You've Started a Business - Now What? Tips for Getting Your Small Business Organized

You’ve Started a Business Now What??

Business Marketing Development Bookkeeping Networking Proposals Scheduling Project Management Client Management Human Resources Contracts

Getting Organized • Make a 3-day list - a full list of all the tasks that have to be performed to make your business run • Do a thoughtful evaluation of who should perform those tasks

Some Must Haves • Some type of calendaring system - ical, Google calendar, even a paper calendar • Some type of To-do list - Evernote, Google Tasks, Remember the Milk, Basecamp • Clear delegation of duties among your team but cross-training

SCHEDULE EVERYTHING

How Do You Know If You are Making money if Don’t know How Long You Are Spending on Tasks? • Use some type of time-tracking software - Harvest, LessTimeSpent

Bookkeeping • Keep ALL your receipts - 7 to 10 years • Notate expense type & who/what for • Was that really a business expense? • Set a schedule for your bookkeeping • Find accounting software that works for you - Quickbooks, Freshbooks, LessAccounting

Contact Management • Don’t let contacts pile up - Update them on a regular basis • Include notes • Find software that works for you - Gmail contacts, Outlook, an Excel spreadsheet

Be Prepared Time = Money You lose time when you are not prepared

Write It Down Always

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You've Started a Business - Now What? Tips for Getting Your Small Business Organized

by Red Stapler Consulting on Sep 27, 2009

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