Send us Fan MailDawn talks with Carla Moats, a fractional CFO and finance and strategy coach for female business owners who want wildly profitable businesses that they love. She's spent over 30 years as a financial and strategic advisor to companies from 6-figure to 9-figures. Dawn and Carla talk about profit leaks.In this episode…Who is Carla and whom does she serve? (00:56). What do you mean about chasing vanity amounts of money or vanity metrics (1:22).Some people don't really know where their money is going at all. Can we explore that (2:50).Knowing your cash flow. How do we figure that out (5:26). What are some of the ways where we may actually be overspending or losing money and not even realizing it (7:20).Spending too much because of not knowing what it's costing you to produce things (11:40). How often do we want to look at these individual lines of the things that we offer? (13:55)Let's talk about something else that you work with clients on and that's their mindset around the idea of profit (17:48)Let's talk about profit leaks around things that seem to be doing OK but maybe aren't optimized (20:44).When you first meet with business owners, how many of them have a list of expenses whether they're annual or monthly ready and available that they do take the time to look at (22:38)What is the resistance that you hear most often about why their financial house doesn't have to necessarily be in order but at least you know has some structure(24:13)Once you get these leaks closed, what is the potential to do with all of this extra what we'll call found money (26:45)Carla Moats’s Information.Website: http://www.carlamoats.comYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@PurposefulProfitFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/carlamoatscoachingInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/carlamoatscoaching/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carlamoats/Podcast: http://www.carlamoats.com/podcastSupport the showThanks for listening. If you liked what you heard and want more, please visit and subscribe:Subscribe to our Youtube Channel: https://youtube.com/@dawnkkennedyxo?si=DcRcjv7H0KN5_vFPFollow us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/dawnkkennedyxoFollow us in Tiktok: https://tiktok.com/dawnkkennedyFor weekly in-depth articles, tips, and strategies: https://getinweredoingbusiness.substack.com Dawn’s Website: https://dawnkkennedy.com/Links and Freebies: https://dawnkkennedy.com/resources Support the showSUPPORT THE SHOWOrder Dawn’s book, The Profit Accelerator for Small Business ...

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