hope there are others who have been in this situation and know how I feel, but when it comes to the finances and bookkeeping side of starting a small business, I know nothing.
Feel free to ask questions and I will edit any answers into this post but here we go.
I am an archivist and a few years ago I started to preserve family collections on the side as a Freelancer. Earlier this year, I decided that I wanted this to me my only career, so I've slowly been getting things in order to make it a full time business.
Now, I know what I need to do when it comes to the main draw of my business, that's not an issue, but if there's one thing that I dread it's bookkeeping. Frankly, I don't know what I'm doing when it comes to keeping records, I don't know what records I need to keep, I don't know how I need to keep them, etc.
So, if anyone can link me to good tutorials and resources, I'd greatly appreciate it. I'm looking for the following:
- Tutorials with explanations on what I need to keep and why
- Templates or example bookkeeping spreadsheets
- What platforms you use and why do you trust them?
On top of that, I actually would like to do bookkeeping manually, at least at first because it honestly helps me know what I'm doing later when I can actually afford bookkeeping services of some sort.
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