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Steve discusses the four levers that determine cash flow in contracting businesses.

How much cash is hiding in your business? See if you qualify for a Free Financial Health Check Financial Intelligence Toolkit Most specialty contractors know cash flow is important. What they do not know is what actually controls it. In this episode Steve walks through the four levers that determine whether a contracting business has cash or not. They are not complicated, but if you do not know what they are, you cannot pull them. And if you are busy and still broke, at least one ...

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Host: Steve Coughran

Topics covered

• cash flow
• contracting business
• financial health
• business management
• financial intelligence

Keywords

• cash flow
• contractors
• financial health check
• business cash management
• financial intelligence toolkit

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