EPISODE #709
Anne Gannon
The Dreaded Finances:
Why Business Owners Struggle to Really Look at Their Numbers
709 Anne Gannon: The Dreaded Finances
How to Stop Avoiding Your Numbers
Striking out on your own and launching a business so you can do what you love for a living is a dream come true for most of us.
Yet many entrepreneurs get so caught up in all the creative exhilaration they forget to watch their numbers, putting off financial discipline and systems for another day.
It’s hard to find an entrepreneur who loves nothing more than to watch their numbers. Of course, it’s great when the cash is just rolling in – but we all know the devil is in the detail when it comes to knowing your cost of customer acquisition, your churn rates, the lifetime value of a customer, or other financial KPIs that tell the daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly story of how well your business is doing. And I haven’t even begun to talk tax.
Today we learn how to stop dreading our finances and let the numbers guide our growth.
Anne Gannon is a Certified Public Accountant and principal at the Largo Group, specializing in providing a monthly accounting and tax service that works for the business owner. You could think of her and her company as a “CFO in a box”.
- What you need when your business is just starting out
- How to stop avoiding your numbers
- How to balance how much money you put into the business and how much you’re taking for yourself
- Why it’s important to have a salary as a business owner
- Why so many business owners struggle to really look at their numbers
- What golf and business have in common
- And much more!
More about Anne Gannon at www.thelargogroup.com
More about Anne Gannon at The Largo Group
Anne Gannon is the Principal at The Largo Group. The Largo Group offers innovative accounting and bookkeeping solutions to businesses and individuals. In 2016 The Largo Group’s revenue has grown 75% year-over-year for the last 5 years. The Largo Group has over 500+ customers from Alaska to Maine and a team size of 8.
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