By Elizabeth Davis on September 8, 2010
I’ll be teaching two courses this fall through the Des Moines Public Schools Community Education Program. Here are the details about each course:
Small Business Accounting I
Introductory course on accounting for small business owners. Topics covered include: single-sided (checkbook) vs. double-sided (financial statement) accounting; examples of records to keep and for how long; [...]
Posted in Small Business | Tagged Budget, Excel, Income Statement, Small Business, Technology
By Elizabeth Davis on January 5, 2010
I’ll be teaching a course again this winter through the Des Moines Public Schools Community Education Program. Here are the details about the course:
Small Business Accounting
Introductory course on accounting for small business owners. Topics covered include: single-sided (checkbook) vs. double-sided (financial statement) accounting; examples of records to keep and for how long; [...]
Posted in Small Business | Tagged Balance Sheet, Budget, Cash Flow Statement, Excel, Income Statement, QuickBooks, Small Business, Technology
By Elizabeth Davis on December 4, 2009
I have been using QuickBooks 2010 now for a while and have found 5 new features that I really like. Some of them are simply time savers within the QuickBooks program. Some of them though are tools that can greatly improve my business processes (& my client’s business processes)!
1. Company Snapshot
This feature was [...]
Posted in Technology | Tagged Balance Sheet, Cash Flow Statement, Excel, Income Statement, QuickBooks, Small Business, Technology
By Elizabeth Davis on October 30, 2009
This Week in News & Information:
Why wallets do not feel fatter The government’s key inflation measure has shown lower consumer prices most of this year, but there are a lot of reasons why it doesn’t feel that way.
Microsoft Windows 7 Review Cnet offers their review of Window’s 7…is it for you?
Facebook Becoming Big [...]
Posted in News You Can Use | Tagged Economy, Excel, IRS, Small Business, Technology
By Elizabeth Davis on September 29, 2009
Here in the mid-west we are watching the leaves change color as we head into the autumn season, which is also the typical budget season for most businesses. October is just around the corner, do you have your budget for next year done? If so, good for you! What recommendations do you [...]
Posted in Budgeting, Small Business | Tagged Budget, Excel, Income Statement, Small Business
By Elizabeth Davis on September 23, 2009
I discussed the importance of having a budget to help you “prepare to win” in the last post. Now lets talk more details on how to create a budget. I encourage businesses to use the KISS (Keep It Simple Stupid) philosophy. You are more likely to continue to use your budget if [...]
Posted in Budgeting, Small Business | Tagged Budget, Excel, Small Business
By Elizabeth Davis on August 30, 2009
Budgeting is an important financial task that all individuals / families should do at least at a minimum level. There are many tools and resources available for you to use to help with this ongoing process. That’s right I said ongoing process, this is not a do it once and forget about it [...]
Posted in Budgeting | Tagged Budget, Excel