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Roger recently appeared on the Small Small Business (SSB) podcast. Learn how SSB helps small businesses here. Roger discussed 10 reasons why you should do business projections. Here’s reason number five. Roger Scherping: So, speaking of banks, this is one I learned recently. A banker told me that projections are going to be more important in 2021 than they ever have been. And he said that, the reason is, that, well, obviously 2020 was not favorable to most businesses. Most businesses did not ... [continue reading]

Roger recently appeared on the Small Small Business (SSB) podcast. Learn how SSB helps small businesses here. Roger discussed 10 reasons why you should do business projections. Here’s reason number four. Roger Scherping: OK, number four is, “Do you want to grow?” If you want to grow, you’ll learn that nothing taxes your resources more than growth. Your cash is getting sucked up by an increasing amount of receivables, by inventory going up, you may be making capital expenditures, you’re hiring... [continue reading]

Roger recently appeared on the Small Small Business (SSB) podcast. Learn how SSB helps small businesses here. Roger discussed 10 reasons why you should do business projections. Here’s reason number three. Roger Scherping: We’ll keep it going. OK, here’s number three. Lack of planning is a leading cause of business failure. This could be number one on the list because it’s so true. And there are lots of great quotes about planning, but I pulled out my three favorites. “Planning is bringing t... [continue reading]

Roger recently appeared on the Small Small Business (SSB) podcast. Learn how SSB helps small businesses here. Roger discussed 10 reasons why you should do business projections. Here’s reason number two. Roger Scherping: The second reason I think people should do projections is for peace of mind. And I hear this a lot from our customers. I hear from people who are considering starting a business, and they want to do it, but they can’t answer questions like, Am I going to be able to make money ... [continue reading]

Roger recently appeared on the Small Small Business (SSB) podcast. Learn how SSB helps small businesses here. Roger discussed 10 reasons why you should do business projections. Here’s reason number one. Roger Scherping: And the first one comes from my experience working with troubled companies, and my first reason is that troubled companies need a plan. So I mentioned that I worked at all of these small companies and got them turned around. Well, there are a lot of companies that 2020 wasn’t ve... [continue reading]


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