NEWSLETTER: YEAR END PREP (DEC 2025)


Profit margin is a core metric for all businesses. Here is how to set it up for your company and each product or service you sell.
The recent imposition of tariffs by the U.S. government—25% on goods from Canada and Mexico, and 10% on Chinese imports—has sent shockwaves through corporate America. For CFOs, these policies present a dual challenge: managing immediate cost pressures while strategizing for long-term financial resilience. Here’s how tariffs are reshaping the economic landscape and what finance leaders…
Building a business will bring plenty of ups and downs, as well as lots of surprises. If there’s one tool that can help you roll through those ups and downs and make adjustments along the way, it’s the old fashioned business plan. A business plan is an actualized, logical breakdown of your company’s future. It’s…
BMO Harris has joined up with Arena to be fueling growth and expanding possibilities for entrepreneurs. On November 18, 2021, founders Heather Tuason of Arena Pay and Amber Payden of ThinkSMARK held a discussion that explored their motivations behind reasons for starting their businesses, how they are supporting other entrepreneurs, and provides helpful advice to…
Pricing Strategy in Today’s Economy What is Pricing?Have you ever asked yourself what “Pricing” really is? We all jump to thesimple definition of price – the cost of the product or service. Morespecifically, the cost per unit or cost per month or cost per module, etc.However, “Pricing” is so much more than the bottom line…