Small Business Success Secrets

ACCOUNTING FOR

THE NUMBERPHOPIC A Survival Guide for Small Business Owners

Professor Dawn Fotopulos

Founder, Best Small Biz Help.com

ACCOUNTING FOR THE NUMBERPHOPICA Survival Guide for Small Business Owners

W h a t ' s a

"numberphobe"?

Terrified of numbers!


R a c h a e l L e c h l i t e r


M i k e Z u m c h a k


L a u r a R e d d y


R i c h a r d A v i l e s


N i n a K a u f m a n


N i c o l e H a n l e y M e l l o n


C h r i s t o p h e r O k a d a


F r a n c e s L i s c i o


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

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.


We’re on 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


Account ing For the Numberphob ic

Answers 3 key quest ions

• Are you making money?

• Have enough cash?

• Building or destroying wealth?




What Makes Th is Book D i f fe ren t?

• Accounting and Humor!

• Clear Roadmap

• Ron Bucalo- Disney veteran

• Application-Driven




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.”


Key Top ics

• Improve Gross Margin

• Improve Cash Flow

• Breakeven

• Speak the Language of Bankers and Investors


Impor tan t Co l labora to rs



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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