EBITDA Explained: Cash Profit, Risks, and Real Business Insights
What is EBITDA? Simply put: Earnings Before Interest, Tax, Depreciation & Amortisation. It will often be referred to as the ‘cash profit’ of a business as it reflects the core financial performance of a business, excluding non-cash items and costs related to financing or tax. Components of EBITDA Tangible vs Intangible Assets Defined Both amortisation […]
Understanding Productivity Factor
What is Productivity Factor? In simple terms, your Productivity Factor measures how much gross profit your business generates for every $1 spent on administration wages and associated costs. The formula is straightforward: Productivity Factor = Gross Profit Dollars ÷ Admin Wages (plus super and related costs) Gross Profit Dollars = Revenue – Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) […]
Linear vs Stepped Expenses Explained
Most businesses think about costs too simply. They split them into fixed and variable, direct and overhead. That’s fine for your accountant’s ledger — but it’s not enough if you actually run a business. If you want to control costs like a real CFO, you need to understand how they behave as your business grows.That’s […]
The Four Types of Business Expenses in 45 Seconds

Before you can reduce the expenses in your business, we need to understand what expenses you have. This short video will show you how to categorise your expenses to set you up for success and bring them down!
How to Categorise (& Minimise) Business Expenses

Expenses are expenses? We don’t think so, there are four different types of expenses in your business and we will show you how to treat them to optimise their performance and minimise their cost.