Cash is King (and why Profit isn’t the same as Cash)

Cash is King. This is an unchallenged fact.  Out of all the assets you have in your business, cash is arguably the most important one.  I just came back from a Xero roadshow over here in Hamilton on 22 October 2019 and there were some interesting numbers thrown about. My #onething that I took away

Interest Rates are Interesting!

Interest rates! We all have heard of them and surely we all know what they are! Ok, so quickly, lemme pose a question to you: What are interest rates? “Interest rates are return on investments and they compound!” – All you investor types are shouting “Interest rates are what banks charge you when you borrow

Money loses value over time

What if I told you that money decreases in value over time? Yup, you read me right (you can read that line again if you want to) – money decreases in value over time. This is what we call in accounting-ese the ‘Time Value of Money’. There are many Big Economic™ reasons why money decreases