#170: Is It Time to Hire a Bookkeeper To Tackle Your Business Finances?

Business Made Simple Podcast

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🗓️ 15 April 2024

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

Most entrepreneurs are great at making money, but they aren’t always great at managing that money. Let’s be honest: you didn’t start a business because you were passionate about bookkeeping. But you know that managing your cash flow well is the fuel that keeps your business growing. Between monthly reconciliations, quarterly reports, tax prep, and payroll—your business finances can get complicated fast. And doing it yourself—or even hiring the help you need—can be difficult and time-consuming. So what’s the best way to outsource your bookkeeping so you can save time and simplify your finances?

In this week’s episode, host Donald Miller talks with Lisa Zeeveld, the CFO of BELAY, a company that pairs business owners with the accounting help they need. Lisa discusses common financial dilemmas many business owners face and offers practical advice on how to overcome them. You’ll learn the importance of good bookkeeping and how outsourcing this task can make a huge difference in your operations. Tune in and get valuable tips on how to make your business finances simpler and more effective, so you can focus on growing your business instead!

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0:00.0	I believe that that is the best way to grow your business is to see where the money is coming in from and where it's going out
0:10.0	Welcome to the Business Made Simple Podcast, brought to you by the HubSpot Podcast Network.
0:14.0	I am your host Donald Miller.
0:15.0	Listen to small business owners,
0:17.0	too many of us learn the hard way
0:19.0	how a bookkeeper can bring value to our small business.
0:21.0	We try to do it ourselves and listen it doesn't work. You know most
0:24.3	entrepreneurs are artists or they are entrepreneurs or their operators. They're not
0:29.5	bookkeepers. They're not numbers of people. In other words they know how to make money. They're not great at managing it. So there's a way that you can actually get your head around what money is coming in, why it's coming in, and the very first key to that is just hiring a really good bookkeeper.
0:44.0	The question is, if you're thinking about doing that or if you have a bookkeeper and you're already
0:47.7	made that transition, what are they supposed to do and what are they supposed to bring to the
0:51.6	table? If you don't understand that, you got an employee that you're paying that you may not be getting the most out of in terms of productivity.
0:58.0	We're going to talk about that today on the podcast because we're talking to Lisa Zvel, she is the chief financial officer of Belay solutions.
1:06.2	Through Belay solutions you can hire a virtual assistant, you can hire a virtual bookkeeper.
1:10.5	So if you are not a numbers person, if you don't like reading the profit and loss statement if you don't know the difference between cash and accrual accounting
1:17.6	You are listening to the right conversation about bookkeeping today. Here is my conversation with Lisa Zevelt.
1:24.0	Teams everywhere are dealing with a serious problem, a productivity problem.
1:33.4	But don't worry. HubSpot's customer platform can help.
1:36.3	No more time-consuming tasks.
1:38.2	No more chasing down prospect info.
1:40.2	No more one system for this, another for that.
1:43.0	HubSpot helps you find leads, reach prospects,
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