Sep 4, 2008

Avoid the Trap of Overspending in your Business


In putting up your new business and with much enthusiasm especially if you a new entrepreneur, you may fall into this trap and face the most not detrimental situation. You can follow these six practical tips in minimizing expenses and diminishing outflows of cash so as to avoid yourself and your business into falling into the overspending trap.

Overstocking of Inventory. In as much as you would like to benefit from the volume discount of the supplier, maintaining an inventory that will overstock will be a bad deal as it will entail more costs. You might order an initial inventory that is way above your normal operating requirements.

High Rental Cost. You may get tied for the cash due to the high rental cost as you may be able to get an office space that is too big for your business that is starting up. It may be hurting more for the business if the business will not pick up sooner than expected.

Too Many Employees. Avoid hiring as much employees as what you really need. To avoid this and avoid your payroll to balloon, better make sure first if you or the manager will be able to handle all the functions of the positions needed in the business.

High Depreciation Cost. It is not wise to buy the best of the office equipments and furniture if they are not as important to the business success. This is considered a big setback to the initial investment in your capital and will also amount to high expense in depreciation.

Credit Line Abuse. There are times when you will end up more unnecessary debt when your bank offers you a very high credit line and you will be lured in dealing your credit line as an additional capital infusion. And in time you will indulge to go on an expansion stage and you will invest so much on capital expenditures. And normally you use financing in a short term level for the long term investment, however you will begin to experience problems in your cash flow and abnormally high costs in interest.

Expenses are minimized and cash outflows will be controlled, therefore no more overspending traps for your business. I hope I helped you with these tips this time around.

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