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Running a start-up, small- or a medium-sized business is a lot of hard work. You are bound to be caught up in a multitude of business processes which can make it tough to focus on the core vision of your company. A key mistake most entrepreneurs make is not asking for help on time. Delegating certain jobs offer key advantages to you and your growing team.

Launching a Technology company? Things you need to know if you are launching your own Technology Company.

An effective way to focus on growing your software/technology business is to turn over your company’s finance functions to a trusted outsourcing partner at a reduced cost. A virtual finance department might be the most important step you take in cutting down costs in your business. Outsourced finance departments can supply companies with a higher quality and quantity of work at less of the cost.

Budgeting is a process that helps you predict your income and expenses during a set period of time. A detailed budgeting process allows you to analyse your whole business into parts and their respective functionality. Technology/software businesses specifically run a risk of cost-overrun in a few areas if not properly researched in detail.

Financial statements record everything that happened during a certain time period and enables owners to analyse the financial health of their organisation as well as the internal and external processes of the company. Let us look at how financial statements can be key to a company’s growth.

A software company usually incurs a heavy investment both for human resources as well as IT systems during its initial phase. As much as we would like to reduce the burden of hiring and buying, there is always a basic cost that a company has to bear. And, so it is important to get the accounting process right.

Do you have strong cash management capabilities? In generic terms, cash management refers to the handling of cash that comes into and out of your business. It is also defined as the process of collecting, managing and monitoring cash for a business. Cash management is a key driver for any company’s stability.

Some key reasons why you might be on the lookout for financial management software business could be: a) Scaling up from a small to a medium business, b) Moving from an offline (desktop-based) system to a cloud-based system, c) Expanding your business geographically or d) Expanding into a different product/service market.

Many business owners I talk to don't have a problem growing their business, they have a problem managing that growth. Often when a business grows rapidly without being prepared it can lead to strains on the owner’s time, stretched resources, unhappy and disengaged employees and pressure on the finances of the business.

No doubt that as a small business owner you will want to know the headline figures but you may also have to do the bulk of the bookkeeping to keep costs down. “How hard can bookkeeping be? I’ll just do it myself.” This isn't an unusual thought for some small business owners but the reality can be quite different.