never spend dollars counting pennies

Marina once watched a business spend more than $100,000 in two years switching point of sale systems, all to save a few hundred dollars a month. In this episode of Mocktails with Marina, she breaks down why so many kava bar, non-alc lounge, and booze-free bottle shop owners lose real money trying to save money, and why the hours you spend counting pennies cost more than the pennies themselves.

Grab a pen. You'll work out what an hour of your time is actually worth, and it might change the next decision you make.

In this episode:

The $100,000 lesson from four POS systems in two years
How to calculate what your hour is worth, and why most owners pay themselves $20 an hour without realizing it
Why cheap is the most expensive word in your business
How penny-pinching is usually fear, and why the instinct to save that kept many of our families afloat doesn't always serve a business
Knowing your numbers versus doing the counting, and which one is actually your job
Buying back your hours, and why that's the whole point of owning a business

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Questions? Email Marina at hello@marinamars.com.

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