Why more sales don’t always produce more profit
A practical guide to finding where additional revenue is disappearing before it reaches the bottom line.
Read the guideResources & tools
Practical tools for building a stronger business.
Running an established business creates questions every day.
- Where is the cash going?
- Are our margins strong enough?
- Do we have the right people?
- Are we focused on the right priorities?
- Is the business becoming stronger—or simply bigger?
Ask better questions, recognize problems earlier, and make better decisions.
Take the assessment
How strong is your business—really?
The 1CFOCenter business performance checkup
25 questions. 5 improvement areas.
Profit. Cash flow. Leadership. Priorities. Operations.
Your score is not the answer. It tells you where to start asking questions.
Start with a clearer picture.
Answer a short set of questions and see which areas deserve a closer look. Your answers stay in this browser tab.
Take the assessmentFive quick guides.
Short, practical starters on the issues that matter most.
Profitable—but still short of cash?
Seven places to look when the income statement says the company is profitable but the bank account disagrees.
Read the guideDoes too much still depend on you?
How to recognize when owner dependence is becoming a constraint on growth.
Read the guideToo many priorities may be your real problem.
Why three to five important objectives can outperform twenty initiatives competing for attention.
Read the guideWhy growth can make a good business harder to run.
Five warning signs that your operating system has not kept pace with the company.
Read the guideTools you can use in your business.
Fill in these starter worksheets, save a copy, or print them for your next management discussion.
13-week cash flow starter
A simple framework for seeing cash requirements before they become surprises.
Open the tool3–5 priority worksheet
Identify the few objectives that deserve management attention.
Open the toolOwner-dependence checklist
Ten questions to determine how much of the company still depends directly on you.
Open the toolMonthly business scorecard
A one-page framework for tracking the handful of numbers an owner should see every month.
Open the toolFrom the factory floor to the CEO’s chair.
Practical business insights.
The number I watch before profit
Why cash can tell you something the income statement cannot.
Read the insightWhen a good employee becomes the wrong manager
Growth sometimes changes what a position requires.
Read the insightThe most expensive word in business may be “later.”
Problems that management repeatedly postpones rarely become less expensive.
Read the insightDo you advise business owners?
When your client needs operating help
A recognition guide for CPAs, bankers, attorneys, wealth advisors, business brokers and other trusted professionals.
When is a client’s problem no longer just an accounting, banking, legal or financial-planning issue?
Want to go deeper?
Books by Erich Stolz
Practical operating, leadership, cash flow, enterprise value and business systems developed from decades of hands-on executive experience.
15 minutes. Owner to operator.
A tool can help you see the problem.
Sometimes you need someone beside you to solve it. If one of these resources identifies something in your business that concerns you, start with the problem.
Let’s talk for 15 minutes
Erich Stolz, CTP
832-372-5419
CFO@1CFOcenter.com