If you’ve ever watched the show Shark Tank, you know that all of the investors flip out when the entrepreneurs pitching to them don’t know their numbers. It took me a few years into entrepreneurship to understand the gravity of those moments because, as my favorite entrepreneurship professor would always say, cash is king. While I am by no means perfect at this, I do make it a habit to be consistently in the numbers of all my businesses and my own personal budget, so that I have an understanding of where my money is coming from and going. Because this is an area that absolutely terrifies most entrepreneurs, I’m going to give you my top tips to make this whole process a little bit simpler!

Business, EntrepreneurshipGriffin HillFebruary 2, 2023business owner, finances, accounting, know your numbers, entrepreneurship, entrepreneurComment

Success is Scaling Back

If you haven’t noticed, I’ve gone very quiet on this blog for the last 3 years. Some of that was the transition into motherhood, starting another business, and just being burned out on social media and cancel culture, if I’m being honest. I had run hard towards building my blog and my brand for the better part of 7 years, and I couldn’t handle the pace I had set for myself.

The "Freedom" of Being an Entrepreneur

Because I’ve been self-employed since I was 22, I often have conversations where friends and acquaintances express that they, too, desire the freedom of being an entrepreneur. On one hand, I will always, always root for people to take charge of their careers and be entrepreneurial. I don’t regret it for a minute, and I can’t imagine working any other way.

If You Don't Know How to Handle It

About 6 years ago now, my first Pure Barre studio was in the works. I had signed my franchise agreement, scheduled my move to COS, and was spending my days trying to graduate college and begin my future. If you’ve never read the story, feel free to scroll far back in the Business section of this blog and get the full scoop from 2014. If you told me back then that I would one day be closed because of a global pandemic, well, I wouldn’t have known how to handle that.

My Best and Worst Quality as a Boss

The other day, I was listening to a podcast interview with Jenna Kutcher and Ed Mylett, and she was talking about how she is unemotional in business. As a woman, that sounds like a strange quality to admit, but I have to agree that I relate to her. It’s not that things don’t hurt my feelings at work - bad reviews, disgruntled staff, and a lack of work ethic definitely grind my gears more than I’d like to admit, but I have a pretty level head when it comes to shaking off the unimportant moments to move forward. But, their conversation got me thinking about what my best and worst quality as a boss might be.

How to Successfully Work with Your Friends...Even When Everyone Tells You Not To

I come from a family of entrepreneurs, and I was warned at a young age not to do business with my friends. All the logic behind it makes sense. Friends and money don’t mix. Friends and the stress of work don’t mix. Who wants to boss around (or be bossed around by) their friends, after all? It opens up the door to heartache, difficult conversations, and the risk of splintered relationships that will never recover. But I also firmly believe that it can be done.

Competing Against Yourself

The older I get, the more I realize that perfectionism feels like you're racing yourself, and there are no limits. There is no finish line, no max speed, no goal that's out of reach. The world is at your fingertips, so you keep pushing forward, all the while aware of the fact that you're on a hamster wheel that never stops turning.

Staying Emotionally Healthy as an Entrepreneur

My passions for wellness and nutrition not only keep me grounded, they have helped me to realize that prioritizing my emotional and physical health in business is the best thing I can do to be a good leader for my people.