]
Finding, getting, and then keeping customers may be the three hardest jobs for any small, medium or large business. If everyone agrees, I bet we can then say number four is managing cash. “What cash?”, is not an appropriate comeback. At least I hope it’s not. Since managing cash is high on the list, I […]