Managing a Business

Gross Profit Break-Even Template

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Cost Reduction Template

This article is also available as a downloadable PDF, which includes a customizable template to help you apply these tips to your business.  Download Here: Coast Cost Reduction Template Improving your bottom…

Managing a Business

Understand your key financial documents

Your balance sheet and profit and loss statement are two key financial documents, as they help uncover what is going right and what can be improved in your business. Many…

Managing a Business

The essential guide to mitigating risk with insurance

Insurance plays a vital role in safeguarding businesses — transferring financial risks to a third party, and making sure a business remains resilient in the face of uncertainties. Running a business…

Managing a Business

Setting up cashflow warning triggers

Every business will have a particular way of tracking and measuring how their business is performing. If you can identify when key indicators deteriorate to a level that causes concern, you can…

Managing a Business

Steps to building a sustainable business

The obvious benefit of going green is that you’re helping to save the environment by reducing your carbon footprint. But there are also sensible business benefits to running a sustainable…

Managing a Business

Managing a cash crunch

There are many reasons why small businesses experience sudden cashflow crunches. Identify the reason and solve it If you’re trying to fill your bucket with cash and it’s leaking, it makes sense…

Managing a Business

Manage your debt and get paid on time

One of the most important rules for a successful business is to swiftly collect money that’s owed to you — it should be coming in faster than you’re paying out. This…

Managing a Business

Lower the risk of payment fraud

Research suggests that a significant number of businesses each year are victims of payment fraud, which can be difficult to detect. There are several ways to commit payment fraud, so it’s…

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How to ace your next job interview

Your palms are sweaty. Your heart is racing. You are crossing your fingers hoping that this job interview will be a success. Ever felt like that heading into a job…

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Get to know the Coast Capital Savings Innovation Hub Ventures

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Ultimate Guide | How to manage your business’s cash flow.

As a small business owner, you’re managing cash coming in and out of your business everyday. From the smallest transaction to your monthly storefront rent payment, you need to have…

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