A business can end a fiscal year showing a solid profit but still find itself out of money. A business owner that focuses too much on profit and not enough on cash flow can be doomed to fail. Receipts ...

Inaccurate cash flow and expense forecasting is a leading cause of business failure and, ultimately, business closure. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, about one in five businesses in ...

CFO/Director at Eventus & author of Deep Finance, Glenn has spent the past two decades helping startups prepare for funding or acquisition. The big three financial reports—income statement, balance ...

New challenges and sophisticated technologies are quickly reshaping the role of financial consultants — from AI, cloud services, automation, big data analytics and workforce reshaping to open ...

As the U.S. economy booms, many small businesses have been caught off guard by unexpected growth spurts, leaving them without adequate financing to handle changes in their cash flow cycles. While it’s ...

A cash flow projection is an invaluable tool for understanding your business’s progress over a specific time period. It may cover upcoming months, weeks, or even just a few days. Financial planning is ...

I was giving a keynote address to a group of medical practice business owners when one of the people in the room came up to me after and shared about his cash flow challenges. His practice was ...

Grassi Advisors & Accountants has been providing accounting and consulting services to the construction industry for more than 40 years. The Commercial Observer Partner Insights team spoke with Grassi ...

When you make decisions on where and how to invest in your business, one of the factors guiding you will be incremental cash flow: how much additional cash your business will generate because of the ...

As 2011 winds down, planning next year’s finances should be a priority. And if managing cash flow isn’t hard enough already, by now you should be creating — or perhaps fine-tuning — your projections ...