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Kerry Zarb hosts BizNation, Small Business Community Podcast - Let's Talk Business For those operating a small business and looking for help from a group of business owners. We will talk about some topics hitting business radars and look to make operators more aware of their business.
BizNation
2d ago
Welcome to the Virtual Cafe where we have discussions about the beans in your business. This week we are dreaming about more coffee while skating full throttle through the changing seasons across the globe. Kerry is comparing two sides of the coin of categorizing income and expenses when you are so busy.
Balance in information about categories
Discovering through pain points how much info is needed
Minimum of requirements
Lean & Mean vs Extra Details
Information for making decisions
Where to focus your energy
Based on our business and us
Having the information you need to make decisions ..read more
BizNation
1w ago
We all have phone-a-friend moments in business especially when it comes to money and finances. It can be compelling to go to a search engine when it's an embarrassing question, but be careful when searching online because it can be a slippery slope. The so-called answers online can be overwhelming and we can get off answers. Asking someone you know has experience and sincerely wants to help you is a much better choice, but how do you know who to ask?
Kim called Kerry while live on a podcast to see if she knew the answer to a game question she was being asked
relationships that we can have for ..read more
BizNation
2w ago
Decisions are fire-hosing us every single day. Part of the decision fatigue is having the right systems in place that are going to work for you. When we think about sitting down and working on our Business Finances, we need to make that decision first. When am I going to do it, where am I going to do it, what day, what time, am I going to get interrupted? Join Kerry and Kim in the Virtual Cafe and prepare to make fewer decisions.
Decision fatigue is real
A recipe for our Business Finances
Having the Digital Shoebox as a tool
There are tiny little things that we can do as we are running at a ..read more
BizNation
3w ago
Pretty early in the writing of her book, Business Finances Made Simple in the Virtual Cafe, Kerry got sick to death of writing out the words 'business finances' and wanted to short cut. In the virtual cafe in this episode Kerry and Kim are having coffee with their BFs and our BFF and you!
If you think about your 'BF's instead of your Business Finances, it's kind of cool, you get to work with your BF's
One you want to avoid and the other you can't wait to get to
If we can mentally change this for ourselves and turn it into a fun time, have some way that we get to enjoy this, it can make a huge ..read more
BizNation
1M ago
If you don't like something, you don't understand it, or you don't know how to do it, like our business finances, we self sabotage a lot of times by looking for ways for some tool or person to take the pain away. Can you strip any of that away to simplify your Business Finances so that it's easier? As an Entrepreneur maybe we just need to keep it simple and bring it back to the basics of a spreadsheet and start somewhere. Join Kerry and Kim in the virtual cafe for today's conversation.
Are you complicating your business finances?
Sometimes we make things complicated because we just don't like ..read more
BizNation
1M ago
There's a confidence that comes naturally when we get to do these things that are just not our fave thing to do and we have this extra sense of achievement. When we sit down and work with the numbers we build our confidence muscles, as Kim calls it. Join Kerry and Kim in the Virtual Cafe for a chat about the superpowers that can come with the confidence we gain in our business finances.
How do I take control of my Business Finances?
How do I build confidence in that control?
Spend time with your Business Finances
Stepping away from our Business Finances for extended periods of time makes it h ..read more
BizNation
1M ago
Business finances can be simple when you know how to do it, but really hard when you don't. They can be really intimidating! Let's get simple about reconciling our bank accounts with Kerry and Kim in the Virtual Cafe, it doesn't need to be complicated.
Why do we have to reconcile our bank accounts?
What is the simplest way to get started doing it?
Why is it a good idea to do it?
Let's stop stuffing the hard stuff into the pile and start understanding our business finances together. Make knowing what is supposed to come out and what is actually coming out simpler for your business finances ..read more
BizNation
2M ago
Congratulations on 200 episodes! The majority of podcasters never make it to 10 episodes, very few make it to episode 50, and even fewer make it to their 100th. This podcast has been going for quite a while, it has evolved, but Kerry's heart hasn't changed one bit in the fact that she has always been here to help other entrepreneurs with their businesses, with what they need to know, with their finances, and getting in control of their finances. You are tuning into The Money Barista Podcast, it's all about money... not today:
Kerry is a rockstar podcaster! She is addicted to podcasting
Kerry ..read more
BizNation
2M ago
We bet that you're tuning in because you want to get in control of your business finances. When you are in tune with your business finances you can make a schedule that suits your business and your life. Join Kerry in the Virtual Cafe today to talk about:
Should I look at my finances daily? The answer? Yes and No
Unless you have outsourced your business finances... no one is going to do this for you
You need to assess your own situation when it comes to how often you are working on your business finances
Checking your accounts either daily or a couple of times a week is a really good idea ..read more
BizNation
2M ago
Recurring charges are just ridiculous when it comes to not stopping when they're supposed to stop. It's so easy to sign up for them and it can be so hard to cancel them, join Kerry and Kim in their chat about some tips on tracking those pesky subscriptions.
How can I make sure that something doesn't get charged when I cancel it?
Sometimes we need to hold that element of responsibility and we need to keep them accountable
If we can keep the bean$ in our business or in life, why not? Track your subscriptions with the TMB Savings Tool
As a business owner, we are always thinking about making mo ..read more