The Numbers Behind a Healthy Business That Every Owner Should Know

Revenue can look great on paper while the business underneath it is barely making money.

Todd breaks down the numbers every real estate media business owner should understand—from net profit and expenses to cost of goods and where your revenue is actually coming from. He also shares how losing $250,000 in revenue from a single client forced WoW to take a much harder look at its finances—and ultimately become a healthier business.

They also discuss what not to cut when money gets tight, preparing for the seasonality of real estate, keeping personal and business expenses separate, and why hiring a bookkeeper doesn’t mean you can stop acting as the CFO of your own company.

Chapters

00:00 — The $250,000 Text Message 00:51 — Welcome to the Spiro Podcast 05:14 — The Numbers Every Owner Needs to Know 08:22 — Business Is Numbers 10:48 — What Is a Healthy Net Profit? 15:00 — Cutting Expenses Without Cutting Growth 22:12 — Understanding Your Cost of Goods 25:01 — Where Is Your Revenue Actually Coming From? 28:23 — How WoW Survived Losing Half a Million Dollars 34:05 — Don’t Spend Your Best Month Like It Happens Every Month 36:14 — Separate Your Personal and Business Expenses 38:27 — You Are the CFO of Your Business 42:34 — QuickBooks, Xero & Tracking Your Numbers

That’s about the max I’d go on chapters for this one. The episode naturally has several distinct financial concepts, so fewer than that starts lumping together things people may specifically want to jump to.

Resources Mentioned

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