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| About
Me: Helping Small Business Owners Survive the Accounting Jungle
Hi, I’m Lin Mateka, owner and operator of my own small business, Small Businesses Accounting. Like you, I didn’t become a small business owner by accident. I’d worked for larger organizations, but wanted the freedom and flexibility that comes with owning my own business. Also, like you, I had to come to terms with the inherent challenges of running a small business. Can I do it all myself? I’m not a marketing pro. In fact, I don’t particularly like marketing, so who’s going to help me that won’t make me pay a king’s ransom? I suppose you’re asking the same questions about your accounting and bookkeeping. I’m betting that you didn’t go into business for yourself because you love playing with Profit and Loss statements, time tracking, Accounts Receivable, and collections. Well, I happen to enjoy these things. I got the idea of starting this business after having worked in small and medium sized businesses as a Bookkeeper and a Controller. I had to learn not just how to be organized about the accounting systems, but how to use the accounting systems to make business decisions. The owners of these companies relied on my experience and understanding of financial matters to make purchases, acquisitions, or other important business decisions. As I worked with various CPAs and hired bookkeeping help, I became aware of a tremendous gap that exists for most small businesses. I discovered much to my dismay (and you may have learned this as well), that CPA’s don’t particularly enjoy the nitty-gritty details of daily accounting or bookkeeping. They’d take forever to call me back, and I’d often be left to figuring things out for myself. I realized that I had a knack for accounting and finances, and that most small business owners don’t have this skill (or desire). Consequently, I packed up my knowledge and experience in business, and formed Small Businesses Accounting. I call myself an Accounting Integrator/Specialist. I’m that important midway point between a Bookkeeper, who’s often more like a data entry person who happens to know the QuickBooks software, and an Accountant (CPA). A Bookkeeper is often seen as a clerk with good math skills. A CPA is usually a corporate officer who is geared/trained for Fortune 500 corporations, or an expert in the matters of financial law and corporate risk assessment. An Accounting Specialist (that’s me), works with you on setting reporting standards, solving financial or accounting problems, offering sound business advice, and integrating all of your financial and accounting systems. I do what a bookkeeper does not have the training to do and what a CPA clearly doesn’t want to do.
I have twenty years experience successfully working in small and medium businesses in the bookkeeping and accounting areas. I’ve learned not just how to print a P&L statement, but also how to use a P&L Statement. This distinction is important. My office is located in Rancho Bernardo, San Diego, California. Although I focus on working with local businesses in the mid and north inland San Diego County, I am rapidly expanding to work with businesses on a national level through “remote access”. I’m proficient with a number of accounting software systems including:
Be sure to download and review one of my free tutorials and special reports, and then call me to see how I can help you to save yourself important time and money! I’ll help you to work ON your business, instead of IN your business.
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