Up and Running

JUNE 21, 2013

You need to manage your cash. The number one reason small businesses go bankrupt is lack of cash , not lack of profits. You need to do good cash planning, and really understand the levers in your business that can affect your cash. Patagonia wins big from the ethics it uses to manage the business.

Small Business 153

Small Business Software Review Lean Advertising 153

Up and Running

JUNE 9, 2020

Forecast cash flow and manage that forecast carefully. The use of this for managing cash flow is obvious. You can get huge value from the process of regularly checking your cash flow to compare the actual results to your forecasts. Carefully manage inventory. Maintain your cash flow.

Forecast 114

Forecast Software Review Campaign Cash Position 114

The Startup Magazine

MARCH 19, 2025

Optimizing Cash Flow to Fuel Franchise Growth Effective cash flow management is crucial for fueling franchise expansion. Streamline operations to reduce unnecessary costs, focusing on inventory management and staffing efficiency.

Small Business Administration 135

Small Business Administration SBA Los Angeles Finance 135

YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

Cash is king, always has been and always will be. Managing your cash position when forecasted sales aren’t being achieved is tough, and if you are spending more than you are generating and cash piles are dwindling, now is the time to address your financial position.

Technical Review 157

Technical Review Architecture Revenue Channel 157

Up and Running

AUGUST 8, 2018

It only takes an hour each month, keeps the management team up to speed on everything that’s going on in the company, and helps us plan and manage in a lean and effective way. We treat planning not as a document, but as a management tool that helps guide decisions and strategy. This meeting is our monthly plan review meeting.

Software Review 65

Software Review Business Plan Product Forecast 65

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 15, 2020

With proper management, you can maximize the potential of your small business with a bit of debt. We’re going to cover the best practices for taking on and managing your existing and new debt below. We’re going to cover the best practices for taking on and managing your existing and new debt below. Get to Know Your Loans.

Small Business 179

Small Business Management Bankruptcy Finance 179

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 16, 2016

Manage cash flow. At my company, our cash position is reviewed every week, come rain or shine. This top-of-mind awareness and intentionality with our cash keep us agile and enable us to take on new opportunities. Expect it, plan for it and don’t apologize for it. Hell or high water.

Cofounder 100

Cofounder Balance Sheet Small Business Administration Technical Review 100

BeyondVC

AUGUST 9, 2006

While the company doesn’t look profitable on an income statement perspective because GAAP requires GoDaddy to recognize a domain name registration over the effective period of registration, GoDaddy is in a wonderful cash position because it collects the cash upfront when someone buys the domain.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review IPO SEC Stock 78

Berkonomics

APRIL 11, 2011

For those companies with constant billings to customers during a month, and for those with extra large fixed costs such as payrolls at periods during a month, it is important to begin the discipline of the 13 week rolling forecast as a tool for finding and planning around short term cash problems.

Cash Position 61

Cash Position Forecast Cost Management 61

BeyondVC

AUGUST 9, 2006

While the company doesn’t look profitable on an income statement perspective because GAAP requires GoDaddy to recognize a domain name registration over the effective period of registration, GoDaddy is in a wonderful cash position because it collects the cash upfront when someone buys the domain.

Technical Review 60

Technical Review IPO SEC Stock 60

www.joelonsoftware.com

MARCH 24, 2010

Fog Creek explicitly recognizes that many good software engineers have no desire whatsoever to do "management" or to take on a formal personnel management role. One of the purposes of the Fog Creek Professional Ladder is to create a career path with promotions for engineers who simply do not want to do management stuff at all.

Software Review 48

Software Review Stock Options Salary Technical Review 48

Up and Running

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

At first, you might get away with manually billing each of your customers each month, but it probably won’t be long until you’ll need tools to help with automated re-billing, order management, shipping label generation, customer management and more. You want to make your management team attractive and credible to investors.

Business Plan 63

Business Plan Curation Balance Sheet Intellectual Property 63

Berkonomics

MARCH 27, 2025

The four basic dials to turn: There are four basic ways to increase the cash position of a company: 1) inject cash through borrowing or investment, 2) decrease spending or payments on debt, (3) increase efficiency of operations, and 4) increase revenues or advance payments from customers.

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Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 10, 2008

To be fair, visibility into the current cash position and the change in the cash position has always been important for software executives, but is even more critical for SaaS businesses because the working capital requirements are higher and the payment terms are often stretched out over the term of the contract.

Software Review 48

Software Review North America Europe Metrics 48

The Startup Magazine

JUNE 27, 2024

You can determine qualities like robust profitability or a sound cash position by examining these financial documents. With this knowledge, you can make data-driven decisions to further strengthen your financial position. Cash Flow Management Any firm depends on its cash flow to survive.

