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The latest articles and resources from the Doc Cheetah team.

Reclaim 10 Billable Hours a Week: 5 Capacity Myths Keeping Small Accounting Firms Underbilling

Reclaim 10 Billable Hours a Week: 5 Capacity Myths Keeping Small Accounting Firms Underbilling

## The Five Capacity Myths Sneaking Hours Off Your Timesheets We meet them every week, the smart partners who still swear, “We always have enough t...

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Boost Staff Retention and Profit per Partner with a 5-Minute Weekly Win Huddle for Accounting Firms

Boost Staff Retention and Profit per Partner with a 5-Minute Weekly Win Huddle for Accounting Firms

## Staff Turnover Is Eating Your Fridays Picture the scene: it’s 4 p.m., another resignation email pings, and your weekend budget review just vanishe...

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From Loom to SOP Library: Turn One Walkthrough into 5 Accounting Firm Workflows That Save 10+ Hours

From Loom to SOP Library: Turn One Walkthrough into 5 Accounting Firm Workflows That Save 10+ Hours

## The Hidden Cost of “Freestyle” Processes Paper checklists still lurk on many desks. Each month a partner rewrites the same “Month-End Close” not...

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Reclaim 18 Billable Hours a Week with Staff-Led Automation Sprints: A Fractional CFO’s Guide

Reclaim 18 Billable Hours a Week with Staff-Led Automation Sprints: A Fractional CFO’s Guide

## Why Routine Busywork Still Eats Your Tuesdays We know your calendar looks like a Jenga tower, one wobble and the whole week topples. Fractional...

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Fractional CFOs: Drop These 5 Vanity KPIs Clients Ignore and Reclaim 8 Billable Hours

Fractional CFOs: Drop These 5 Vanity KPIs Clients Ignore and Reclaim 8 Billable Hours

## When Flashy Numbers Fool the Finance Desk We’ve all sat through a Monday call where someone celebrates “20 k new website visits.” Your client sm...

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Quantum-Proofing Your Small-Firm Ledger: Essential Upgrade or Costly Overkill for 2024 Accounting Security?

Quantum-Proofing Your Small-Firm Ledger: Essential Upgrade or Costly Overkill for 2024 Accounting Security?

## Quantum Computers: Hype Today, Headache Tomorrow We can crack a spreadsheet faster than most, yet quantum computers may soon crack our ledgers jus...

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Farm Accounting Pivot Yields 30% Higher Fees: Inside a Two-City Firm’s 90-Day Niche Authority Surge

Farm Accounting Pivot Yields 30% Higher Fees: Inside a Two-City Firm’s 90-Day Niche Authority Surge

## When Every Client Looks the Same, Fees Flatten Out A year ago, a two-city firm juggled cafés, dentists, and tradies. Solid work, skinny margins....

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Unlock $50K Cash Flow in 30 Days: Payment Terms Hacks for Fractional CFOs and Accounting Firms

Unlock $50K Cash Flow in 30 Days: Payment Terms Hacks for Fractional CFOs and Accounting Firms

## Why Net-30 Keeps You Up at Night Your invoices say “Net 30,” but clients read “Pay whenever.” The result: a 40-day average collection cycle in pr...

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Weekly Billing Playbook for Lean Accounting Firms: Lift Cash Flow 20%, Calm Clients, Free Your Team by Friday

Weekly Billing Playbook for Lean Accounting Firms: Lift Cash Flow 20%, Calm Clients, Free Your Team by Friday

## Monthly Invoicing: The Silent Profit Killer We still see firms waiting 30 days to bill. That 30-day gap locks away cash you already earned. Shif...

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Quantum Risk Won’t Wait: 2-Hour Post-Quantum Encryption Swap Future-Proofs Client Ledgers for Small Accounting Firms

Quantum Risk Won’t Wait: 2-Hour Post-Quantum Encryption Swap Future-Proofs Client Ledgers for Small Accounting Firms

## Why Today’s Encryption Has an Expiry Date Thirty years of ledger history sits behind a thin RSA or ECC lock. Quantum computers are learning the...

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