Accounting Resources for Growing Businesses

Practical guides, checklists, and explainers to help you keep clean books, understand your financial statements, close the month faster, and build a stronger accounting foundation.

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What Business Owners Need to Know About Accounting

Good accounting is more than recording transactions. It gives founders and leadership teams the financial visibility they need to manage cash, make decisions, prepare for tax season, and scale with confidence. The resources below cover the core accounting topics every growing business should understand.

How cash and accrual accounting differ

Why clean books matter for decision-making

What monthly close and reconciliations involve

When bookkeeping is no longer enough

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10 Steps to a 13-Week Cash Flow

February 8, 2026

Whenever GrowthLab builds a 13-week cash flow, we are guided by our 10 step approach to a 13-week Cash Flow.

What Does a Small Business CFO Really Do?

February 1, 2025

As a Small Business CFO, GrowthLab uses our deep financial expertise to analyze data and develop solid strategies that can help you meet (or even exceed) your goals. You can think of a Small Business CFO as your own personal financial consultant.

What is a Valuation Cap?

By Dan Gertrudes • July 1, 2024

Also known as a conversion cap, a valuation cap is designed to set the threshold for the convertible note so that an investor can own a larger stake of your company. It can help convince investors to pursue your company at its early stages and steer it toward success.

What Finance as a Service Actually Means

June 11, 2024

Finance-as-a-Service is more than just outsourcing your non-core functions or your back office. To start, let’s examine the needs of a mid-size business.