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Creating the Financial Map to Achieve Strategic Goals The Financial Planning Process   By: Edgar Rodriguez Executive Consultant PlusPoint Consulting Our last post focused on the first step in your planning process – establishing your organization’s strategic goals and objectives. Once you’ve done so, the next step is to measure where you are in relationRead more

4 Tips to Get Your Financial Planning Underway It’s Time to Build the 2023 Plan… Where to Start?   By: Edgar Rodriguez Executive Consultant PlusPoint Consulting In our last post, we shared our thoughts on the importance of developing a well-thought-out financial operating plan and the need to start that process now. For many, theRead more

How to Avoid Accounting Rescue Work By: Kari Minton CEO PlusPoint Consulting We do a lot of what I call accounting rescue work at PlusPoint. It’s generally not what our clients initially come to us for; they often don’t know they need it. Clients often call us when they have a need or pain theyRead more

Don’t Fly Blind A well-thought-out financial operating plan is critical for successfully navigating through economic headwinds   By: Edgar Rodriguez Executive Consultant PlusPoint Consulting There is a time and a place for everything, and as we head towards Q4, we are entering the budget season. Now is the time to get to work on yourRead more

How Much Debt is Too Much Debt for a SaaS Company? A Guest Post by: Todd Gardner, SaaS Advisor Ltd. Todd is an innovative advisor to SaaS companies on growth strategies Debt is a great way to fund a SaaS company — it allows shareholders to maintain their ownership position yet still fund their growthRead more

Churn – Measurable, Understandable, and Yes, Manageable Let’s dive a little deeper into understanding your Revenue Retention metric’s behavior. I called Net Retention the most important metric for ensuring medium and long-term SaaS business health in my last post.  Putting this powerful metric to use requires understanding the opportunities and challenges present in each ofRead more

PPP Flexibility Act How it alters the provisions of PPP Loan Forgiveness   Last night, the Senate passed the House bill, called the Paycheck Protection Flexibility Act, and passed it to the President for signature. The bill, which the President is expected to sign, significantly alters provisions of the PPP loan forgiveness. The changes includeRead more

Insights for leaders considering allowing their teams to work-from-home indefinitely There are days that it feels like we are in information overload with information coming in from all directions – emails, newsletters, news sources, webinars, podcasts, etc. The list is endless. I know I cannot possibly consume all the information I receive. I do spendRead more

How Will the SBA Review Borrower’s Good-Faith Certification of PPP Loans? Uncertain and confused seem to be the key words that describe how most borrowers under the PPP program are feeling since receiving their funding. The announcement by the SBA that they intended to audit all loans over $2.0MM, and that the audit would includeRead more

Our COVID-19 Business Continuity Plan PlusPoint is a small business facing many of the challenges and concerns small businesses across the country are facing. Since we are in the business of consulting and advising other business leaders on their organization’s financial health, we have all the pieces you would expect us to have – financialRead more