20 Questions You Need to Ask Before Starting a Business – Part I

Business structure and needs analysis when starting a business There are about twenty questions everyone should ask before starting a business. Most of those questions we cover in our Small Business Management Courses, while others we assume you’ve already thought...
Knowing MY Luck…

Knowing MY Luck…

In a couple of our recent posts, we’ve talked about… well, we’ve talked about my family, largely, but we’ve also talked about things like planning and strategising and setting goals for yourself, as well as having confidence in ourselves. Now I just want to add one...
Legal Stuff and Small Business: When to Bring in the Cavalry

Legal Stuff and Small Business: When to Bring in the Cavalry

When you’re starting a new business, it’s important that you have a good grasp of the law to ensure you don’t find yourself in hot water later on down the track. We cover general and intellectual property law in our Small Business Management course, and we’ve also...
Don’t Ask Me What To Do Next!

Don’t Ask Me What To Do Next!

A little while ago, we published a post about goal setting, where we suggested that you start setting some short-term business goals that will help deliver your long-term business goals. The majority of people are familiar with long-term goal setting; it’s a...
Financial Planning: What Costs are Depreciable or Not?

Financial Planning: What Costs are Depreciable or Not?

We’ve talked about financial planning in previous posts and in our last post specifically covered sales forecasting. In our Small Business Management Course, you will learn, in much greater detail, how to create a financial plan for your business, but we thought...
Sales Forecasting: When and What Can My Business Afford?

Sales Forecasting: When and What Can My Business Afford?

We’re publishing a series of posts about financial planning for small business and in our most recent post about ongoing capital purchases and running costs we mentioned creating a financial spreadsheet to track all of your expenses, which we’re going to talk about in...