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A sales pipeline is a cash flow forecast nobody reads.

September 20, 2026by Dr Dawkins Brown

The only forward-looking information most businesses own is sitting in the sales pipeline, while the cash forecast is built from the receivables ledger — a record of decisions already taken. The future is in one room and the forecast is in another. IN SHORT A pipeline answers how much. A cash forecast needs to know...

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Invoices that send themselves, and chase themselves.

September 4, 2026by Dr Dawkins Brown

Automating invoicing and receivables collection Days sales outstanding is discussed as a measure of customer behaviour. For most businesses it is mostly a measure of their own delays. This article sets out the four intervals you control, what each day of them is worth in cash, and why a gentle unfailing schedule protects relationships...

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What a finance function is supposed to produce, and how often.

September 2, 2026by Dr Dawkins Brown

What should a finance department deliver monthly? Finance is the only function in most businesses with no defined output. This article sets out the full schedule — daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual — with what each item is for, and the reader test that removes everything on the list which nobody actually uses. IN...

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How to Finance Growth Beyond Bank Debt

July 7, 2026by Dr Dawkins Brown

The bank loan is one tool in the financing toolbox. Across the Caribbean, it is treated as the whole toolbox — and growth is being rationed to fit it. The Problem, Lived “Natalie” built her Kingston agro-processing company — sauces and seasonings — from a home kitchen to a small factory over nine years. Then...

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How to Price for Profit in Caribbean Markets

July 7, 2026by Dr Dawkins Brown

Pricing is the most powerful profit lever a business owns — and the only one most owners pull once, by fear, and never touch again. The Problem, Lived “Marcus” builds custom furniture in a workshop outside Port of Spain — good work, a strong reputation, a full order book. Last year was the busiest in...

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How to Get Paid: Mastering Receivables and Working Capital

July 7, 2026by Dr Dawkins Brown

Your business may already own all the cash it needs. It is simply being stored in other people’s bank accounts — and on your own shelves. The Problem, Lived “Simone” runs a food-and-beverage distribution business out of Bridgetown, supplying hotels, restaurants and supermarkets across the island. Last month she sat across from a bank officer...

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How to Fix Your Cash Flow Before It Kills Your Business

July 7, 2026by Dr Dawkins Brown

Profit is an opinion. Cash is a fact. Businesses do not die of unprofitability — they die of running out of cash, and many die profitable. The Problem, Lived It is Thursday afternoon, and “Devon” is doing the arithmetic he does every Thursday afternoon. Payroll runs tomorrow: that number is fixed. The equipment lease is...

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What Does a Virtual CFO Cost — and When Does It Pay for Itself?

June 21, 2026by Dr Dawkins Brown

A full-time CFO is out of reach for most growing enterprises — and more capacity than they need. Here is what a Virtual CFO actually costs, what moves the price, and when the engagement pays for itself. There comes a point in an enterprise’s growth when a well-run finance function is no longer enough....

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7 Signs You’ve Outgrown Your Finance Setup

June 21, 2026by Dr Dawkins Brown

Most Caribbean businesses don’t decide to upgrade their finance function — they wait until something breaks. Here are the seven signals that tell you the setup that got you here won’t get you where you’re going. Every growing company outgrows its finance setup eventually. The bookkeeper-and-spreadsheet model that served you at JMD 20 million...

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What Is a Virtual CFO — and Does Your Enterprise Need One?

June 19, 2026by Dr Dawkins Brown

Your financial records tell you what happened. A Virtual CFO tells you what to do next — without a six-figure salary. A Virtual CFO (also called a fractional CFO) is a part-time, outsourced chief financial officer who provides forecasting, cash-flow planning, financial modelling, and strategic decision support — without the cost of a full-time executive....

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A sales pipeline is a cash flow forecast nobody reads.

What a finance function is supposed to produce, and how often.

How to Finance Growth Beyond Bank Debt

How to Price for Profit in Caribbean Markets

How to Get Paid: Mastering Receivables and Working Capital

How to Fix Your Cash Flow Before It Kills Your Business

What Does a Virtual CFO Cost — and When Does It Pay for Itself?

What Is a Virtual CFO — and Does Your Enterprise Need One?

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