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What Acting Taught Me About Running A Business
Kirsten Barrie Kirsten Barrie

What Acting Taught Me About Running A Business

I was a guest on a podcast earlier this week and was asked what acting taught me about running a business. While running an acting career is its own type of business – one of the big takeaways I got from it was learning how to love the minutia of the daily tasks.

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How Do I Make Sure I’m Making a Profit with My Business?
Kirsten Barrie Kirsten Barrie

How Do I Make Sure I’m Making a Profit with My Business?

This week I'd like to chat about making that profit y'all!

Unless you’re lucky enough to be Rent the Runway running at and IPOing at a loss (!) then you usually need to be profitable. In short, that means taking in more money than it costs to exist. We approach that rather pragmatically.

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Finance Freebie Friday
Kirsten Barrie Kirsten Barrie

Finance Freebie Friday

Welcome to Finance Freebie Fridays where I provide a virtual open office hours for business CFO questions.I try to suggest a weekly topic to get the ball rolling but ask anything. This week I'd like to chat about Financial Wellness and Mindfulness.

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Finance Freebie Friday
Kirsten Barrie Kirsten Barrie

Finance Freebie Friday

This week I'd like to chat about business bank accounts. Someone asked about this in another group that I'm in and I have a few thoughts, hope they help!

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Finance Freebie Friday
Kirsten Barrie Kirsten Barrie

Finance Freebie Friday

I try to suggest a weekly topic to get the ball rolling but ask anything. This week I want to talk about the difference between various accounting roles.

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Finance Freebie Friday
Kirsten Barrie Kirsten Barrie

Finance Freebie Friday

This week I'd like to chat about software stack. While not obvious as how that relates to your business finances - it does! The software stack is the combination of apps that you are using to run your business.

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Finance Freebie Friday
Kirsten Barrie Kirsten Barrie

Finance Freebie Friday

This week I'd like to chat about when to actually start having your accounting done with your business.

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Budgeting Tips for Digital Nomads
Kirsten Barrie Kirsten Barrie

Budgeting Tips for Digital Nomads

I delivered a keynote last week at Bansko Nomad Fest to quite a full auditorium. I nervously assumed 3 people would show up but it turns out this was a popular topic! Here’s my budgeting tips to apply personally as a digital nomad.

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Business Owners - Are You Choosing the Right Apps?
Kirsten Barrie Kirsten Barrie

Business Owners - Are You Choosing the Right Apps?

I’m very excited about the advent of so many cloud-based apps now. They make doing business much easier. But it can be daunting to know which apps to use. This is the first article in a series on figuring out the best apps to support your business’ back end.

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Creating Goals for the New Year
Kirsten Barrie Kirsten Barrie

Creating Goals for the New Year

Can you believe it's almost 2020? Well don't get too nostalgic, let's get to planning!

Let's break down your goals into monthly targets. If you want to make $1M this year, divide that by 12 and work backwards. That's $83,333 each month. Get to it!

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Women - 5 Reasons That Your $1M Business Needs to Outsource its Accounting
Kirsten Barrie Kirsten Barrie

Women - 5 Reasons That Your $1M Business Needs to Outsource its Accounting

You started your company from your kitchen as a side hustle then grew it enough to quit that job where you your boss, George, thought it was endearing to call you “sweetie”. You did it all: instagram posts, client work, networking events, and of course the books. You’re still staying up to 11 cross-eyed wondering what your CPA is talking about. Your books are a mess. So here’s the scoop:

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