Master Your Business Cash Flow

Only 50 percent of small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) will survive five years or more. Only one-third will survive ten years or more. What fatal errors do SMB entrepreneurs and CEOs make that contribute to this high rate of failure? These bald statistics don't begin to express the human suffering those failures leave behind. As an owner or CEO of an SMB, you have responsibility for your employees, your team. If you make poor business financial choices, both you and your team will ultimately pay for it. In his book, Master Your Business Cash Flow(TM) Grow the Company You Love, Live the Life You Want Now, author Al Zdenek will answer all of the potential questions you may have about SMBs, and he'll give you a process for making better financial choices. In these pages you'll find clarity regarding concepts like making cash-flow management decisions and inspiration for you to achieve the financial life you wish to lead now and in the future.

Many small business owners don’t understand the importance of maintaining a healthy cash flow. More than anything else, cash flow determines the success or failure of a small business. Small Business Cash Flow covers all the basics of cash flow, from selecting a great accountant, to keeping money flowing in and out of the business, to budgeting and record-keeping.

Achieving Financial Independence. To create the life you want now and in the future, you have to become the master of your cash flow. By understanding the big picture of your financial situation, you will be able to make better financial choices―no matter how small. Trusted CPA and financial specialist Al Zdenek shares how you can build your wealth and reach your financial goals. Master Your Cash Flow(TM) gives straightforward and valuable information you can use in everyday financial decisions to help make the 100 percent correct financial choice for you.This book will help you: - lessen stress and anxiety in your life - make better financial choices - live the life you want now - achieve financial independence in a time frame that is reasonable for you - preserve wealth while continuing to build new wealth - assemble a "championship" team of experts If you are ready to take the first steps toward living the way you want now and for the rest of your life, look no further than this book. This book is part of the Master Your Cash Flow(TM) series.

The fast and easy way to grasp cash flow management Cash Flow For Dummies offers small business owners, accountants, prospective entrepreneurs, and others responsible for cash management an informational manual to cash flow basics and proven success strategies. Cash Flow For Dummies is an essential guide to effective strategies that will make your business more appealing on the market. Loaded with valuable tips and techniques, it teaches individuals and companies the ins and outs of maximizing cash flow, the fundamentals of cash management, and how it affects the quality of a company's earnings. Cash flow is the movement of cash into or out of a business, project, or financial product. It is usually measured during a specified, finite period of time, and can be used to measure rates of return, actual liquidity, real profits, and to evaluate the quality of investments. Cash Flow For Dummies gives you an understanding of the basic principles of cash management and its core principles to facilitate small business success. Covers how to read cash flow statements Illustrates how cash balances are analyzed and monitored—including internal controls over cash receipts and disbursements, plus bank account reconciliation and activity analysis Tips on how to avoid the pitfalls of granting credit—evaluating customer credit, sources of credit information, and overall credit policy Advice on how to prevent fraud and waste Covers cash-generating tactics when doing business with dot-coms, other start-ups, and bankrupt customers Cash Flow For Dummies is an easy-to-understand guide that covers all of these essentials for success and more.

We have both been involved in starting, running, managing, investing in, and advising businesses for many decades. Collectively, we have 60 plus years of experience helping businesses thrive. In our experience, the vast majority of business owners encounter some form of cash flow management problems on a regular basis.By reading and implementing the advice in this short book we believe that these problems can be resolved, and you, the business owner, will know how to address them before they become insurmountable.We believe that cash flow can always be improved, and that cash management can be taught and mastered.

"Finally, a book that provides invaluable hands-on financial and accounting concepts for use by the thousands of frontline business owners and managers battling for survival each and every day. While 'Wall Street' gets the headlines, 'Main Street' gets the job done." -Robert Svet, CEO, President, & Founder, The Eastridge Group of Staffing Companies "In today's competitive business environment, decisions must be made in a quick, reliable, and confident manner. This book provides CEOs, business owners, and managers clear, concise, and easy-to-understand business financial management concepts to make these types of value-added business decisions." -John Atencio, President & Founder, John Atencio Jewelry How to Manage Profit and Cash Flow provides streetwise advice and practical strategies for business managers and other professionals who need to make critical business decisions. From methods for analyzing past and future profit and cash flow information to differences between massaging the numbers and cooking the books, short, to-the-point chapters that are visually appealing will help you see through opaque accounting terminology and allow you to gain a firm grip on how to manage profit and cash flow in your business. Through three comprehensive sections: "Birthing a Business," "Building a Business," and "Selling or Burying a Business," as well as an Accounting and Financial Glossary, How to Manage Profit and Cash Flow discusses key issues, including: * Investing in assets * Preventing fraud * Handling taxes * Raising capital * Finding cash for growth * Terminating a business

How is it that some businesses manage to flourish and become financially successful, and yet many do not? How do they accomplish what seems to be magical success? It is a matter of viewing cash flow management with a bit of a different viewpoint, learning that the old tools, while useful for certain things, are not adequate by themselves, and not making the fatal mistakes that many business owners make in managing their company's money. What are the qualities that empower a business owner to manage cash flow so that they flourish financially? They are simple yet powerful actions that unleash the mojo (magical powers) of substantial, sustainable cash flow. In this book you will discover that unleashing the cash flow mojo is within the grasp of every business owner who cares to make use of it. By reading this book, you will have a better chance than others of unleashing the mojo and using it to good effect. This book is not a motivational tool. It is a guide to a new way of thinking about and handling money. It contains the steps of a system and explains how to avoid the fatal mistakes inherent in managing the cash flow in a business. It even goes so far as to guide you through reversing mistakes you have made with money in the past. The key is the sub-title: The Business Owner's Guide to Predicting, Planning and Controlling Your Company's Cash Flow. Most business owners work in reverse using accounting to look at where the money went (often, more than what came in), rather than PLANNING and CONTROLLING.

Discusses how to eliminate cash flow worries and experience peace of mind by becoming the master of your business rather than being a slave to it.