Managing finances for a small business in a wobbly economy can feel like staring down a long, dark passage. Is that light down there at the end of the tunnel? Or is it a train?

You know what? Either way, you’re not chained to the tracks.

With accurate, timely data about your business’s financial picture, you have what you need to stride down that tunnel and jump out of the train’s way, if need be. Facts and data give your business the economic reflexes of a ninja. 🥷

If the news has been making you nervous lately, chin up. We’ve got your back – and some tips to get you ready for whatever the economy throws at you.

Starting a business is hard. Running a business is hard. Growing a business? That’s next-level hard.

Except…

There is an easy button. A way to sort out the chaos. So instead of looking like a scene from a disaster movie, your business operates with the cool precision of a surgeon.

Friend, let us introduce you to business operating systems.

Ah, the lengths we go to for more productivity. You’ve got a drawer full of abandoned planners and bullet journals, half-a-dozen productivity apps you never log into – maybe even a closet of black turtlenecks you bought in pursuit of that whole “Steve Jobs wore the same thing every day” hack.

And you still feel like your business is running you.

Running a business is a lot of things – empowering, stressful, rewarding. One thing it shouldn’t be? Chaotic.

As an entrepreneur, of course your life is going to be busy. You have the final say in every aspect of running your business, so there will always be a lot of issues competing for your attention. Throw in any effort to have a life outside of work, and it’s easy to get snowed under.

A small-business owner might work even more than the 70 hours a week the average CEO puts in. That’s not counting all the hours you spend thinking about work while trying to enjoy downtime.