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Financials for Founders: 4 Key Focus Areas for Business Growth

Financials for Founders: 4 Key Focus Areas for Business Growth What metrics are best to evaluate for a growing business?  If you intend to grow your business by 30% or more in the next year or so we’ve outlined 4 focus areas for growth-oriented financial dashboards for your next quarterly review meeting.  Like a 4 […]

Financial Factors For Pricing the Service Model For Your Business

Ever wonder if your services are priced correctly for your business?  If you own a service-based business, here are 6 tips to pricing your services from a financial perspective.  We mention financial perspective because pricing is one of the 4 Ps of marketing.  The concept of the 4 Ps of marketing has been around since […]

Budgeting: 3 Reasons Why Its Key to Scaling Your Business

Budgeting is key to scaling your business and is an essential tool that you should be employing.  We have heard a number of reasons why some Founders and small businesses do not create annual budgets. Apparently for some people creating a multi-tab excel document does not rank high in ‘feel good activities’. Here is a […]

Canada Recovery Hiring Program: What You Need to Know

The Canada Recovery Hiring Program will provide eligible employers with a subsidy of up to 50% of incremental payroll costs between June 6, 2021 and Nov 20, 2021 Is my company eligible?  Eligibility of a company is pretty much the same as for CEWS (Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy).  So if you were eligible for CEWS […]

Techopia Live: Selling Your Business? How to Prepare Your Financials

Did you miss Techopia Live on May 25, 2021 featuring a conversation with Susan Richards and You.i TV Co-Founder Jason Flick on how to prepare your financials to sell your business? Check it out to hear about the US$100-million acquisition of You.i TV and tips for how tech leaders can be better prepared for a […]

Is Your Business Ready to be Sold? 10 Tips to Prepare for Due Diligence

If opportunity knocks – is your business ready to be sold?  Could you pass inspection? The market for M&A activity is very high in a number of industries.  Opportunities to sell may present themselves when you least expect it. Our advice is that you should be ready to be ready.  With that intention in mind, […]

What You Need to Know: Highly Affected Sectors Credit Availability Program in Canada

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues some businesses, such as those in tourism and hospitality, have been more heavily impacted and are struggling more than others to access financing. Once again, the Government of Canada has come forward with additional funding support for those most impacted. This particular program leverages both the speed and capacity of […]

What You Need To Know About This Year’s T2200 Forms

As the nation prepares for tax filing season, businesses are scrambling to keep up with all the reporting requirements including T2200 forms. T2200s are forms that are applicable when employees are required to pay their own expenses while carrying out the duties of employment. The information we are sharing on this is based on our […]