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Finances – Learn Accounting and Run Your Business Better

finances - learn accounting

If you are running a business take control of your company’s finances. It is time to stop thinking only your accountant needs to understand your business finances. You need to understand them and be able to talk about them with ease.

If you don’t understand your books or what your accountant does, learn.
Finances- learn accounting and control your company finances.
Finances- learn accounting and control your company finances.

I speak with dozens of business owners each day. More often than not, the conversation turns to their businesses and the financial condition of their businesses. All too often, the business owners say they don’t really know their business’ financial condition. When I ask them about profit and loss statements, balance sheets and cash flow they respond as if I am speaking a foreign language of some kind. It is not a good thing.

If you are a business owner who does not understand how your business’ books should be kept and what GAArP, A/R and A/P are, it is time for you to learn some basic accounting. No matter what kind of business you have, you must learn basic accounting. When you know and understand basic accounting you are better able to make decisions concerning your business. When you know what the financial condition of your business is, you are in a better position to accept or turn down clients, make the best plans for expansion and conduct day-to-day operations.

There are lots of ways you can learn the basic accounting you need to better operate your business. These methods include the following:

  • read a book
  • take a course
  • talk to an accountant

Read a book

Of course everything you want to know about almost everything in the world can be found in a book. Stop by your local library, bookstore or even browse online. Find a book that is at your level of expertise and work from there. Remember, your goal is not to become a CPA, your goal is to learn enough to be able to operate your business and speak intelligently about your business finances.

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Take a course

If you are a person who needs help to learn, a course may be the best idea for you. Pick the course type that will fit into your schedule best and start learning. There are a variety of ways you can take an accounting for business course including the following:

  • local community college
  • college course
  • extension program
  • open-courseware
  • webinar
  • e-course

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14 thoughts on “Finances – Learn Accounting and Run Your Business Better”
  1. Taking a course is a great idea! I’ll admit, finances are not one of my strengths but it’s so important to master!

  2. The one genera of educatJon needed most and the one least taught. Our country could use a good schooling on finances

  3. It’s really important for any business owner to at least have a passing understanding of how basic accounting works. You need that to help you keep your bookkeeping in order.

  4. Thank you so much for the great advice. We have run my Hubby’s company for years and it is about time I look into take a class to better fit our accounting issues.

  5. After how much we spent on our taxes this year, I think learning about accounting is just what I have to do! Taking a few courses would be cheaper than having someone else work on our finances.

  6. The only company I have is my blog. I need to get better at the money I make, I am too lazy. My husband has come up with nice spreadsheets and I am too lazy to use them. Thank you reminding me the importance.

  7. I had to take several accounting courses in college. It’s been one of the few classes that I have found useful in my daily activities. Thanks to those classes, I have successfully ran 3 businesses!

  8. I agree with Rebecca – I struggled with Accounting and math in general 🙂 I wish I would have studied and tried harder!! This is a great list of tips 🙂

  9. I’m a small business owner and can say that your business’s finances is your lifeline – you need to know at least the basics. I also have an accountant that I can refer questions to, I do everything but end of year taxes – that I leave to the professionals!

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