Stop fighting with spreadsheets and trying to figure out what the heck you did with last year’s inventory list. I have the solution. My sponsor NetSuite by Oracle.

You get visibility and control of your financials, inventory, HR, planning, budgeting, and more — all from one easy dashboard. Don’t just take my word for it — over 33,000 businesses already use NetSuite.

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What powers your business? Maybe you’re thinking of people or technology. For almost all of us, the honest answer is data.

Data is king, from customer information to the files we access daily. Financial records are no exception, and you need the right tools to manage yours correctly.

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Owning or working for a small business is full of joys: Seeing your business take off, working closely with a small team and watching your ideas flourish.

It’s not all a walk in the park, though. Small teams, limited budgets and not enough time in the day can make things challenging.

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Trust me when I say I know the pains of running a small business. When you’re the owner, you might be the marketer, accountant, IT person and every other role under the sun, too.

When you’re doing it all, you need the right tools. This is especially true as your business grows and you have a team to take on all those jobs.

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I’ve been a small business owner for 25 years. Along the way, I’ve had some great successes, along with my fair share of mistakes.

Sometimes those mistakes are easy to recover from. You recognize what went wrong, regroup and try something new. And sometimes you realize, “Uh oh. This is something I can never let happen again.”

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If you own a company, you know how complex accounting can be. When entry-level software comes up short, you start looking at the big dogs.

I’ve gotten emails and calls from lots of people over the years who are ready to say goodbye to QuickBooks. It can slow you down and make your workflow harder than necessary — especially when you’re using it for payroll.

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Are your finances organized as well as you’d like? Come on, be honest. For most business owners, the answer is a reluctant “no.”

As your company grows, you have more expenses, more contractors, more KPIs and more hands managing it all. If your communication happens through email, over the phone, in messages and via spreadsheets, sooner or later, you’re going to hit a wall.

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Each year, Intuit discontinues older versions of its QuickBooks line. As of May 31, these versions are no longer supported:

• QuickBooks Desktop Pro 2018
• QuickBooks Desktop Premier 2018  (General Business, Contractor, Manufacturing & Wholesale, Nonprofit, Professional Services, and Retail)
• QuickBooks Desktop Accountant 2018
• QuickBooks Enterprise Solutions V18

If you were using one of those editions, it’s seriously time to upgrade. We say it’s time to ditch the spreadsheets altogether. Don’t let QuickBooks and spreadsheets slow you down, making things harder than necessary. It’s time to upgrade to NetSuite.

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When you’re an entrepreneur or a small business owner, you know that every penny counts. There are so many regular costs, plus you have to spend even more when life throws things like weather damage or a global pandemic at you.

That’s why money-saving tricks can make a world of difference, especially in this tumultuous time. New data from Statista shows that 29% of small business owners cite coronavirus as their greatest challenge. The third-biggest hurdle was cash flow: 12% struggled with financial stability.

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