Mini Courses

• Hobby versus Small Business

• ABN’s and Business Structures

• Business Administration – Business names, domain names, registrations, insurance etc

• Working IN versus Working ON

• Intro to Business Planning

• Intro to Roles and Responsibilities

• Intro to Finance Basics

• Intro to Risk Management & Safety Matters

1. Bookkeeping versus Accounting

2. What Bookkeepers & Accountants want from you and how to save money on their bills

3. How to Choose a Bookkeeper

4. Bookkeeping Terminology

5. Understanding the General Ledger/Chart of Accounts

6. How Bookkeeping Works

7. Understanding Types of Tax that apply to your business in Australia

8. Statements and Reconciliation

9. Understanding Financial Reports (Profit & Loss and Balance Sheet)

10. Choosing Software/Systems for Bookkeeping

• Discover the Root Cause of Overwhelm & Exhaustion in Business

• Understand and implement my 5 practical steps to regaining control of your time and energy both at home and in business.

• Steps you can start now to make a change. Steps that can be used over and over in any number of situations.

• Want more time outside the business?

• Want flexibility to step away while your employees keep the business running?

• Want employees to deliver products & services to the same level you do?

• Looking for a way to scale up and step back from always working IN your business rather than ON it?

• Simple, manageable and practical steps that you can start straight away to make a difference to how and where your time is spent.

Ever wondered how the Accountant comes up with a profit at the end of the year but you have no money in your pocket? Where did it all go?

• A dive into the detail of Profit & Loss and Balance Sheet reports.

• How transactions are recorded and the impact they have on your cash flow.

• Understand how to use reports to find areas to save money and improve your cash flow.

• Understand how to read the reports and check that the bookkeeper is recording transactions where you need them to.

• What does it mean?

• Identify - Risks are not just safety related – so what are they?

• Assess – What impact will they have on your business?

• Planning – How to reduce the risk (the likelihood of them occurring and the consequences if they do)

• Implementing Actions to control the risks.

• Review their effectiveness.

• The role of insurance

• Business continuity.

• Why do businesses run into trouble?

• When is a business in trouble?

• Identifying pet peeves – What do you think is the issue?

• What do you think is causing the issue?

• How to investigate if there are other issues contributing that are not obvious

• Developing a plan and prioritising action

• Involving experts and getting support

• What is strategic planning?

• Why do you need to have a plan for your business?

• Why are you in business?

• What does success look like to you?

• How will you achieve success and who needs to be involved?

• Who will buy your product or service and why?

• Why would they buy from you and not someone else?

• How are you going to tell them about your product or service?

• How are you going to finance your business and manage cash flow?

• What next and how to stay on track

• Why does safety matter in business?

• What are the cost implications when Safety is not managed?

• What are the legal requirements for managing safety?

• How to identify and manage the safety risks in your own business

• The safety of employees, customers, clients, contractors, & visitors

• Keeping safety matters simple AND effective for small business.

• How to use resources available instead of “reinventing the wheel”

• Developing and maintaining a safety culture in your business

• What does business success look like to you?

• What is your role?

• Who else is involved in your business?

• What are they responsible for?

• Onboarding and employee management

• The skill of delegation and letting go.

• Testing the waters

• Succession planning

• Understanding the role of external bodies – accountants, bookkeepers, consultants, contractors, suppliers, service providers etc

• What makes your business identifiable?

• How do you stand out and become the company people remember?

• Who are your ideal clients and how do you reach them?

• How do you track return on investment for your advertising and marketing $$$

• Identifying improvement opportunities in your business and possible efficiency gains or savings.

• How to collect information from your business activities to inform decisions

• What aspects of a business can be automated?

• When to automate?

• How to identify automation requirements and options for your business

• Examples of how to research and assess automation options compatible for what you want.

• Understanding how to plan and implement an automation project in your business.