Business Problem Solving

As the manager of a small business, you must constantly be looking for ways to stay profitable in a competitive world.

	Listen to your customers. You are not really selling products or services; you are selling customer satisfaction. Satisfied customers return to spend more money and are likely to refer new customers to you.
	The word ability spelled "A.B.I.L.ity" could stand for Accountant, Banker, Insurance Agent, and Lawyer. These professionals handle a variety of business problems every day. They make excellent sounding boards for proposed transactions. Consulting with them before you conclude any important transaction can save you many problems.
	You can be your own best business troubleshooter. Consider arranging a trip to visit a half dozen businesses just like yours, but outside your trade area. Discuss products or services, customer relations, vendors, physical plant and equipment, and financial statement information with these noncompeting colleagues. Arrange a five- to ten-day trip. Take your financial statements, a copy of your floor plan, your camera, and a long list of questions. When you return, you will be able to inform your staff of all you learned. This trip is especially beneficial if you are not affiliated with a franchise business.
	Don't incorporate your business without first checking the long-range tax and non-tax considerations. There are many small corporations that would have been better off operating in some other legal form.
	Some businesses receive penalties for late payroll tax deposits. To avoid such problems, don't sign payroll checks unless the first check in the stack is the payroll deposit to your bank. This may have you paying deposits earlier than required, but you will not be receiving penalties.
	If your company runs well now in your absence, it will run well in the event of your disability or death. If you are currently indispensable, start training people now. One of the most rewarding forms of retirement is to own your own company and to be absent as much as you like.

Whether you are starting a business or operating a going concern, we can help you select the proper organizational structure and help you secure adequate financing. We will work with you and your banker, lawyer, insurance agent, and other advisors to solve your business problems.

We will assist you with loan applications, pricing, credit policies, cash flow needs, cost controls, and other management issues. We will gladly assist you in reviewing your operations to see what you might do to be more profitable.

Give us a call for a no-charge initial conference. You should interview us, as you would any professional, to determine if we will be a good long-term match for you and your business. If we don't have the answer to your problems, we will assist you in locating someone who does.

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