Bonus: Navigating the GST/HST Holiday: What Your Business Needs to Know
As the holiday season approaches, so does a new initiative from the Canadian government that could significantly impact small businesses. In this episode of Financial Conversations, host Anthea Austin delves into the details of the newly proposed GST/HST Holiday—a temporary tax relief measure designed to…
S1E14: Is My Pricing too Low? w Salt Design Co
Determining your prices as a business owner is a challenging aspect to get right and requires careful thinking. It’s very common early on in your journey to undercharge and then start increasing as you get more experience. Part of determining your new pricing involves weighing…
S1E13: What Having a Growth Mindset Actually Means w Alisha Kumar
Facing the rollercoaster of entrepreneurship can take its toll on your mindset. Ensuring that you have what it takes to deal with challenges and failures will make all the difference to your financial success. This week, I sat down with Alisha Kumar, founder and CEO…
S1E12 – How to Build a Successful Agency w ThompsonStenning
Building a creative agency is no easy feat. Focusing on listening to client’s needs, connecting them with the technology best suited to solve their problems, and support their branding and website design is a sure way to get there. Take it from business partners Sarah…
Episode 11 – How to Plan for Tax Season w Joe Collins
Planning for tax season is something all business owners get stressed over. It can be challenging to understand what expenses are deductions (insert Schitt’s Creek voice “that’s a write-off”), and how to save for your tax bill. Enter Joe Collins, CPA, CA, of Avalon Accounting,…
Episode 10 – Should I Incorporate My Business? w Jamie Bell
Legally protecting your business is not something entrepreneurs should skip over. Take it from Jamie Bell, a practicing lawyer in BC who has been advising small business owners on how to manage the legal aspects of their business. She’s not your ordinary lawyer as she’s…
Episode 9 – Buying a House as an Entrepreneur w Tori Dolmans
Buying a house is a goal for many of us, however the steps to get there looks slightly different as an entrepreneur or small business owner. Enter Tori, a local BC mortgage broker and entrepreneur who has been in the finance business for 26 years….
Episode 8 – How Much Should I Spend on Marketing My Own Business? w Stefanie McAuley
How much should I spend on marketing my small business? Marketing budgets, especially when you are a small business can be tricky to nail down. Small business owners have limited cash flow, especially in the early stages of business. On the other hand, a substantial…
Episode 7 – How to Pivot Successfully in Business w Carly Arbuthnot
If you have ever reached a point in your business where you feel slightly unsure about your next step, I guarantee instant inspiration with this episode and Carly’s incredible business journey! In this week’s episode, I catch up with Carly Arbuthnot from Twenty-Eight North. She walks…
Episode 6: Should I Hire a Contractor vs Employee?
Have you decided you need to hire? Before you start handing off your to-do list there are a few things to consider. One of the more important considerations is what type of relationship you and your new hire will have. What are the key differences…
Episode 5: How to Take a 4-week Vacation from your Business
Do you remember those early days in entrepreneurship? Maybe around the time, you decided to start your business. Your Instagram page was littered with images of beach vacations and “the laptop lifestyle”. You thought, “yeah I could do that”! I can work from anywhere! You…
Episode 4: Planning for a Business and a Baby
Our businesses are our babies. We fed them with time and money when they were young, continued to invest in them when they grew, and constantly nurture them month on month. If your business is anything like mine, it means so much more to you…
Episode 3 – Can Your Small Business Afford NOT to Outsource?
When we start our businesses’ most of us are a solo show. We are the CEO, CFO, admin, and marketing departments all wrapped up into one. As our business grows, so does our schedule, and reaching the tipping point where future growth is hindered by…
Episode 2: When do I need to charge GST?
When you just start your business its easy for things like making sales, managing customers and day-to-day operations to take priority over the more financial aspects. One aspect every business owner needs to consider at one stage or another is registering for sales tax, that…
Episode 1: I just started my business, who do I tell?
When its time to move from the simple straight forward world of being an employee to the sometimes-overwhelming world of owning your own business, there is no shortage of resources and information to help. Deciphering these resourcing, making your own decisions and acting is a…
How, When, and Why Should I Hire An Outsourced CFO?
When we start a small business or begin working for ourselves, finances and specifically accounting is not usually high on the to-do list. Our focus is wholeheartedly towards generating revenue through creating value for customers, and generating profit to be reinvested. You might have a…
Cash Flow Problems – Self Assessment Guide
“I would love to just have more confidence that I’m going to make payroll next month…” We were two hours into a hike, the conversation had moved from life updates to business concerns. My good friend and fellow business owner continued “I know I have…
Create a Business Budget – 4 Easy Steps
You realised the importance of creating a budget for your business, you’ve had a think about what you would like to include and you have downloaded our free budget template! Congratulations on being such a business owner Wiz! Didn’t get the template yet? Check it…
Everything you need to know about GST
Track, manage and review your GST responsibilities with our free GST TOOLKIT here. Once upon a time you would have been able to decide to start a business and poof it’s done! These days however it feels like there are many hurdles we as business owners…
Productivity Hacks for Business Owners & Freelancers
I’m going to be totally honest here, even at the risk of sounding like a bit of a brag! The last three weeks in my business have been amazing! Potentially the best weeks of my entire year in terms of productivity, performance and mindset! I…
Small Business Financials Checklist
Ever get to the end of the month and think “hmm I really should have looked at my finances at some point?”. Like sure you generated invoices, you tracked payments coming in and maybe even looked at an expense or two. But what really happened…
3 things you need to know for your Real Estate Agency Budget
A budget in short is a plan, it’s a plan for your money. How much you are going to spend, when you are going to spend and why you are going to spend. Just like for life it is also important to have a plan…
Why Do I Need A Budget?
A budget in short is a plan, it’s a plan for your money. How much you are going to spend, when you are going to spend and why you are going to spend. Just like in life it’s important to have a plan, it is…
How to make your business more profitable in 2019!
Interested in making your business more profitable in 2019? Easy… Sell more.. Duh! A common conclusion to making a business more profitable is to sell more and subsequently add more revenue. While this will may help grow your business and lead to more profit there…
3 Things You Should Know About Your Small Business Financials
Knowing how to understand and manage your financials is one of the most vital yet drastically under regarded keys for the success of small businesses. It goes without saying that running a small business inherently involves a great deal of risk, what if you…