C-Suite Assistants

AUGUST 12, 2024

As a business owner, you have many responsibilities, from overseeing daily business operations and marketing and sales campaigns to creating a business plan, financial management and bookkeeping, customer service, and ensuring legal compliance. Some owners will try to handle everything with a small staff.

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Ruby

JULY 8, 2019

TripIt Timesheet TMetrics Harvest Homebase General Business Information and Guidance Business ownership can be a tough, unpredictable, and at times lonely experience. Fundera Lendio SmartBiz EquityNet Accounting and Bookkeeping Unless you’re a CPA, you probably didn’t get into business to work with financial information all day.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2022

I had this mindset of “we’re a small business, we have to do everything ourselves” but that isn’t always true. I set up a meeting with a bookkeeper to get us sorted out. So, right after my letter was posted I took action. Clearly we’re not good at money so we need help with it!

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Ruby

MAY 30, 2023

It takes time not only to gain experience as a working attorney but also to learn how to run a business. From bookkeeping, office administration, and HR issues to marketing, website maintenance, and customer relationship management, running a firm is a full-time job by itself. It takes months of preparation just to plan for it.

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Success

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

Your accountant can help you with that, or you can learn about them in the IRS Tax Guide for Small Business. You’ll Need To Pay Quarterly Estimated Business Taxes—Federal, State And Local As an employee, you had taxes taken out of your paychecks and only needed to file an annual tax return.

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Fellow

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

While its pricing does get quite expensive once you need more features, there are also usually numerous promotions or small business packages to leverage. This makes it a great tool for accountants or bookkeepers who are short on time and need to automate manual data entry and calculations.

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JULY 5, 2021

I work for my husband in a small business. We have a successful business with a crew of 10 and I work in the office with someone he has known for years who has done the business administration, including bookkeeping, and who knows all of the company details. I’ve been over-sharing at work — how do I reset?

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NOVEMBER 12, 2014

I’ve recently started trying to learn the ropes at my dad’s small business. He has an office manager who runs the day to day business. My father depends on her totally to run the office, dispatch employees, and handle all bookkeeping. He is getting older and works less and less. with a one-hour lunch.

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MAY 17, 2016

I’ve been working as a personal/administrative assistant for a small-business owner since 2011. I’ve done everything from academic research for a book she was writing to bookkeeping for her business, marketing, and website management. I track my own hours and invoice her business.

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JULY 4, 2018

I own a small business that is experiencing significant growth and had been shopping around for accountants experienced in my particular business. My mom started working for an outsourcing payroll/finance/bookkeeping/admin company at the beginning of the year. It’s four answers to four questions. Here we go….

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BMT Office Administration

JUNE 26, 2023

In particular, traditional business financing options like bank loans have been declining since 2020 — where they fell 6% from 2019 (43% to 37%, respectively). That trend continued in 2021, with only 34% of small businesses applying for bank loans. After all, if you wanted to start a business, how would you acquire capital?

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Success

DECEMBER 26, 2022

So why do 90% of small businesses fail in the first few years? It’s because most new entrepreneurs don’t end up doing what they love, but spend their waking hours on payroll, bookkeeping and clogged toilets instead of making those artisanal flourless cupcakes.

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JANUARY 14, 2022

” So I set myself up to offer bookkeeping and virtual admin/executive assistant services for small businesses and business owners. Then I hit social media, my local network of friends, business organizations, freelancer job boards, anywhere I could think to get myself out there.

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Thrive Workplace

APRIL 24, 2025

Running a business is like spinning platesyou can keep them going for a while, but eventually, something will drop. The key to running your small business successfully and achieving sustainable growth isnt doing it all yourself; its knowing what to delegate.

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Success

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

She turned to consulting small businesses since she had a background in finance and accounting. What started as a few clients grew into BookSmarts Accounting & Bookkeeping , which is now a seven-figure, all-women business. Groberg needed to earn money remotely at a time when remote work wasn’t yet common.

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Success

MARCH 19, 2025

Start by assessing if the role is an essential support in carrying out the business mission. For example, if you run a bookkeeping business with a mission to help fellow business owners track their expenses correctly and find savings, then the role of a senior bookkeeper is a key component to fulfilling your mission.

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Success

APRIL 9, 2025

Social Media Management Scheduling and curating posts for small businesses. Content Writing Creating blog posts, product descriptions or social media content. Transcription Converting audio files into written text.

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C-Suite Assistants

APRIL 22, 2025

Do you spend so much time running daily operations at a start-up or small business that you have no time for your personal life? Other Responsibilities Assist with research, gather data, handle payments and bookkeeping, and manage domestic staff. receptionist, social media expert, scheduler, bookkeeper, etc.).

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MARCH 11, 2021

(As an example, I’m a trainer, and there are some organizations in the UK that I work for and I cannot talk about what they do because it’s subject to the Official Secrets Act or because they deal with confidential / personal information about, say, children in care.)”

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Work Life

MARCH 18, 2025

businesses are technically considered small businesses. Thats where Every comes in.Every is a platform that helps startup founders with incorporation, banking, payroll, benefits, bookkeeping, and taxes. Gusto For rolling out an AI assistant that can handle even the thorniest of payroll questions According to the U.S.

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