Cash Flow and Management

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01 Mar

Understanding Gross Margin

Ignoring your financial statement is like ignoring the health of your business. Startups and new business owners often overlook understanding gross margin. This can have a direct impact on your ability to effectively manage a growing business, price your products, and most importantly, make a profit. Gross Margin Overview The gross margin represents the percent of total sales revenue that the company retains after incurring the direct costs associated with producing the goods and services sold. The higher the percentage, the [...]

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12 Feb

Your Business Benefits In More Than One Way From Recurring Revenue

As everyone knows, repeat customers are fabulous in any business...especially the landscape business! They give us predictability and peace of mind by providing recurring revenue and a steady cash flow. In fact, this is why so many of you zero in on customers like builders, property managers and real estate professionals and why you offer services like maintenance and lawn care. As we go into 2016 and beyond, challenge yourself to really think about recurring revenue and its impact on your business. It helps [...]

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09 Feb

Tip To Improve Cash Flow & Company Value

You already know that your company’s revenue and profits play a big role in the value of your landscape business but do you know the impact of cash flow and your landscape business valuation? Cash flow is different than profits in that it measures the cash coming in and out of your landscape business rather than an accounting interpretation of your profit and loss. For example, if you charge $10,000 upfront for a job or service that takes you three months [...]

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09 Feb

Tip To Improve Cash Flow & Company Value

You already know that your company’s revenue and profits play a big role in the value of your landscape business but do you know the impact of cash flow and your landscape business valuation? Cash flow is different than profits in that it measures the cash coming in and out of your landscape business rather than an accounting interpretation of your profit and loss. For example, if you charge $10,000 upfront for a job or service that takes you three months [...]

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09 Sep

Cash Flow Overview

Perhaps the single most challenging issue for small businesses today is the ability to generate a positive cash flow. A business' ability to bring in more money that it spends in delivering its goods and/or services to the market on an on-going basis seems simple enough but yet in reality, we all know better. It just is not that easy today. While this SBA article on developing a cash flow analysis walks you through the accounting concepts and cash flow statements in an excellent and [...]

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