Balance Sheet 147

Balance Sheet Equity .Net Forecast 147

Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 11, 2019

Assuming the people addressing the issues were the right people, and the extended team (management and board) focused on the correct problems, and then the team gave each other enough time to see whether or not what they were doing addressed the issues, more often than not things ended up in a happy place.

Balance Sheet 154

Balance Sheet Cash Position Leadership Restful 154

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 22, 2018

This illustrates the company’s cash position at various times and shows if the company will always have enough cash to continue trading and – if applicable – support any growth plans put in place. Cashflow statement. Cashflow can rise and fall and may depend on seasonal factors and various other parameters.

Finance 113

Finance Balance Sheet Cash Position .Net 113

Berkonomics

DECEMBER 18, 2014

Looking at it that way, there is a check and balance for all departments and individuals ordering materials of any size that affect the cash position and profitability of the company. We never saw, and he never mentioned the balance sheet and cash position. rampant spending or uncoordinated purchasing.

Balance Sheet 71

Balance Sheet Burn Rate Cash Position Forecast 71

YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

By ensuring you have plenty of access to lines of credit or equipment financing, you can ensure you don’t end up with a cash shortage that stops your business short. Another important way to manage cash flows during a recession is by thoroughly reviewing your accounts payable and receivable and getting things back on track.

United States 124

United States .Net Small Business Finance 124

Up and Running

APRIL 6, 2020

You need cash in the bank to operate, to pay employees, and to keep the doors open. If you’re out of cash, you’re out of business. In times of crisis and uncertainty, understanding your cash position is even more important. Burn rate adjustments now will have long-term benefits.

Burn Rate 100

Burn Rate Forecast SBA Cash Position 100

Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

The key to being able to read and use your cash flow forecast is understanding positive and negative cash flow and how they impact your business. What is positive cash flow? Positive cash flow is when you have more cash flowing into your business than out of it.

Burn Rate 83

Burn Rate Forecast Cash Position Employee 83

Berkonomics

JULY 1, 2021

Looking at it in that light, there is a check and balance for all departments and individuals ordering materials of any size that affect the cash position and profitability of the company. We members of the board never saw, (never asked) and the CFO never mentioned the balance sheet and cash position.

Balance Sheet 62

Balance Sheet Cofounder Cash Position Burn Rate 62

Up and Running

NOVEMBER 17, 2011

While the company’s sales figures increase, its profitability often narrows to a point where cash flow issues occur. In the worst case scenario, the company lapses into a negative cash position. Do you have the current staffing and resources to manage the project without jeopardizing other business?

Sales 65

Sales Cash Position Government Small Business 65

Early Growth Financial Services

OCTOBER 1, 2015

Generating tons of revenue and showing a lot of accounts receivables (A/R) mean little if you don’t also have adequate cash in the bank to keep the lights on. Keeping a laser focus on your cash position and always maintaining a healthy operating runway are two of your main tasks as a founder.

Management 28

Management Cash Position Operations Revenue 28

Early Growth Financial Services

SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

Of course, early stage CFOs can and do manage P&L and handle investor relations, but they also do a lot more. They must simultaneously have a handle on the company’s cash position: answering questions like “are we spending in the right place?” and “how much cash/runway does the business have?”

Early Stage 46

Early Stage Valuation Cash Position Startup 46

Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 14, 2011

This insight delves into how never to run out of cash. There are four basic ways to increase the cash position of a company: inject cash through borrowing or investment, decrease spending or payments on debt, increase efficiency of operations, and increase revenues or advance payments from customers.

Vesting 63

Vesting Cash Position Revenue .Net 63

Up and Running

DECEMBER 21, 2016

How to improve your cash-assets ratio. A key way to boost a business’s cash-assets ratio is to boost its cash position, and there are numerous approaches to do this. Another way to ensure the cash-assets ratio is as high as possible is to carefully manage inventory.

Metrics 60

Metrics .Net Cash Position Finance 60

ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 26, 2022

I think every company’s portfolio is different, so they’re all different sizes, different stages, different geographies, different cash positions, and different market leadership positions. . And so a lot of it is performance management. Have we become soft? Or is it going to come back to bite me later?”.

Partner 132

Partner Cofounder Retention Acquisition 132

Start Up Blog

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

And while trading large capital assets may generate actual cash returns, that return is singular and only available at the point of transaction. Unless we happen to be in the business of trading assets, it doesn’t provide a true month to month reflection on our cash position. In good companies earnings increase over time.

Dividend 48

Dividend Cash Position Salary .Net 48

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 8, 2014

Whether online through your ecommerce site or in person through your sales department, the time it takes for the process from sale to invoicing to customer payment to accounting updates can take forever, reducing your cash position. Better Pipeline Management.

Software 189

Software eCommerce Architecture Cash Position 189