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THE NUMBERPHOPIC
A Survival Guide for Small Business Owners
Professor Dawn Fotopulos
Founder, Best Small Biz Help.com

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A Survival Guide for Small Business Owners
Wh a t ' s a
"numberphobe"?
Terrified of numbers!

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A Survival Guide for Small Business Owners
R a c h a e l L e c h l i t e r

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A Survival Guide for Small Business Owners
M i k e Z u m c h a k

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A Survival Guide for Small Business Owners
L a u r a R e d d y

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A Survival Guide for Small Business Owners
R i c h a r d A v i l e s

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A Survival Guide for Small Business Owners
N i n a K a u f m a n

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A Survival Guide for Small Business Owners
N i c o l e H a n l e y M e l l o n

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A Survival Guide for Small Business Owners
C h r i s t o p h e r O k a d a

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A Survival Guide for Small Business Owners
F r a n c e s L i s c i o

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A Survival Guide for Small Business Owners
WHO WILL BENEFIT
FROM THIS BOOK?
– Consultants
– Fashion Designers
– Dentists
– Lawyers
– Photographers
– Bakers
– Pole Dancers for Fitness
– Yoga Teachers
– Interior Designers
– Import/ Export Companies
Dreamers- those who want
to start a small business

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SMALL BUSINESS REALITY CHECK
• Jim Blasingame- failure rates 50% in five years, now 50% in
four years
• Gallup 30% fewer small businesses forming than 20 years ago
• Millions like them- 60% of new job creation
• 1% don’t know that a P&L Net Income Statement are the
same thing.
A Survival Guide for Small Business Owners

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A Survival Guide for Small Business Owners
We ’ r e o n a mission
• Cut small businesses failures in US in half
• Help 1,000,000 small businesses succeed
• Promote financial literacy
• First step is Accounting For The Numberphobic
• Power to transform businesses, households and
communities

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A Survival Guide for Small Business Owners
Ac count ing For the Numberphobic
Answer s 3 key quest ions
• Are you making money?
• Have enough cash?
• Building or destroying wealth?

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A Survival Guide for Small Business Owners
What Makes This Book Di f ferent?
• Accounting and Humor!
• Clear Roadmap
• Ron Bucalo- Disney veteran
• Application-Driven

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A Survival Guide for Small Business Owners

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A Survival Guide for Small Business Owners

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A Survival Guide for Small Business Owners
INTERVIEW WITH
NORM BRODSKY
“A business is all about the numbers.
Most businesses could make it if the
owners knew even the very basics
of reading their financial dashboard.”

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A Survival Guide for Small Business Owners
Key Topics
• Improve Gross Margin
• Improve Cash Flow
• Breakeven
• Speak the Language of Bankers and Investors

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A Survival Guide for Small Business Owners
Impor tant Col laborator s

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A Survival Guide for Small Business Owners
AMAZON Feedback
As one who has been numberphobic forever, I
am grateful for Dawn's wonderful advice in
this book. An excellent teacher, Dawn
anticipates the kinds of questions we all have-
-and answers them throughout the book.
Anne Hendershott

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A Survival Guide for Small Business Owners
WHERE TO BUY THE BOOK
Amazon.com
Barnesandnoble.com
Indiebooks.com
www.bestsmallbizhelp.com

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A Survival Guide for Small Business Owners
#knowyournumbers

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A Survival Guide for Small Business Owners
Join the Mission
Follow me on Twitter: @dfotopulos
Write a review on Amazon and Goodreads
Tell 10 people about Numberphobic
Buy Books for Christmas Gifts
Take the Free Assessment #knowyournumbers

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