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Take inventory of your biz

By Elayne Fluker | Published January 10, 2011 | Full size is 500 × 320 pixels

2) Take inventory: Monitor your business activities so you can keep a log on how money is spent. Although it’s timely, measure the amount of water, energy and other resources your business uses. This can be done by walking around your place of business and taking an account of assets and materials used, suggests Kaplan. She adds reviewing your bills and accounting records to see both the number and the dollar amounts spent on line item goods and services as well as assembling a list of all your business expenses by dollar amounts in descending order will help.

2) Take inventory: Monitor your business activities so you can keep a log on how…