If your balance sheet is negative as a new business owner, don’t panic — but also don’t throw the report in the bin and pretend it doesn’t exist, because trust me, it will find you. Let me set the scene. You started your business with big dreams, a logo you paid too much for, and…
A construction balance sheet tracks what your firm owns, owes, and is worth using the equation Assets = Liabilities + Owner’s Equity, but unlike most industries it must also capture construction-specific items like contract assets, retainage receivable, and work in progress. Understanding these figures — and reviewing them monthly — is what separates firms that…