Guides

Long-form guides for owners who want the full picture.

Deeper than a blog post, shorter than a textbook. The kind of thing you bookmark and come back to.

Coming soon. We're building these guides now and publishing them one by one. Drop us a line if you want one in particular and we'll prioritize it.
All businesses

Closing the books each month

What it means, why it matters, and the standard checklist we use with every client. Reconciliations, accruals, and the month-end memo.

Coming soon
E-commerce

Real product margin for online sellers

How to actually calculate margin per product when Shopify and Amazon take their cuts. Landed cost, fulfillment, returns, all baked in.

Coming soon
Real Estate

Per-property bookkeeping for landlords

Set up a chart of accounts so each property reads like its own little business. Get net cash flow, real cash-on-cash, and capital reserve schedules.

Coming soon
Restaurants

Prime cost for restaurant owners

Food and labor as a percent of sales. How to calculate it, why 60 percent is the line that matters, and where to look when it creeps up.

Coming soon
Law Firms

Three-way trust account reconciliation

Bank, books, client subledger. What to check, what to document, and how to keep your IOLTA audit-ready every month.

Coming soon
Construction

Job costing without losing your mind

Code every cost to a job, track over and under billings, see real margin per project. The minimum setup that actually works.

Coming soon
Life Sciences

Runway and burn for biotech founders

Net burn, runway in months, cash to next milestone. The board-ready package that should land in your inbox the second week of every month.

Coming soon
All businesses

Cleaning up books that are years behind

Where to start, what to fix first, and how to scope cleanup so it doesn't drag on. The same process we run with new clients.

Coming soon

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