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HOW TO IMPROVE PROFIT AND FREE UP YOUR TIME. By Richard O’Brien CPA. TYPICAL SMALL BUSINESS PROBLEMS. Most owners work too hard for too little reward; Most spend too much time in their business; The business is dependent ON THEM; Most don’t get the rewards they deserve. TYPICAL PROBLEMS.
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HOW TO IMPROVE PROFIT AND FREE UP YOUR TIME By Richard O’Brien CPA
TYPICAL SMALL BUSINESS PROBLEMS • Most owners work too hard for too little reward; • Most spend too much time in their business; • The business is dependent ON THEM; • Most don’t get the rewards they deserve.
TYPICAL PROBLEMS • Few Can depend on employees to deliver the product in the same way, on time every time • Not feeling they can depend on their employees most owners feel trapped in their business
TYPICAL PROBLEMS • Most have too high a level of slow paying poor quality customers; • Few understand that the best way to predict the future is to create it; • Most rely too much on their bank!
SMALL BUSINESS PROBLEMS • The good news is we can help!
WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT! • Strategy • Marketing • Finance • Management
STRATEGY • Personal Objectives of the OWNER • Business strategy • What does the owner want from the business? • What don’t they want? • Need to understand this BEFORE we go further
STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES • Effectively what you are going to get out of the business • The plan and how we do this with you • Takes about a day • Benefits include: • Frank discussion on exit routes and; • Personal Income objectives of the owners
BENEFITS • We look at Value pricing, cost reduction and tax saving opportunities; • A discussion of your Key frustrations and the setting of an action plan to eliminate them; • The management information to help you measure how well your business is growing;
OTHER KEY AREAS OUR MOST PROFITABLE CLIENTS WORK ON • Marketing • Finance • Management
MARKETING • Most Probable customer • Trading area • Customer perceptions and behaviour • Positioning and differentiating your business • Image • Strategy
FINANCE FUNDAMENTALS • Controlling your finance’s • The right accounting system • Financial statements • Operating budgets • Cash plan • Business control systems • Strategies
MANAGEMENT • Systems strategy • Organisational strategy • Business development and employees • Developing your people • Position contracts • Working relationships • Systems design et. al.