Small Business

Add more clarity to your cash flow with YNAB.

More profit, less loss

You’re the boss of your business, but are you the boss of your finances? One of the hardest parts about owning a business is discovering all of the stuff that you need to know in order to succeed. You’re good at what you do, but are you good at the tasks that make what you do possible, and even more important, profitable? Learn how to apply best practices for money management to your bottom line.

How to master money in your business

Using YNAB

How to Set Up YNAB to Manage Your Business Finances

Every business needs a plan. Learn how to set YNAB up with helpful suggestions from a small business owner.

5 Best Budgeting Apps for Small Businesses

Looking for the best budgeting app for small businesses? We've done the research for you! Check out the 5 best small business budgeting apps.

I Use YNAB Instead of Quickbooks for Business

If you run a small business, YNAB may simplify your cashflow and provide you with more peace of mind for the future.

Beginning Balance Podcast

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Using Profit First in Your Budget

Budget Nerds Video

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A Small Business Tax Planning System That Works

Use a small business tax planning system that works—your budget. Learn how to set up YNAB to streamline tax season for your business.

Ashley McCann

April 6, 2022

How to Calculate Quarterly Taxes

Are you a small business owner who feels overwhelmed at tax time? Learn how to calculate quarterly taxes to reduce the sting of that expense.

Jesse Mecham

March 15, 2022

The YNAB Method

Beginning Balance: A Podcast for Small Business Owners

Beginning Balance is a podcast for small business owners who are ready to conquer cash flow, save their sanity, and build their bottom line.

Ashley McCann

December 13, 2021

Using YNAB

How to Use YNAB for Your Small Business

Looking for user-friendly business budgeting software? Streamline budgeting by using YNAB to manage your personal and business finances.

Kait Pogorevc

November 11, 2021

You Need A Money Management Tool for Your Business

YNAB helps the risk-avoider take calculated risks and helps the risk-taker be more calculating. Learn how to use YNAB for your small business.

Jesse Mecham

October 21, 2021

Variable Income

Small Business Budget: See a Real Example

Working on your small business budget but not sure where to start? See a real-life example to help you create your budget.

A YNABer Somewhere

September 22, 2021

Using YNAB

How to Set Up YNAB to Manage Your Business Finances

Every business needs a plan. Learn how to set YNAB up with helpful suggestions from a small business owner.

Erin Lowell

September 6, 2021

5 Best Budgeting Apps for Small Businesses

Looking for the best budgeting app for small businesses? We've done the research for you! Check out the 5 best small business budgeting apps.

Ashley McCann

September 3, 2021

I Use YNAB Instead of Quickbooks for Business

If you run a small business, YNAB may simplify your cashflow and provide you with more peace of mind for the future.

Erin Gobler

December 15, 2020

Payday Loans for Small Business: Watch Out

Of course, the ads don’t call them payday loans. They mask these loans as something fancy: Factoring, invoice financing, receivables financing, asset-based lending, etc. It’s all the same thing. It’s just like you, as a small business owner, walking down to the nearest payday lender and getting some cash.

Jesse Mecham

June 17, 2016

How YNAB Helped Me Launch A Profitable Business

YNAB helped me keep things in balance those first 6 months of business. I was able to understand my constraints, which encouraged creativity.

YNAB

May 3, 2016

YNAB's Business Category Setup in YNAB…Revealed.

"Revealed" is such a hokey marketing word. But I just returned from MicroConf in Vegas and hokey marketing is on the brain. In working with a lot of small business YNABers over the past little while, I was asked how I (Jesse) have set up YNAB's (the business) categories in YNAB (the software).

Jesse Mecham

April 18, 2014

5 Common Cash Flow Mistakes

Small businesses fail because they manage cash poorly. You don’t want to make that mistake - so take care of your cash!

Jesse Mecham

April 17, 2014

Variable Income

Use YNAB to Track Accounts Receivable REALLY Easily

You can track anything in YNAB, really. If you’re a small business owner, freelancer, etc. you could certainly use YNAB to track your Accounts Receivable.

Jesse Mecham

January 15, 2014

One Simple Way to Increase Your Income

I hope to create a $200,000 per year income within the next three years or so. Here's how I'm planning on getting there.

Mark Butler

August 1, 2013

One Year of Using YNAB for YNAB (the Business)

It’s been about a year since I moved YNAB to YNAB, and I wanted to report how it’s been going. In a word, awesome. Speed Monthly bookkeeping used to be the absolute bane of my existence (and I’m a trained accountant, so it’s not that the stuff is technically hard for me). I hated it.

Jesse Mecham

March 13, 2013

Can You Run Your Business on YNAB?

Laugh if you will, but I fell for the line that once I formed YNAB into a “real company” (meaning I actually filed papers and all of that), I would need appropriate accounting software to run the show.

Jesse Mecham

February 28, 2012

Put Your Small Business on a Budget

Be aware of the fact that your Business Self and Home Self may be two different people. Build a better small business budget to protect both.

Jesse Mecham

September 10, 2010

A Small Business Tax Crash Course

In this little Small Business Tax Crash Course, we’ll cover: quarterlies, profits vs. distributions, and self-employment tax

Jesse Mecham

September 9, 2010

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Small Business

Add more clarity to your cash flow with YNAB.

More profit, less loss

How to master money in your business

How to Set Up YNAB to Manage Your Business Finances

5 Best Budgeting Apps for Small Businesses

I Use YNAB Instead of Quickbooks for Business