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How to maximise your assets before retirement with tactical investing
A general overview of using tactical asset allocation in the years before retirement - rebalancing towards income assets, the mindset shift it requires, an
Read article → 11 June 2019Lean Canvas: a new way to do business planning
The Lean Canvas - a simple one-page business planning tool that focuses you on the problem, your customers and your unfair advantage before you invest in b
Read article → 10 June 2019Smart money tips for business owners
Three things smart business owners spend money on - their employees, their marketing and their administrative tasks - and why the right spending protects y
Read article → 10 June 2019The three most important financial reports
The three financial reports every small business owner should know - the cash flow statement, the profit and loss statement, and the balance sheet, and wha
Read article → 9 June 2019Using KPIs to monitor and improve business performance
How to use KPIs to monitor and improve business performance across financial, customer, marketing and employee measures - and how to choose the ones that m
Read article → 8 June 2019Do you know your break-even point?
How to calculate your break-even point - why it matters, listing your fixed and variable costs, a simple formula worked through, and keeping it current eac
Read article → 8 June 2019Strengthening your balance sheet
How to strengthen your balance sheet - the current ratio and quick ratio solvency tests, improving inventory quality, and reading your statement of financi
Read article → 7 June 20199 steps to leading people through major organisational change
Nine steps to lead your people successfully through major organisational change - understanding it, communicating well, using champions, managing dissenter
Read article → 6 June 2019Tips to keep your business finances in order
Four tips to keep your business finances in order - move to the cloud, review your numbers monthly, bring a professional on board, and keep building your o
Read article → 5 June 201910 ways to protect your business from online threats
Ten practical steps to protect your business online - encryption, staff education, updates, secure Wi-Fi, anti-malware, limited accounts, firewalls and mob
Read article → 5 June 2019Tax tips for new business owners
Four pillars of painless tax prep for new business owners - clean bookkeeping from day one, capturing every expense, separating business from personal, and
Read article → 4 June 2019How to learn from failure in business
How to learn from failure in business - adopting a beginner's mind, keeping a gratitude journal, reviewing your plans often, and treating setbacks as exper
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