• How we set a business budget

    How we set a business budget

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    As we’ve started assigning me tasks over the last few months it’s become obvious that my main task has been to take over the bookkeeping. I’ve started entering receipts, tracking expenses, and monitoring income. Curtis still has responsibilities in this area as well, but it has literally cut the time he spends on it down

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  • Why on earth should you create a budget for your business?

    Why on earth should you create a budget for your business?

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    This seems like a simple concept but let me give you a bit of a working definition of exactly WHAT a budget is. That way maybe you can understand WHY you should create a budget for your business. WHAT is a Budget? A budget is an INTENTIONAL spending plan for your business. It gives you

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  • Creating an Effective Budget for Your Business

    Creating an Effective Budget for Your Business

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    This week we’re going to be talking about creating an effective budget for your business. I know, most people hear the word budget and shudder. However a budget is a very effective tool that will allow you track your expenses, profits, taxes, and set a realistic salary for yourself. It will ensure that you actually

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  • I just turned off email on my phone

    I just turned off email on my phone

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    I’m a huge proponent of GTD. I use it to run my whole business and pretty much all of my life tasks. GTD is all about removing cognitive load by putting tasks and notes in a trusted system. For me that system is OmniFocus and Evernote. The thing is that I break my own system

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  • How much is your attitude?

    How much is your attitude?

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    The garden needed to be cleaned. It had a winter’s worth of pine cones and pine needles in it. There were weeds everywhere. It looked terrible. There I stood making the communal townhouse garden presentable grumbling under my breath about the injustice of it all. I’m the one who does most of the snow shoveling

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  • Do you do hosting for clients?

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    No is the short answer.

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  • How do you protect your vital business data

    How do you protect your vital business data

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    I’ve already gone on record about trusting companies you’re not paying with crucial business process. I simply won’t do it. If you’re a free service, I won’t be relying on you for anything that is crucial to my business. Lately I’ve been thinking that I need to evaluate my business processes a bit more. Namely

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  • Emergency scanning just increases your stress

    Emergency scanning just increases your stress

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    Oh email…yup I know it’s a pain in the ass for you. It’s like that for me sometimes as well. I’ve been on an email diet for a while, but there is more to dealing with email than a diet. It all starts with how you handle email. If you’re a GTD person you’re going

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  • There is no later

    There is no later

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    When you start running a business it takes a lot of hustle. If you’re being smart you’re not quitting your job right away. You’re working extra hours in the evenings and weekends to get the business going. Maybe you’re working extra hours after your regular job to make your freelance business a reality. You’re working

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  • Working with client competition

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    What do I think about working with the competition of your client?

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