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About Ellen Rohr: Bare Bones Biz

I started Bare Bones Biz, a training and consulting company, in 1995, to help folks turn their big ideas into successful businesses. I teach the basics, the simple disciplines that can take your company from flab to fit. My experiences have included teaching and consulting with hundreds of small businesses. In my seminars, I rarely find a student who creates and reads financial statements on a regular basis, much less uses financial information to make management decisions. In fact, few know their assets from their liabilities!

Ready to break free and enjoy the lifestyle, the money and the fulfilling feeling of service that an extraordinary business can bring? It's up to you. I can help.

Biography:

I almost sunk our family business. I assumed I knew enough about business to run a dinky little plumbing company. After all, I had spent about $100,000 of my parents' money on my college degree in Business Administration. In fact, I graduated at the top of my class. Still, I didn't know how to balance a checkbook!

I got involved in my husband's company after his partner died unexpectedly. Boy was I humbled! It seemed like lots of money was moving through the company, but at the end of the month there was never any money left. Thankfully, I found a mentor, a savvy plumbing contractor. Frank Blau wrote a column in Plumbing & Mechanical magazine. I wrote to him and asked for help.He took me under his wing, and taught me how to keep score in business. He taught me how to read and use financial reports. He taught me how to make money.

We turned our company around. We paid off our business loan. We doubled sales and tripled the amount of money we took out of the company. Very cool. My husband and I went middle-age crazy. We sold the company to our employees – a friendly coup détat! - and bought a gentleman's farm in the country. (Picture "Green Acres.") At this point, I realized that I wanted to share what I'd learned. After all, if a smart, highly educated person like me didn't know how to read a balance sheet, I figured business illiteracy must be rampant. I was right.

My experiences since then have included teaching and consulting with hundreds of small businesses, primarily plumbing and heating companies. I was right about the business illiteracy problem. In my seminars, I rarely find a student who creates and reads financial statements on a regular basis, much less uses financial information to make management decisions. In fact, few know their assets from their liabilities!

I started Bare Bones Biz-- a training and consulting company-- in 1995, to help folks turn their big ideas into successful businesses. I teach the basics, the simple disciplines that can take your company from flab to fit. I've written three books on business basics, "Where Did the Money Go?" "Accounting Basics for the Business Owner Who Hates Numbers", and "How Much Should I Charge?" Pricing Basics for Making Money Doing What You Love and "The Bare Bones Biz Plan" a simple Plan for creating a winning business.

Act Members:

Andrea "Fun Fairy" — Super Agent

Gail Gudell — Forensic Accountant

Shauna Wiertzema — At Your Service Super Agent

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Gig Salad Address: GigSalad.com/ellen

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