075 - Taking Charge of Your Finances as an Entrepreneur

Taking charge of your finances as an entrepreneur is one of the hardest things to do when building your business, but it's the most important!   This week's episode of Good Girls Get Rich is brought to you by Uplevel Media and CEO and founder, Karen Yankovich discusses her thoughts with special guest Dawn Brolin on how to take charge of your Finances as an Entrepreneur. In this podcast, the discuss many mindsets on how to manage your money as a solopreneur or entrepreneur and give key resources on how to do so.   Dawn Brolin is a CPA, CFE and CEO of Powerful Accounting LLC. Dawn is a nationally recognized accounting tax, forensic and fraud and IRS representation, as well as a quickbooks consulting firm. Dawns list of professional accomplishments include speaking and consulting for prestigious companies. She was named top 100 most influential people in accounting in 2018 by Accounting Today, top 25 most powerful women in accounting from 2012-2017 by CPA practice advisor, top 10 managing partner by elite great accounting firm leader in 2017 by Accounting Today, top 40 under 40 in 2009 by CPA Technology Magazine.     #GoodGirlsGetRich We want to hear your thoughts on this episode! Leave us a message onSpeakpipeor email us at [email protected].   Episode Spotlights: Recap of last weeks episode (1:00) Meet Dawn Brolin, CFE, CPA and CEO of Powerful Accounting LLC. (4:30) What Dawn tells all entrepreneurs and small business owners at the start of their work together (6:31) How to get out of the entrepreneur mindset of being "paycheck to paycheck: (9:46) The Profit First Mindset and Model (14:05) The importance of knowing the numbers of your business model (22:15) What made Dawn decide to be an entrepreneur (27:05) Dawns experience working with fraud (28:51) Ways to securely track and store expenses and documents (33:23) A tool for entrepreneurs to store receipts and store info incase of an IRS audit (38:47) Where to find more information about Dawn (42:42) Resources Mentioned In This Episode: Free LinkedIn TipsSeries By UpLevel Media Profit First by Mike Michalowicz Right Signature, a way to document credit cards Docusign, a way to implement electronic signatures SmartVault, an online document storage and secure file sharing system Receipt Bank, a way to store receipts QuickBooks, the accounting software Dawn implements for clients and herself Dawn's business Powerful Accountingthat helps service businesses accounting needs All the information you need about Dawn Brolinand how to work with her. Dawn's upcoming Fight Against Fraudproject to educate business owners Free Facebook Groupto discuss LinkedIn strategy and building your business   Help Us Spread The Word! It would be awesome if you shared the Good Girls Get Rich Podcast with your fellow entrepreneurs on twitter.Click here to tweet some love!   If this episode has taught you just one thing, I would love if you could head on over to Apple Podcasts and SUBSCRIBE TO THE SHOW! And if you're moved to, kindlyleave us a rating and review.Maybe you'll get a shout out on the show! Ways to Subscribe to Good Girls Get Rich: Click here to subscribe via Apple Podcasts Click here to subscribe via PlayerFM You can also subscribe via Stitcher Good Girls Get Rich is also on Spotify Take a listen on Podcast Addict