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To succeed in business, you need to understand finance. Read these tutorials to learn how to read financial statements, how to manage your finances better, and more.

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  • The Best Invoice Payment Terms to Avoid Past Due Invoices

    The Best Invoice Payment Terms to Avoid Past Due Invoices

    Andrew Blackman
    1. Shopify or Not? A Cost-Benefit Analysis of Shopify

      Shopify or Not? A Cost-Benefit Analysis of Shopify

      Tutorial Beginner

      When starting an e-commerce venture, one of the first and foremost considerations is where to host your online shop. I know this because I just helped my...

    2. How to Bootstrap Your Business and Turn Ideas Into Action

      How to Bootstrap Your Business and Turn Ideas Into Action

      Tutorial Beginner

      Bootstrapping is an innovative business philosophy that stresses simplicity and results over bureaucracy and tradition. In my previous post in this series, I...

    3. An Introduction to Bootstrapping Your Online Business

      An Introduction to Bootstrapping Your Online Business

      Tutorial Beginner

      Over the past several years a new economy has risen out of the remains of the dot-com bubble. Between that bubble bursting and the later uncertainty provoked...

    4. How to Monetize Your Authority Blog

      How to Monetize Your Authority Blog

      Tutorial Beginner

      We've made it! After nine posts covering everything from picking a blog topic to choosing high quality plugins for your site, our series on building a...

    5. Best of Both Worlds: How to Build a Freelance/Passive Business Online

      Best of Both Worlds: How to Build a Freelance/Passive Business Online

      Tutorial Beginner

      In my experience, the worlds of freelancing and passive income are often perceived as being at odds with each other. This is something that I initially...

    6. 6 Budget Planning Steps to Professional Project Estimates

      6 Budget Planning Steps to Professional Project Estimates

      Tutorial Beginner

      Freelancers are often faced with the question of how much to charge for a project. When the project is similar to others you have done, then you have a good...

    7. How to Offer Ongoing Freelance Services on Retainer

      How to Offer Ongoing Freelance Services on Retainer

      Tutorial Beginner

      Landing a few clients who keep you on retainer, paying you a set amount each month, can do a lot to even out a freelancer’s income. While most clients...

    8. How to Make $5000+ a Month Building Websites Part-Time

      How to Make $5000+ a Month Building Websites Part-Time

      Tutorial Beginner

      I had a problem. Two problems, actually. The first problem was that my wife and I needed to come up with just over $26,000 to meet our goal of getting out of...

    9. Proof of Income: A Freelance Problem

      Proof of Income: A Freelance Problem

      Tutorial Beginner

      If you're renting an apartment or buying a new home, you'll probably be asked to provide proof of your income. In some cases, the same goes when starting a...

    10. 8 Things You Should Include In Your Terms of Service Agreement

      8 Things You Should Include In Your Terms of Service Agreement

      Tutorial Beginner

      By submitting a comprehensive Terms of Service Agreement to your client beforehand and having them return confirmation to agree to abide by your terms, you...

    11. 9 Steps to Starting Your Freelance Web Design Business

      9 Steps to Starting Your Freelance Web Design Business

      Tutorial Beginner

      So, you want to be a freelance web designer? Ah, the glamor of it all. Your own boss, answering only to the call of your creative muse… get up, feel...