Financials 101 for Starting a Business

136 South Dubuque Street,Iowa City IA 52240

22 March, 2023

Description

The Business Startup Speaker Series — presented by the Iowa City Area Development Group and NewBoCo — leads current and aspiring entrepreneurs + small business owners through a Step-By-Step guide of all the things you need to know when starting and growing your business. From Adminstrative Basics to Branding, we'll cover it all. Join us in Iowa City on Wednesday, March 22nd or in Cedar Rapids on Tuesday, March 28th for our third session on Financials 101 for Starting a Business. Session Learning Objectives: Establishing good financial practices is critically important for all startup businesses. Not only are good financial practices helpful for day-to-day accounting, but they can save business owners a lot of time, headaches, and unnecessary costs/expenses to clean things up. Upon completion of this module participants will have a better understanding of income statements, balance sheets, cash flow statements, budgeting, forecasting, and more. Featured Speaker: Aminata "Ami" Taylor, Founder of Tailored Tax & Accounting Aminata "Ami” Taylor has been helping bridge the gap between accounting and operations. She has over 10 years of progressive and comprehensive finance and operational experience with not-for-profit and small businesses. She is passionate about service and is motivated to give back to her community and State. Ami is experienced in a variety of financial functions including accounting, grants management, revenue cycle, procurement, budgeting, financial reporting, financial risk management, financial compliance, financial policy and procedure development, internal audit functions and external audit readiness. She understands how to identify and leverage data and dashboards as tools to gauge organizational health as well as smart growth. As a finance leader, Ami strives to cultivate a culture of service and optimism that has resulted in higher levels of employee retention, increased accuracy and greater productivity.