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Notes on the books.
Practical writing on SMB accounting, expense ops, and how we think about finance software.
The 13-week cash forecast, demystified
Every CFO knows what a 13-week is. Most operators we talk to either don't, or have a vague idea anchored in a complicated spreadsheet. Here's what the forecast actually is — and the half-dozen mistakes that make it useless.
Why your reconciliation Friday is a process smell
If you can predict the day of the month you'll be reconciling, your data model is leaking somewhere. We've seen the pattern often enough to suggest a fix.
Audit-grade defaults
Software for finance has a special obligation. The defaults shipped should make the auditor's life easier — not the operator's. The operator's life follows from there.