If you want to succeed in the business, you need to know about financial 2. management. No matter how skilled you are at developing a new product, 3. providing with a service, or marketing your wares, the money you earn will 4. slip between your fingers if you do not know how to collect it, keep on track 5. of it, save it and spend or invest it wisely. A poor financial management 6. is one of the main reasons why business fail. In many cases, failure 7. could have been avoided against if the owners had applied sound financial 8. principles to all their dealings and decisions. So what is the most best way of 9. making sure that you are handling after your money correctly? The truth of 10.course is that you must have to pay a professional to do it for you. This 11.should be looked at as another investment: you have to spend money in the 12.short term to save money in the long term. However, you are then faced 13.with a new other problem: how do you find the best consultant for your 14.business and make sure of you are getting value for money? The short 15.answer is that only the time will tell.