Actionable Insights
Success Story: A Swift Acquisition & Exit Combo
Learn how SPRCHRGR created financial reporting fluency, efficiency, and clarity for its client Ntersol, as it acquired one company and then successfully sold - all within six months.
CFO Insights: 3 Ways to Improve Your E-commerce Business in 2024
To achieve your e-commerce goals in 2024, set specific and measurable goals, track your progress against a detailed plan, then analyze the results to quickly learn and iterate.
COGS & COS: How are They Calculated and Why Does it Matter?
The way your business refers to these expenses depends largely on whether you sell goods or services — but what really matters is how you use the information to maximize profits.
Cost of Goods Sold: A Deeper Dive
Calculating cost of goods sold can be mind-numbingly difficult, but doing it correctly is key to the success of inventory-based businesses.
Contribution Margin: The Hidden Key to Understanding Profitability
Profitability often comes down to an ability to work the margins — and one of the most important, but least understood, is contribution margin.
Operating Model? What's That?
A well-defined operating model will help all your employees understand their roles as well as how to collaborate in reaching your company's goals.
Scalable Growth and Efficiency: The Power of Fully Integrated Ecommerce Systems
To truly thrive, companies need to adopt fully integrated ecommerce systems that seamlessly connect various aspects of their operations.
Transformation and Change: Creating a Culture of Continuous Improvement
Attempts to introduce new ideas, processes and practices within a company are often met with resistance. Here are strategies to win the skeptics over.
Navigate With 360-Degree Vision
The leader of a growing company needs eyes in both the front and back of their head. You can't do a good job of planning for the future without clear insights about the past.
Think Twice Before Taking a Merchant Cash Advance
Watch out! Their seemingly low advertised 10-15% ‘factor rates’ can look very appealing on the surface, but this financing vehicle can be deceptively expensive…
Finding the Right Financial Metrics for Your SaaS Company
Because of their tech-savvy nature, SaaS companies have an inherent advantage when it comes to extracting value from data.
Why Your Startup Should Use Accrual Instead of Cash Basis Accounting
With accrual-based accounting methodology, you can have your cake and eat it too.
Prepping for Your Board Meeting
When reporting to your board, prepare materials that tell them what they need to know — not what you think they want to hear.
Managing Business Travel Costs
From setting budgets to claiming every available deduction, getting a handle on your firm's travel expenses is a key to profitability.
How 1099s Work
In theory, your company is not directly responsible for keeping your vendors and independent contractors in compliance with IRS tax codes. But reality says otherwise.
Does Your Ecommerce Company Have to Collect Out-of-State Sales Taxes?
Ecommerce comes with increasingly complex state sales-tax compliance burdens. Watch out SaaS startups, you have sales tax compliance obligations now too!