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How to Migrate From Excel to a Database
A practical guide to moving your business data out of Excel. When to migrate, what to move first, and how to avoid losing anything.
Customer Analytics for Small Business Owners
You don't need a data team to understand your customers. Segmentation, lifetime value, churn signals, and purchase patterns explained.
Excel Job Costing Templates: Why They Stop Working
Excel job costing works at 10 jobs a month. At 50+ it falls apart. Here's where templates break and what trades businesses do next.
Cash Flow Forecasting Tools for Growing Businesses
Your P&L says you're profitable. Your bank account disagrees. Here's how to forecast cash gaps before they become emergencies.
Benchmarking Your Business Performance
Revenue per employee, gross margins, customer acquisition cost — are your numbers good or bad? How to find benchmarks and use them.
Excel vs Access: When to Switch to a Database
Access fixes some of Excel's biggest problems — but creates new ones. Here's when Access makes sense, and when to skip it entirely.
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Excel & Spreadsheets
Get more out of your spreadsheets — and know when it's time to level up.
20 articles
Vibe Coding & DIY Software
Built something with AI? Make sure it won't break your business.
12 articles
Quoting & Estimating
Speed up your quoting process and stop leaving money on the table.
16 articles
AI for Business
How to actually use AI in your business — practical, not hype.
16 articles
No-Code & Low-Code Limits
When Zapier, Airtable, and Notion stop keeping up with your business.
16 articles
CRM & Customer Management
Find the right system for managing customers — or build your own.
16 articles
Field Service & Operations
Scheduling, dispatching, and mobile tools for teams in the field.
16 articles
Business Automation
Automate invoicing, data entry, and the repetitive work slowing you down.
16 articles
Data & Reporting
Dashboards, KPIs, and getting your data out of silos and into decisions.
16 articles
Software Decisions
Build vs buy, how to evaluate vendors, and making the right tech choice.
12 articles
Integrations
Connecting your tools so data flows automatically between systems.
16 articles
Scaling Operations
Systemise your processes and grow without hiring proportionally.
12 articles
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