Growing the Creative & Conscious Business with Ease

Growing the Creative & Conscious Business with Ease: Mastering Money Matters

As
you develop your Creative and Conscious faculties, you are taking
responsibility for yourself and your business. Only when we are Conscious, can
we make Creative choices that effect different results.

One of the most common blocks to success
that I see in entrepreneurial businesses is weak reporting in the numbers. The
numbers have so much to tell you, though you must be able to look at them from
different perspectives in order to piece together their wisdom.

There are several ways to do this, depending
on where you are in your business growth cycle, and on what your financial
goals are. For the scope of this article though, we’ll keep it simple, allowing
you to stay engaged, rather than enter overwhelm, as well as learn something
new about your business quickly.

Below are a few ways that I like to play
with the numbers in my own business. Give them a try and explore what your business has to say when you
are courageous enough to listen.

• Ÿ
  Sort
  your revenues and expenses by revenue stream or by function
• Ÿ
  Create
  a ratio of each revenue stream’s profit to your business’ overall profit
• Ÿ
  Sort
  your clients into