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]

Nic Gianino has been an ops guy his entire career, managing manufacturing operations for sheet metal fabrication, precision machining, and electro mechanical device assembly companies. Early in 2020 he wanted to go out on his own and purchase a manufacturing company, but talking with a banker quickly made him realize that the middle of the COVID crisis was not the time to try to raise $2M. “All we’re doing right now is processing PPP loans,” his banker told him. A friend in the recruiting space plante... [continue reading]

I’ve spent most of my career trying to see the financial future of the companies I managed. I’ve seen what happens when small companies don’t know what their next 12 months look like, or when they don’t understand the financial impact of their business decisions. So based on my own experiences, I’ve put together 10 reasons why you should do monthly business projections in 2021. 1. Troubled companies need a path I start with this one because it was when I was turning around companies that I realized ... [continue reading]


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