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Migration to cloud accounting

Migration to cloud accounting

In this podcast I talk about the steps required in regards to migration to cloud accounting. Last week’s episode talked about how cloud accounting connects you more easily to your numbers. Likewise helping navigate your business present and future with ease. “There is...

Recording and capturing your numbers

Recording and capturing your numbers

Recording and capturing your numbers is a must do if you want to take your business seriously.   Last week’s podcast looked at the how bookkeeping gives life to your financial and business activities – and helps you make money. In this episode of ‘I Hate Numbers’ I am...

Bookkeeping: Your business words

Bookkeeping: Your business words

Today’s episode of I Hate Numbers is about Bookkeeping: Your business words. Travel back to Ancient Mesopotamia, Babylon, Assyria & Sumeria and you will see they have got their bookkeeping & accounting sorted. Documents from ancient Mesopotamia show lists of...

Break-even

Break-even

Welcome to today’s episode of I Hate Numbers where we talk about break-even. Making profits is what your business should aim to do. The financial milestone before that is for you to break even. Knowing your break even gives you better business insights, greater...

Knowing your costs makes you money

Knowing your costs makes you money

Welcome to today’s episode of I Hate Numbers.   Knowing your costs makes you money, a statement of the obvious perhaps.  Certainly with statements of the obvious we sometimes forget business basics. In this podcast episode I am going to take a real cool way to look at...

The importance of profit

The importance of profit

Welcome to another weekly episode of ‘I Hate Numbers’ where we look at The importance of profit, as well as what it is.  The 'I Hate Numbers' podcast wants you to get acquainted with your best business friend.  The friend that won’t lie to you, the friend that you...

Creating your cash future

Creating your cash future

Creating your cash future, the theme of today’s episode of I Hate Numbers.   Firstly when you are in the eye of a financial storm what’s the one major thing that’s going to get your business through it?  That one thing, that protection, comfort blanket, and financial...

The language of accounting

The language of accounting

Welcome to today’s episode of I Hate Numbers, talking about The language of accounting.   Today we’re going to have a peek at some of the language that Accounts, and Finance people use.  It can be an alien language if you are a stranger in the Number’s world.  I am...

Getting paid on time

Getting paid on time

Most importantly learn how to help your business survive and thrive by understanding your numbers. Above all I really hate not getting paid on time without good reason. This episode is about what you can do to get paid on time. Why is getting paid on time important?...

Keep an eye on your business cash

Keep an eye on your business cash

Learn how to help your business survive and thrive by understanding your numbers, and keep an eye on your business cash. The one thing you really need to keep an eye on is money in the bank. Why is cash so important? Cash is important and you need to Keep an eye on...

I Hate Numbers Weekly Podcast

I Hate Numbers Weekly Podcast

If you’re serious about your business, you need to grab hold of your numbers, and connect with them. In This Episode How to have a better business, why people hate numbers and Giving energy back into your life.

Business plan: Final steps

Business plan: Final steps

Business plan: Final steps This blog looks at your Business plan:Final steps.  Above all, it follows on from our previous blog where we mapped out the initial stages. Management To clarify, people reading your business plan need to be given an idea of why they should...

Getting paid on time

Getting paid on time

Getting paid on time Getting paid on time and keeping business cash flowing is the most important thing to keep your business wheels rolling.  It’s the life-blood of any business and you need it to survive, sustain, and grow.  You need cash for a whole variety of...

Make money

Make money

Make money: Take charge of your numbers Make money: Take charge of your numbers sounds like obvious advice. Above all, there's an immediate problem, and that is numbers scare people. Your school Maths teacher may have been responsible.  To clarify, numbers can feel...

Budgets & Planning

Budgets & Planning

Budgets are plans, planning is good, and furthermore budgets are plans with numbers.   The budget Every organisation needs sound financial management as part its strategy, finances underpin every aspect of this work. Each activity should be planned and costed, resources must be considered. The budget is the document translating action plans into monetary terms. […]

Idea To A Viable Business

Idea To A Viable Business

Firstly lots of people have creative ideas that could potentially turn into a great viable business venture. However not a lot of these actually make it to the next step of actually turning it into a reality. Secondly converting a great idea into a reality is not easy. Furthermore even if you have enough resources […]