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Candy Messer brings together useful ideas on money, leadership, systems, and the decisions that give owners more freedom.

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Bookkeeping Red Flags: Are Your Books Really Current?

Bookkeeping red flags can reveal that your financial records are incomplete, even when transactions appear in your accounting software. Learn what to check and which questions to ask before relying on your numbers.

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Prevent Entrepreneur Burnout With Better Brain Performance

Prevent entrepreneur burnout by strengthening the mental clarity and energy you need to make decisions, solve problems, and lead effectively. This episode explores practical ways to support your brain without overhauling your entire life.

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Profit vs. Cash Flow: Where Did Your Money Go?

Profit vs. cash flow explains why your business can show a profit while your bank account feels empty. Learn how pricing, labor costs, owner distributions, and payment timing can affect the money you have available.

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Financial Reports and KPIs: Look Beyond Your Bank Balance

Financial reports and KPIs give you a clearer picture of your business than your bank balance alone. Learn which numbers can reveal trends, risks, and opportunities before a small concern becomes a crisis.

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Build Lasting Wealth by Changing Your Money Mindset

Gino Barbaro shares how your beliefs and emotions around money can influence your ability to build lasting wealth. Learn how healthier financial habits, diversified investments, and a stronger money mindset can support financial freedom and a lasting legacy.

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Candy Messer explains how sole proprietors, LLC members, and corporate shareholders should pay themselves based on their business structure and tax classification.

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How to Pay Yourself as a Business Owner

https://youtu.be/Y1FCc2-DlnI How to pay yourself as a business owner depends on your business structure and how it is taxed. Transferring money from your business account to your personal account does not automaticall…

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Christopher Swing joins Candy Messer to discuss how business owners can lead with integrity, learn from failure, build stronger teams, and maintain trust through growth and change.

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Leadership Lessons for Business Owners: How to Lead With Integrity

Leadership lessons for business owners often focus on strategy, decision-making, and managing people. But strong leadership starts with something more fundamental: trust. Leaders who remain consistent, understand thei…

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In this Quick Tip episode of Biz Help For You, Candy Messer explains what employers should know about school-related leave laws, employee time-off requests, and ways to support working parents while staying compliant.

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School-Related Leave Laws: What Employers Need to Know

https://youtu.be/9T3v9b_iPvI School-related leave laws can become especially important for employers when a new school year begins. Employees who are parents may need time away from work for parent-teacher conferences…

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In this episode of Biz Help For You, Candy Messer shares four important year-end bookkeeping steps business owners should take now to understand their finances, prepare for tax season, and make informed decisions before the year ends.

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Year-End Bookkeeping: 4 Things to Do Now

https://youtu.be/EaQ0p0TtqcU Year-end bookkeeping is something many business owners put off until the calendar turns to January. But waiting until the new year to review your books can make it much harder to understan…

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Alba Hatcher shares practical ways entrepreneurs can prioritize their health, build sustainable habits, and make time for themselves without waiting for the perfect schedule.

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Entrepreneur Health: Why Your Health Is Part of Your Business Plan

https://youtu.be/zjlP2Khue4A Entrepreneur health is easy to push aside when your business, family, clients, and responsibilities all seem to need your attention. When your schedule is already full, exercise, recovery,…

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Dennis McCurdy joins Candy Messer to explore why taking action before you feel ready, building accountability, and learning through experience are essential to creating confidence and momentum.

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Stop Waiting to Feel Ready: Take Action and Build Momentum

https://youtu.be/TWamgbxHwL4 Stop waiting to feel ready if fear, uncertainty, or perfectionism is keeping you from taking the next step. In this episode of Biz Help For You, Candy Messer sits down with Dennis McCurdy…

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