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The Buy Box: What Buyers Look For Before They Make an Offer
The buy box: the six filters buyers use to decide whether your company is worth a closer look, from EBITDA floors to customer concentration.
The Owner Dependency Trap: When You're the Bottleneck
Owner dependency keeps businesses stuck. The Snowplow Test, the Vine Audit and the Owner Dependency Index, and how to stop being the bottleneck.
Why EOS Won't Fix Your Cash Flow: What Your Scorecard Is Missing
EOS is an operating system, not a financial system: the financial KPIs missing from most EOS scorecards, and why a 13-week cash flow matters.
How Much Is Your Business Worth? Probably Not What You Think
How much is your business worth? Why most owners overvalue their company, how buyers really set a price, and what raises your multiple.
Your Bookkeeper Isn't Your CFO: Bookkeeper vs Controller vs CFO
Bookkeeper vs controller vs CFO: what each one does, the blind spots a bookkeeper can’t cover, and when a growing business needs a fractional CFO.
Your CPA Works for the IRS, Not You: CPA vs Tax Strategist
CPA vs tax strategist: why tax preparation is an autopsy, why planning starts in January, and the question that tells a planner from a filer.
Revenue Is a Vanity Metric: Revenue vs Profit for Business Owners
Revenue vs profit: why revenue is a vanity metric, how the growth trap works, and the three numbers business owners should watch instead.
Cash First: How the Profit First Method Works, Starting at 1%
The Profit First method, explained: take profit off the top, run the business on what’s left, and start at 1%. Why Ryan calls it Cash First.
Nobody's Talking About Cash: How to Keep Positive Cash Flow
Why cash comes before everything: how Profit First’s five bank accounts, starting at 1%, turn positive cash flow from a hope into a habit.
The Treadmill: Small Business Owner Burnout and How to Get Off
Small business owner burnout starts on the treadmill. Jon and Ryan on the owner bottleneck, the glass ceiling, and the first steps off it.
