3. • ‘entrepreneurship is a process
through which individuals
identify opportunities, allocate
resources, and create value.
This creation of value is often
through the identification of
unmet needs or through the
identification of opportunities
for change’
5. An entrepreneur is one who always
searches for change, responds to
it and exploits it as an opportunity.
Innovation is the basic tool of
entrepreneurs, the means by which
they exploit change as an
opportunity for different business
of service.
7. Six Ways Financial Management
Helps Your enterprise Succeed
2. Manage Customers and Sales.
Know and understand your customers
3. Production.
through consolidated records.
1. Cash Flow. Obtain goods and
Track the money services. Apply for and
going in and out of establish credit with
your enterprise. your vendors.
YOUR
enterprise 4. Compliance.
Report your
6. Funding.
company’s incomes,
To be considered for
expenses, and payroll
a loan or investment,
accurately to the IRS.
you’ll need complete
financial statements.
5. Insight and Decision Making.
Make informed decisions – and price your product or
service for profitability – with financial reports
8. Kinds of Ethical Issues
• Ethical Issues in entrepreneurial Operations
– Income and expense reporting (income tax
fraud)
– “Truth in advertising”—persuasion and
deception
– Bribing customers and rigging bids
– Direct selling—pyramid schemes, bait-and-
switch selling
– Effect of owners’ ethics on their employees
– Accurately reporting financial information
9. Kinds of Ethical Issues (cont’d)
• Ethical Issues and Employees
– “To do an honest day’s work”
– Fraudulent workers’ compensation claims
– Theft of company property and embezzlement
of funds
– Violation of personal ethics to make a sale
11. Governance is the activity
of governing. It relates to
decisions that define
expectations, grant power
or verify performance
12. Governance in its
widest sense refers to
how any organization,
including a nation is
run. It includes all the
processes, systems
and controls that are
used to safeguard and
grow assets.
14. If there were a
recipe for good
governance what
would be on the
ingredients list?
•Reporting
•Performance management
•Financial management
•Contract management
•Demand management
•Risk management
15. good reporting is …
Regular
Clear
Complete
Unequivocal metrics
Fit for purpose metrics
19. Demand management
• It still has to be about the
customer
• Collaboration between
customer and supplier will
make all the difference
• Keep it visible
Why take the time to learn and use financial management methods? Accounting is the language of business, so you and other parties (banks, IRS, etc.) should all speak the same language. Stay on top of your cash flow: Track money in and out of your business. Even a profitable business can go bankrupt if it doesn’t track cash flow. Manage your customers and sales: Track what they are buying, keep records up-to-date so you can contact them Production & Inventory: Know how to obtain goods and services from your vendors and establish credit Once your records are centralized, you can create reports for a variety of important activities: Filing with the IRS Understanding how your business is doing (this will help on pricing products and services) Sharing your financial picture with third parties (banks, SBA, etc.) to secure loans And then of course, tracking the money going in and out of your newly larger business. All companies, even huge established one’s with billions in revenue and tens of thousands of employees rely on financial management for these six areas. Whatever your business, sound financial practices are a toolset that can help you get the greatest return from your efforts.