Russ ColtmanIt’s all about the numbersI have been working with a maple syrup producer recently. It is a very seasonal business with large fluctuations in production driven by…Apr 17, 2018Apr 17, 2018
Russ ColtmanYour taxes are done, now what?You spent all this time gathering information for your CPA to do taxes. Income, Expenses, Capital Purchases, Depreciation, and every other…Apr 9, 2018Apr 9, 2018
Russ ColtmanMaking Lasting ChangesIt is often relatively easy to identify broad areas that you need to change — lose weight, exercise more, spend less, save more. The real…Mar 19, 2018Mar 19, 2018
Russ ColtmanFocus. On the Important Stuff.I grew up on a commercial dairy farm and we had to grow hay to feed 300 cows. As you can guess, that’s a lot of hay. One of the things that…Mar 16, 2018Mar 16, 2018
Russ ColtmanA Business without a BudgetI have been having a running conversation with a person who wants to open up a storefront. Very good ideas, and he was ready to move fast…Mar 14, 2018Mar 14, 2018
Russ ColtmanFocus on ProfitI was working with a client on tracking his sales and profitability when I helped him uncover over $15000. He had been making a simple math…Mar 12, 2018Mar 12, 2018
Russ ColtmanFocus on the big pictureI met with a department manager the other day who had very little excel experience, he was able to do simple data entry and knew that…Mar 7, 2018Mar 7, 2018
Russ ColtmanIs it worth monitoring?I used to be over zealous about monitoring and tracking EVERYTHING. Now I am just zealous. It took me a while, but I have learned that if…Mar 5, 2018Mar 5, 2018
Russ ColtmanThe curse of being of too busySmall business owners are notoriously busy. I grew up on a commercial farm with 800 acres of crops and 300 cows to milk and I have managed…Feb 26, 2018Feb 26, 2018
Russ ColtmanWhy do we have managers who can’t manage finance?The failure rate of startups has always dismayed me. In my consulting, I see two main reasons for business failure. First, people don’t…Feb 23, 2018Feb 23, 2018