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Outsourced CFO Business Advisory Services · 10 min read

Navigating Item 19: Strategies for Boosting Your Franchise Sales

There’s an old adage that the worst presentation is the one that’s never given. This seems to be a mantra many franchisors apply to the presenting…

Outsourced CFO Business Advisory Services · 9 min read

Keys To Succesful Franchise Coaching

When it comes to franchise support, there are two areas where I see franchisors fail to meet their franchisee’s needs. These observations come from working with…

Outsourced CFO Business Advisory Services · 6 min read

Selling Franchisees Isn’t the Golden Ticket but Coaching Is

Most franchisors come to learn that they don’t make money from selling franchises. After selling and training costs are deducted from the initial franchise fee, there…

Outsourced CFO Business Advisory Services · 4 min read

Virtual CFO Services: What Should You Expect

Virtual CFO services are more than a person behind a computer, crunching numbers and running reports. They are an extension of your business; an additional team…

Outsourced CFO Business Advisory Services · 13 min read

9 Ways to Overcome Business Financing Shortages

Small business owners face long odds – about 33% will fail in the first two years. Look out 5 years and around 50% will shut down.…

Outsourced CFO Business Advisory Services · 9 min read

How Easily Analyzing your Business Model Drives Strategy

Most business owners underestimate the importance of understanding the economics of their business model. In the same vein, most overestimate the number of factors that impact…

Outsourced CFO Business Advisory Services · 7 min read

Understanding the Right Time to Hire a Virtual CFO

Small to medium-sized business owners are understandably focused on growth. Seeing your business grow is exciting, and success is often measured in how top-line revenue increases…

Outsourced CFO Business Advisory Services · 9 min read

The Accounting Department for Franchising Companies

Managing franchises is a difficult, involved process. Franchisors feel the understandable need to focus on growth, and that can mean trouble with prioritizing finance or accounting…

Business Accounting Guides · 4 min read

Demystifying Accounting Roles: CFO and Controller

The structure of a small business is often intricate. Finance and accounting teams are made up of many roles with different levels of authority and responsibilities. …

Outsourced CFO Business Advisory Services · 12 min read

From Bookkeepers to CFOs: A Primer on Small Business Accounting

Growing a business is hard, and there are many documented reasons why. However, there is a reason that you don’t see discussed as often. Smaller companies…

Outsourced CFO Business Advisory Services · 6 min read

Your Accountant Isn’t Your CFO, Which May Be a Good Thing

In late 2019, I had coffee with a father-son ownership team for a Denver-based food manufacturer. It was a casual coffee that I attended as a…

Accounting Strategies For Small Business · 7 min read

Five Ways a CFO can Help you Stick Out in a Competitive Franchising Landscape

While it is hard to get an exact count on how many franchise brands are in the United States, the number is somewhere between 3,500 and…