September 7, 2018
If you don’t want to get stiffed, know ahead of time how you plan to collect on overdue receivables. In any economy, there’s only one thing worse than not having work to do. That’s spending the time and effort to do the work . . . and still not getting paid. Frankly, I’d rather be sitting around twiddling my thumbs or reading trashy murder mysteries than doing work and getting stiffed. (How do I know? Been there, done that, got the T-shirt. ) And here’s an unpleasant thought: At some point in the course of your business, you will get stiffed. Probably more than once. I’ve been practicing for 15 years, and I can’t name a single client who never had a problem with receivables. As my colleague, Dawn Fotopulos, serial entrepreneur and principal of DF Consulting Inc. is fond of saying, “Cash is to your business as blood is to your body.” So how can you make sure the cash/blood keeps flowing? Have a plan. Don’t sit around surprised like a deer in the headlights when you’re faced with a…
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