Jacob Curtis
Your Marketing is Wasted If You Don't Do This
Zig Ziglar famously said, “Money isn’t everything… but it ranks right up there with oxygen.” Yup, it's true. Nothing kills a business...
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Jacob Curtis
- Oct 16
- 11 min
How to Avoid Employee Turnover and Have a Rockstar Team
Over the past several weeks, we have explored the steps to scaling your business. In the first phase, Align, you gain insights into your...
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Jacob Curtis
- Oct 2
- 6 min
How Small Business Owners Break the Cycle of Constantly Doing the Work (Part 2 of 3)
People tend to stick with something they've invested a lot of time or money in, even when it's not working out. This is called the sunk...
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Jacob Curtis
- Sep 18
- 6 min
How to Use Your Team Without Abusing Them
The first articles written about Amazon told about this guy who moved to Bellvue, Washington, to open an online bookstore. Google a young...
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Jacob Curtis
- Sep 11
- 8 min
Copy the Bees to Scale Your Business
Over the past few weeks, we have been exploring and giving you the steps to growing and scaling your quilt shop. As you may recall, there...
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Jacob Curtis
- Aug 14
- 29 min
Podcast with Like Sew
Transcript: [00:00:00] Spencer: Okay, well welcome to the Quilt Shop Podcast. I have Jacob Curtis here with me from Nashville, Tennessee....
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Jacob Curtis
- May 29
- 6 min
How to avoid the vicious, negative cash-flow cycle
True or false: The only way to start and run a quilt shop is with debt. The answer is false. But if you’re like many other business...
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Jacob Curtis
- May 22
- 3 min
3 Financial Duties
Did you know that one of the top reasons for businesses failing is financial problems? They mismanage their money somehow and it results...
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Jacob Curtis
- May 15
- 3 min
3 Tips to managing your cash flow!
What’s your system for managing cash flow in your shop? I don’t mean your bookkeeping system, like QuickBooks. I mean a cash management...
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Jacob Curtis
- May 8
- 4 min
You have a conjoined twin
You have a conjoined twin–it’s your small business, your quilt shop. If you own a business, your personal financial health is in lockstep...
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Jacob Curtis
- May 1
- 4 min
How to take your quilt shop to the next level!
One of the most common questions I get after explaining the Profit First system is, “Do I really need all of those accounts?” But after...
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Jacob Curtis
- Apr 24
- 5 min
4 tips to find more money in your quilt shop
We all want a rainmaker–someone who is great at getting sales. They could sell ice to an Eskimo. You especially want someone like that...
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Jacob Curtis
- Apr 17
- 4 min
How to Destroy Your Debt
Well-dressed poverty is still poverty. Just because your business is making a lot of money doesn’t mean you’re keeping it. Often we focus...
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Jacob Curtis
- Apr 10
- 6 min
How to be successful from day one with Profit First
Today, I will show you the steps to take in your Profit First journey after you have used the instant assessment to calculate your...
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Jacob Curtis
- Apr 3
- 3 min
Profit First Instant Assessment and Percentages
How does Profit First work? Do I have to do what the book says, or can I customize it to fit my needs, my quilt shop? Great questions!...
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Jacob Curtis
- Mar 27
- 4 min
The Secret to Cash Management
How many of you know what the cash envelope system is? I know my grandparents used it to manage their money. But I would guess today that...
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Jacob Curtis
- Mar 20
- 4 min
The four secrets to avoid losing your cash
It was right after all the Christmas cheer of 2018. I was enjoying a movie with my wife when I got the call that would change my life. It...
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Jacob Curtis
- Dec 12, 2022
- 3 min
Our End Of Year Checklist Will Set You Up for Success in the New Year
End of year planning and reviewing is a critical part of owning a small business. It’s what sets you up for success in the new year. ...
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Jacob Curtis
- Oct 31, 2022
- 4 min
Is Your Quilt Shop Profitable?: Financial Planning Strategies for Retail Shop Owners
Did your business make money this year? As a Certified Public Accountant (aka CPA) and a certified Profit Professional, this is one of...
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Jacob Curtis
- Oct 2, 2022
- 3 min
2 Clever Ways to Reduce Stress as a Quilt Shop Owner During the Holiday Season
Often we look forward to January because it allows us to slow down, think, and rest after the crazy holiday rush. With Black Friday sales...
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