CEO Numbers Network with Danielle Hayden

Cathi Nelson is the CEO of The Photo Managers and has a passion for photos and storytelling. She helps small business owners become professional photo managers and also educates consumers on the importance of saving and organizing their photos and videos.   Today, Cathi joins me to talk about her journey as an accidental entrepreneur and how she got her start with her unique business. She's also chatting about how she's been able to evolve her money mindset as she's shifted her business model and increased her revenue streams.  Join Cathi and me in this information-packed episode to learn why it's so important to have multiple streams of revenue as a female entrepreneur and how you can start diversifying your income today.  Other key takeaways you can expect in today's episode:  How Cathi got started in this unique business 2:00 The importance of knowing who you are as an entrepreneur 8:24  What motivated Cathi to have more than one stream of income 13:21 Changing your mindset to be open to having multiple streams of income 16:58 Why it's so important to have more than one revenue stream 19:41   Prefer to read this? Check out the blog here   Connect with Cathi:  Visit her website | Visit The Photo Managers FREE DOWNLOAD Connect with Danielle: Follow on Instagram  Like our sponsor's page on Facebook  Get Started TODAY  

Christa Gurka is a fitness and wellness business coach and an Orthopedic Physical Therapist specializing in Pilates-based rehabilitation. Christa owns, operates, and teaches at Pilates in the Grove, located in South Florida.   In this episode, Christa joins me to share the details on how she grew her business to seven figures and expanded her team while keeping the freedom and flexibility of a healthy work-life balance.    Join us in this episode to learn more about the importance of forming your businesses core values and why improving your mindset can make a big difference in the expansion of your business.    In this episode Christa and I also discuss:    Christa's mission and how she got started as an entrepreneur 3:11 The turning point in her business 10:35 How to keep your core values front and center in your business 19:06 Finding your non-negotiables 35:01 Joining a mastermind program and why it can be a game changer 42:24   Connect with Christa:    Podcast | https://www.christagurka.com/podcast Website | https://www.christagurka.com/ Connect with Danielle:   Website | Kickstart Accounting Facebook | Kickstart Accounting Inc. - Home | Facebook Instagram | Kickstart Accounting, Inc. (@kickstartaccounting) • Instagram photos and videos Twitter | Kickstart Accounting Inc. (@KickstartAcct) / Twitter   Get Started:  https://kickstartaccountinginc.com/get-started/   Book your FREE Discovery call: https://kickstartaccountinginc.com/book-a-call/ Test your Financial Health: https://kickstartaccountinginc.com/checkmyfinancialhealth/   Learn how to pay yourself as a CEO - https://www.kickstartaccountinginc.com/getpaid  

Erin Holston Singh, N.D. is the founder of the Ohio Association of Naturopathic Doctors (OHNDA) and has been in private practice since 1999. She had her first brush with natural medicine at 15 years old when her mother developed a perplexing and seemingly incurable health condition. This opened up a fascinating new world full of possibilities and ignited her passion for true healing. In this episode, she's sharing her journey to establishing her own practice, and giving us an inside look at the money mindset shifts that allowed her to go from zero business experience to growing a million-dollar natural medicine business!   Connect with Erin: Website |  https://www.optionsnaturopathic.com/dr-erin/ Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/optionsnaturopathic   Connect with Danielle: Website | https://kickstartaccountinginc.com/ Facebook | https://www.facebook.com/kickstartaccountinginc/ Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/kickstartaccounting/ Twitter | https://twitter.com/KickstartAcct   Things Mentioned in Today's Episode: Schedule a FREE strategy call -https://kickstartaccountinginc.com/book-a-call/ What is your financial health? Take the FREE Quiz Here - https://quiz.tryinteract.com/#/6192948f1ab9670018ebce02

Revenue and team size get the attention, but neither tells you if you're running your business like a CEO. It comes down to three specific numbers, and whether you know them without guessing. In this episode of CEO Numbers Network, I get into three questions I ask every CEO about her own numbers: her year to date profit and profit percentage, what her business owns compared to what it owes, and whether her cash reserves are enough. I also cover three bookkeeping errors our team sees during onboarding that throw off each answer: draws coded as payroll or duplicated revenue, old loans still sitting on the balance sheet years after they were paid off, and point of sale systems that double record a sale with QuickBooks. I explain why a clean QuickBooks dashboard or a quick AI summary can't replace an actual review of your books. You will learn to recognize the errors that distort your numbers, and how to make decisions from data instead of a gut feeling. If you've ever felt confident about your numbers until someone asked a specific question, this episode shows you where that confidence was coming from.   👉 Find out if your books are accurate here.   Key Takeaways 0:00 Introduction to the CEO Test 1:25 Question One: Year-to-Date Profit 3:02 Question Two: Assets Versus Liabilities 4:31 Question Three: Cash Reserves 7:11 The Dangers of AI and Misleading Data 8:47 How to Get Accurate Books   Resources 📈 Book a strategy call with Danielle's team at Kickstart: here    👉 Check your books here  👉 Visit the Kickstart website 👉 Follow us on Instagram   Listen Next 👉 The 30-Day Burnout Diagnosis Every CEO Needs to Run  👉 How to Know If You Can Afford to Hire Your First Employee 

A team member once asked me how we help clients who show up to their financial review calls completely burnt out. My answer surprised even me, and it led to a 30-day exercise I now recommend to every business owner I work with. In this episode of CEO Numbers Network, I talk about why burnout gets misdiagnosed so often in business ownership, and I walk through a real client example of growth mode colliding with family obligations. I also push back on trending labels like burnout and soft girl era, and I share five specific strategies for reframing pressure into something you actually have control over, starting with a 30-day energy audit. You will learn how to tell the difference between real exhaustion and simply being in a demanding season of your business, how to delegate what was never yours to carry in the first place, and how to make decisions from intention instead of guilt. If you have ever labeled yourself as burnt out without actually checking what was going on underneath it, this episode will give you a clearer way to look at it.   👉 Discover how our CFO services can help you build a plan around the season you're actually in: here.   Key Takeaways 00:47 Burnout Isn't a Badge 10:14 Step 1: Run Your Energy Audit 11:00 Step 2: Delegate What Isn't Yours 11:54 Step 3: Build a Real Budget 12:24 Step 4: Do the Mindset Work 13:00 Step 5: Act Like the CEO   Resources 📈 Book a strategy call with Danielle's team at Kickstart: here    👉 Check your books here  👉 Visit the Kickstart website 👉 Follow us on Instagram   Listen Next 👉 How to Know If You Can Afford to Hire Your First Employee 👉 The 4 Step CEO Reset Method for a Stronger Fourth Quarter