Exclusives Archive - Small Business Finance School

Being brave about your numbers in business

Like a lot of business bravery it starts with confidence - and knowing what you're doing!

Archna and Lucy share why they set up the Small Business Finance School and the difference it makes to small business owners.

They're not planning on training you as an accountant, BUT they do want you to have conversations that you understand with yours.

We talked about what numbers you should be keeping track of, the difference knowing your numbers makes to your business results, and why this isn't something you can't just 'delegate'.

Oh, and Lynda hosted the whole session from a car park!

Enjoy the recording and don’t forget... if you’d like ‘in’ for this enrolment of Small Business Finance School you can join us here...

Lynda, Archna & Lucy

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Catherine Watkin & Lucy Whittington – Let’s talk launches recording

If you joined us live you’ll know we managed to ‘talk launches’ for almost 90 minutes (!) today. So you may want to make a pot instead of a cup of tea...

But we had a LOT to talk about. Including:

Why we launch and what a launch is (our definitions)
What sort of things you can launch–we shared our examples and lots of others too. Because you don’t need a ‘course’ to launch as you can apply the principles to a lot of things...
When to launch–we both do this differently but based on the same ‘idea’ (and why it’s always about timing)
How we handle price, bonuses, special offers and deadlines–our examples and ‘experiments’
The day of all the emails... and when how many is not too many (and the thinking around that)
Who supports us on our launches–team wise, tech wise & emotionally
When a launch is a good idea (and when it’s not)
The joy of a beta launch (and why we both love them)
The tumbleweed moments when you sell nothing... and how we can laugh about them now (we didn’t say we were perfect!)

I am sure there’s more as we did natter on, answering questions as we went. And if you missed that Lucy is ‘mid launch’ right now with Small Business Finance School here’s the link to find out more about that...

Enjoy the recording!

Catherine & Lucy

PS. You will now get a couple of reminders about Small Business Finance School this week (it’s a launch, after all!)–of course you can unsubscribe at any time but we’re hoping you won’t.

Maxine Hargreaves and Lucy Whittington – A conversation about Business Money

Here’s your recording from the conversation today about your Business Money. Lucy is one half (the small business half!) of Small Business Finance School (the other half is Archna who is an accountant) and we talked about how knowing and not knowing your ‘money stuff’ is important and might stop you having as much fun as you’d like.

We talked about–getting money out of your business, why you most likely act the ‘same’ for personal and business money in your actions, why as an accountant you still might not even know all the ins and outs of small business finance, we laughed (again) at my shoe story (when I tried to claim a pair on expenses). We also talked about how even using different words for the same thing can be a recipe for confusion when it comes to your accounts! We explored the classic ‘turnover is vanity’ saying, and why you can’t just ‘take money’ from your business as and when you want!

Enjoy the recording and don’t forget... if you’d like ‘in’ for this enrolment of Small Business Finance School you can join us here...

Maxine, Lucy (& Archna!)

A conversation about business money – registration confirmation

You’re all registered Thanks for registering for our ‘Business Money’ conversation on Monday 16th October at 11am (BST). We’ll be going live on Zoom and here is the link to use when joining us: https://zoom.us/j/434409954 And if you’re joining us live, you can ask us all the questions you want! (If you can’t make it … Read more

Being brave about your numbers in business – registration confirmation

You’re all registered Thanks for registering for our ‘Brave Business Money’ conversation Tuesday 17th October at 7pm (BST). We’ll be going live on Zoom and here is the link to use when joining us: https://zoom.us/j/767574469 And if you’re joining us live, you can ask us all the questions you want! (If you can’t make it … Read more

Talking all things ‘Launches’ – registration confirmation

You’re all registered Thanks for registering for our ‘Let’s talk Launches’ conversation on Monday 16th October at 1pm (BST). We’ll be going live on Zoom and here is the link to use when joining us: https://zoom.us/j/371523658 And if you’re joining us live, you can ask us all the questions you want! (If you can’t make … Read more

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An interview with Archna – the recording

A tax red herring and a software rant

Ask an accountant...

Find out the answers to questions like:

What is it that every business owner always asks their accountant?
What makes you put your head in your hands as an accountant when a client does it...
What exactly is it that an accountant does? (I have one – & even I needed to know!)
What’s the difference between a bookkeeper and an accountant?
Sole Trader vs Limited company – what’s the best option (**spoiler alert** tax red herring comes up here)
Why software isn’t the answer (this was my rant!)
What the 4 key numbers are that every business owner should keep their eye on

Lots more answers like these in the classes at the Small Business Finance School:

Archna & Lucy

PS. If you like the idea of joining summer school, a couple of things to add: it’s actually not a course–there’s no homework, no ‘thing to complete’–instead think of it as a resource library and an ‘education’ in all things small business accounting. If you are away over the summer (which we’re hoping you are), don’t worry either–it’s a ‘watch when you want’ thing and there’s a Facebook group to ask questions whenever you think of them. It’s all very relaxed... which is what you’ll be when you know what the heck your accountant is on about 🙂