Category Archives: Business Strategy

Organizing The Chart Of Accounts – 6 Basic Tips

What is the chart of accounts inside QuickBooks? Why should it be organized? Does the chart matter?  The simple answer is that it completely matters, and organization is the key to using it effectively. The chart of accounts is a chart of categories and titles where money is organized into inside financial software. Without accurate […]

Revenue: How to Track Your Best-Selling Products and Services inside QuickBooks Online

Determine Your Income Streams If you’ve ever looked at a profit and loss statement, you know it’s not ideal to see one income line item with one big number for sales. Sales of what? What was sold? Did you only sell one item or service? How much was sold? When we analyze revenue, we want […]

Learning Business the Hard Way

When I was young, I watched my dad run different businesses. Even before I was born, he was always starting something new. He was a real entrepreneur like his father who owned a fuel oil delivery company. The story goes that when he was under sixteen, his father who had a great year in business, […]