This article is featured in Dakota Design Company’s Year End Playbook 1. UNDERSTAND YOUR FINANCIAL POSITION Before looking at 2025 profitability, it’s important to understand your company’s current financial position. A good indicator of the future is the past, and...

HOW MUCH CASH IS MINE? Ever wonder how much money in the bank account(s) is actually yours? Have you been advancing vendor payments on behalf of your clients? Or have you been using your own personal funds to complete a project or pay for operating expenses? You may be...

This article originally appeared on Dakota Design Company's website.  Visit them here. Welcome back to the first 2024 edition of Dakota Design Company’s Guest Expert Interview series on the blog. We’re thrilled to share expertise from female business owners and leaders in...

(Reprinted with permission, originally featured in Studio Designer, features Caroline Van Wassenhove, CPA.) You can tell a brocade from a damask with your eyes closed. But when it comes to assessing your business’s long-term health, hazardous blind spots abound. It’s a...