Is It Time for a Company Financial Health Check?

How do you know your company is financially fit? We all talk it to death: profit, profit, profit. And for good reason—your profitability, and therefore your profit margin, is the single best measure of company health. However, it is a mistake to think that is all there is to it. This article outlines a handful of other metrics you should be using to gauge company health.

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Basic Accounting Terms: For Business Owners

It happens more often than you might think. High-growth business owners that think they are “in the know” when it comes to finance and accounting jargon. But, in reality, they do not understand the most important accounting terms every entrepreneur should know.

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How to Calculate the Rule of 40 (and if you’re a SaaS company, why you should)

The Rule of 40 is a SaaS-specific metric to track your company’s financial health. It combines your profitability and growth into a measure of health. Put simply, if your growth rate and profit margin total more than 40%, then you can assume your SaaS company is in a good financial position.

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