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Materials for next week’s job are not free cash
You buy lumber, wire, or parts for a job that starts Monday. Checking drops. You

How to pay yourself as a small business owner
Big job pays, you take a chunk. Slow month, you take nothing and stress. Sound

How far behind on bookkeeping is too far
Maybe it is three months. Maybe it is the whole year. Maybe you stopped looking

The 15-minute weekly cash check every owner should do
You do not need to love numbers. You just need fifteen minutes every Friday and

Software subscriptions quietly eat your free cash
Scheduling app. Two GPS trackers. A review tool you tried once. A second email plan.

Waiting until tax time to clean up the books costs more
Every March, the same scramble. Twelve months of bank feeds, a shoebox of receipts, and

Cash jobs still belong in the books
The customer handed you $600 in twenties for a Saturday repair. It went in your

One checking account makes every dollar look free
One checking account. Every deposit goes in. Every bill comes out. Simple, right? Simple until

Your bank balance is not your free cash
Your banking app says $42,000. You feel great. You order the new trailer. But three

Your Square deposits are not your full sales
You ran a $4,000 card on a furnace install. Square dropped $3,884 in checking. The

How to save for the slow season in a seasonal business
July is incredible. Crews are booked, the phone will not stop, deposits pile up. It

Buying a truck with cash can starve the business
You had $90K in checking. The new F-350 was $68K. Paying cash felt like the

Set aside cash for estimated taxes before you spend it
April shows up. So does a five-figure tax bill. And the checking account that looked

The month-end looks-fine trap
The checking balance looks about right. No angry emails. Payroll cleared. You shrug and call

Matching deposits without matching reality
The bank feed is full. You want it empty. So you match a fat deposit
