SCALE is such a sexy word nowadays. But, executing a sustained and impactful scale for your business is a lot more difficult than it seems.
Entrepreneurship
In this piece, four women – a business performance coach, a digital marketing maven, an architect and a graphic design firm owner – share their insights on how they have managed through crisis.
Let’s dive into how knowing your numbers is essential to gauge the current health of your business and figure out what you need to achieve future business goals.
Think of this like a checklist for responding to the immediate business crisis of cash flow.
The PPP comes with its own set of instructions to limit how the money can be spent. Here are 5 steps to manage your PPP loan funds wisely.
Should I Apply for SBA COVID-19 Loans? This is the question that I am hearing most often right now from business owners. The unsatisfying answer is…it depends. Everybody’s case is different. Everybody’s business is different. To make it through this […]
Money Monday$: What Does Insurance Cover in the Era of COVID-19? Presenting Money Monday$, a free, weekly call where I answer your questions about managing the financials of your small business. Part of the National Association of Women Business Owners’ NYC […]
Can I receive government aid for my business and if so, how do I apply? As the coronavirus continues to halt business, navigating this new reality is proving to be difficult, especially for entrepreneurs. To help, I’ve created a list […]
Join me for Money Monday$, a free, weekly call where I answer your questions on how to manage the financials of your small business. Part of the National Association of Women Business Owners’ NYC Community Connection series, we will focus […]
Now is the best time to get your financials in order for the new year! Create a financially strong 2019 by following these five steps: 1. Get Your Books in Order Now is the time to catch up on […]
Art and Money Matters Mondays The Art Basel Miami has become a popular event for Artists, Creative Professionals and their supporters alike! After seeing all the reviews, photos and comments from the weekend, I was inspired to write a piece […]
Art & Money Matters Mondays In honor of Small Business Saturday, I worked off leftover Thanksgiving turkey, sweet potato, sweet bread and apple crumb pie at Live Now Fitness (@LiveNowFitness), a boutique wellness and fitness center in Howard County, Maryland led by […]
ART & MONEY MATTERS MONDAYS Media art refers to artworks that depend on a technological component to function. Media artists express their thoughts, ideas and images through platforms related to video, audio, print and digital mediums. Graphic design, filmmaking, and […]
Art & Money Matters Mondays For many writers and storytellers achieving the title of published author , is a dream come true. The title gives legitimacy, signals success, and elevates you in hierarchy amongst the literary community. But elevating your writer status and elevating […]
The economy has evolved tremendously from the days of the Great Recession to what we live in today, the “Gig” Economy. Tradition has been broken. Many workers in the public and private sectors have traded in traditional employment for non-traditional jobs in non- traditional industries […]
For many people, including myself, how we think about and interact with money has changed due in large part to the 2007/2008 economic recession. The recession has shifted our views on what it means to have job security and therefore shifted […]
It’s the 4th quarter of the year and you still have a few months to take care of personal and business money matters that have been following you all year. Here’s a “To Do” list that will help you close out […]
Art & Money Matters Mondays: Have you heard of IRC Section 6050W of the tax code? Maybe or maybe not…I mean the only people who probably really read or even understand any part of these ever changing tax laws are […]
This weekend I attended the Afropunk Festival in NYC. I hadn’t attended it in years so had no expectations really just figured it was going to be like any other NY summer festival. But what I experienced is a festival […]
It doesn’t take Ned Stark (from HBO’s Game of Thrones) to remind us that we’re more than half way through the year and therefore closer to worrying about tax time. If you are a registered business, freelancer or independent contractor, […]
So last week we talked about the 3 instances when artists and creatives are most focused on their finances. We identified the “summer money” blues as the time of year when teaching artists see the most fluctuation or lull in their […]
Lately I’ve been thinking about the times when artists and creatives are most thoughtful, concerned or hyper sensitive with business-related and personal finances. Besides the monthly, “pay my rent” blues, my initial thought is that there are at least 3 instances in the […]
A client asked me to figure out the appropriate price they should charge for their works, product and services in order to make a certain profit by the end of the year. I first asked them how do they think […]
Art and Money Matters Mondays: For most of us starting a new business, we started tracking our money by keeping a log of income and expenses, tracking it in an Excel spreadsheet or managing it through a business banking account. It seemed like […]
“We need to not be afraid of this skill set. We need to embrace our entrepreneurial mindset and understand how transferable our skills can be in our chosen field and through other means of livelihood. Educational institutions need to get […]
Fellow artists and creative professionals often ask what they should consider in setting the price for their creative work or service. These are the top 3 things to consider (in reverse order): #3 Research your contemporaries and how they price […]
Every year since 1963, the President of the United States has issued a proclamation announcing National Small Business Week, which recognizes the critical contributions of America’s entrepreneurs and small business owners. Last week was National Small Business Week and, in […]
The article written by William Deresiewicz called “The Death of the Artist and the Birth of the Creative Entrepreneur” (link attached below), gives historical context around the evolution of the artist: – the artisan, the maker of “crafts” continuing in […]