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How to successfully set up your small business

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Ready to take the plunge and start your own business? Here are ten steps to successfully set up your small business:

 

  1. Register your business with the province of Ontario. Google “register a business Ontario” – make sure to use the ontario.ca page
  2. Think about setting up your systems for future growth now. It’s easier to

What Bookkeeping Service is Right for Me?

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You’ve decided you need a bookkeeping service to help keep your books in order and are in the process of deciding what sort of tasks you need them to do. Let’s have a look at what some different tiers of bookkeeping look like…

Annual Bookkeeping Service

If your business has no employees and simple accounts,

What am I doing that might make my small business fail?

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You’re a Type A business owner with grand visions of where you want to take your company. Because of this, you’re always looking for ways you can improve your business, or things you’re doing that might unintentionally be holding you back. In my years of experience working with talented entrepreneurs, I’ve noticed four big mistakes

A beginner’s guide to bookkeeping for business owners

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Many people have an outdated view of bookkeeping. Most imagine a scene out of A Christmas Carol or Gringotts’s Bank where a goblin is bent over an enormous ledger making minute entries. When I took accounting in high school, we were still taught the ledger method. Luckily, technology has replaced paper and eliminated a lot …