MyCake provides an online book-keeping and benchmarking service specially designed to meet the needs of Creative Entrepreneurs. MyCake is a subscription based service whereby you receive 2 months free to test the service and see if it suits you and then subscribe at a cost of £10/month + VAT. 

In addition to the online services MyCake is producing a series of eBooks explaining key ideas and concepts in financial management which are intended to help Creative Entrepreneurs understand how to manage their money more effectively. The eBooks have been created in response to a needs analysis provided by MyCake’s users. Anyone can contribute to the needs analysis by completing this survey.

The series includes:

• Planning for Success in 2008 (March 2008)
• Banking & Accounting for Creative Entrepreneurs (April 2008)
• Managing your cashflow (part 1)
• Managing your cashflow (part 2)
• How to price your time and your products
• Planning for profitability
• Budgetting for the year ahead
• What’s a Cashflow Forecast?
• Becoming more profitable
• How can I grow & develop my business?
• Business Models: what are they and how to I get one?
• Managing stock using MyCake

Sarah Thelwall
April 2008 

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About : The first in a series of eBooks by MyCake created in response to the needs identified in the JSIP/MyCake ‘My Money Matters’ programme and the Creative Northants/MyCake 1:1 programme. This eBook covers:

• When & why do I need a business bank account?
• What should I expect of a bank?
• How do I work with an accountant?

Published April 2008

Sarah Thelwall runs a small consultancy specialising in working with Creative Entrepreneurs on the development of their businesses. She uses a wide array of 3D objects as visual nmemonics for key learnings – the StoryCubes and eBooks are core tools in her various toolkits. For more information seehttp://acivilservice.blogspot.com and www.mycake.org

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About : MyCake is an online book-keeping and benchmarking service for Creative Entrepreneurs. From time to time we will publish eBooks to help you develop your financial management systems.

Published February 2008

Sarah Thelwall runs a small consultancy specialising in working with Creative Entrepreneurs on the development of their businesses. She uses a wide array of 3D objects as visual nmemonics for key learnings – the StoryCubes and eBooks are core tools in her various toolkits. For more information see http://acivilservice.blogspot.com and www.mycake.org