In today’s fast-paced business world, financial literacy isn’t just an added advantage—it’s the foundation of success. A recent study, “Financial Literacy of Entrepreneurs and Companies’ Performance” sheds light on how entrepreneurs’ financial behaviors drive their companies’ performance.
The world is changing massively, and not least, the geopolitical landscape. With elections due soon in the USA, and AUS, and recent landslide election of the Labour government, the impact to small and medium businesses could be big
What are the 5 business numbers that warn you of future cashflow problems? Many businesses have been in this situation – sales are great, there’s money in the bank, and yet, 6 months later, you’re struggling to finance your operations despite record sales within your business. The trouble is, you neither have the time, nor […]
Jazoodle is delighted to announce the appointment of Mark Holton as board advisor to Jazoodle’s existing executive team and board. Mark is a company director, Chairman, and co founder of Smithink, a specialist accounting practice business advisor. Mark brings 35 years successful business experience to Jazoodle. “We are absolutely thrilled to have Mark on board […]
Entrepreneurs and business owners are the financial life blood of communities, and wider economies in the provision of products and services. According to the Small Business Administration (SBA) small businesses in the USA represent 99.9% of employers and thus are the top employer for millions of people. This is similar to most advanced economies, such […]
Forward Earlier this year, we wrote an article about business complacency and testing your business’ resiliency as we looked to exit the global Covid19 pandemic. One of the areas of concern, following pandemic recovery, was significant pressures foreseen in the global economy, beautifully argued by Charles Goodhart, Manoj Pradhan (2020). As we head into the tail […]
Business Lockdowns: Something Doesn’t Add Up With The Covid Numbers The Devastation To Business From Lockdown May Not Be Justified On Saturday, NSW Health gave advice to the NSW Premier that the potential for an uncontrolled spread of Covid 19 in Greater Sydney was great, and business lockdowns were put into place. Reading twitter, many […]
Identifying risks building within your business Is Your Business Becoming Complacent? A couple of bits of news really piqued our interest this week and got us thinking. The first, a survey by CPA Australia into the effects of Covid on Australian businesses. The findings were from a survey of over 4000 Australian businesses. Its conclusions […]
Business Podcast Summary To save you time and effort (it’s what we do!) here’s a summary with links to our initial podcast series, originally created in 2021 Episode 1 Alan Jones Serial entrepreneur, investor, mentor Episode 2 Caleb Gibbins (CEO Cache) and Sean Greenhaugh (CEO TimeChi) Episode 3 Gordon Whitehead Business Advisor Episode 4 Brendan […]
Recent ABS statistics showed that between 60 and 70% of all businesses do not make it to their 5th birthday. Think of all that blood, sweat and tears within those businesses. There are a myriad of reasons for such levels. Two of the key reasons are 1) poor financial spatial awareness and 2) inadequate financial planning and forecasting. As a company, these […]
