I often run their businesses on small irrelevant things entrepreneurs to micro-administración and not properly supervise the business duties and functions that require the utmost attention to detail.
Small businesses have always had to run "lean and mean". With a small team, you may need to carry more than one hat at a time. You may be acting as CEO one day and the next driver while always with his hat's sales manager. This can be a good way to save the cost of management, but be careful. There are many "jobs" that can be delegated and some that should just not be. If you are the owner, remember that no matter what someone from your staff says or does, you are responsible for the decision ultimately. It is his signature on contracts and his personal guarantee for loans and concessions. Not even consider the reputation of your company, growth potential or lost opportunities if something goes wrong.
I am a great believer in the delegation of tasks. For example, obtain a loan in the Bank or other financing involves a large amount of paperwork. There is usually a long list of documents that need to be prepared and delivered to the lender. But it is your responsibility to ensure one time to collect documents that verify each rather than leave his Office.
In the past few months I've seen companies hurt to apply for loans by relying too much on employees and not having good supervision. These are some examples of what can go wrong:
Titles of management not coincidence of all the documents loan. If a controller and executive director, to decide what is its official title before filling in the application. Sending of documents which appears to him as Director-General in a single document and have another person appears as CEO in another is a red flag for any lender.
Get a new loan will require a statement of "use of the funds". Make sure that appear necessary funds of all and what they are. Also make sure that they are within the guidelines of what the source of funding will be loans against. If put down $XX of "goodwill", and the origin of loans only provide against hard drive assets, the paper creates problems.
Personal financial statements must be signed within 90 days of the presentation. I've seen many loan applicants only re-date the document. This is fine if nothing has changed, but there is a good chance of having things. Re Lee the full document in great detail before resigning. In some situations may need to pledge personal collateral for a loan. If you put a greater amount of money in cash and are reserved for the payment of taxes, you could create an obstacle for your approved loan. If active on your personal financial status are "reserved", so indicate.
Read all contracts before signing and then read them. If you don't understand something, to attend their directors of confidence (banker's Attorney, CPA, Manager of business) for help. Once you think that you understand the contract, explain it to your advisor to make sure that really covers all the details. Set aside a small detail or that incorrectly indicated could potentially costing billions of dollars.
Remember: No matter how long someone has worked for you or how relevant they are, everyone makes mistakes. Make sure that the error of another person doesn't cost you or your company.
Sam Thacker is a partner in Austin Texas based on business finance solutions
Direct email: sam@lesliethacker.com
Twitter: @ smbfinance
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