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Benchmarks

Industry benchmarks, performance metrics, and comparative data to evaluate financial and operational health

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1 юни 2026 г.13 минути четене

Independent Boba and Bubble Tea Shop Bookkeeping: Drink-Level COGS, Loyalty Breakage, and the KPIs That Actually Predict Survival

A working accounting backbone for an independent boba shop — recipe-card COGS down to the tapioca pearl, ASC 606 deferred revenue for loyalty and gift cards, Section 179 treatment for pearl cookers and heat sealers, the Section 45B FICA tip credit on Form 8846, FDA calorie disclosure thresholds, and the FDD Item 19 KPIs (ADS, prime cost, drinks per labor hour) that separate operators who scale from operators who close.

Mike Thrift

bookkeepingsmall-businessrestaurant

1 юни 2026 г.11 минути четене

Independent Pizzeria Bookkeeping: Prime Cost, ASC 606 Delivery Revenue, FICA Tip Credit, and Section 179

Independent pizzerias survive only when prime cost — food plus labor — stays at or below 60% of sales. This guide covers booking DoorDash and Uber Eats revenue gross under ASC 606, claiming the FICA tip credit on Form 8846, capitalizing deck and conveyor ovens under Section 179, and building recipe cards that expose the gap between theoretical and actual food cost.

Mike Thrift

restaurantbookkeepingsmall-business

1 юни 2026 г.15 минути четене

Junk Removal and Dumpster Rental Bookkeeping: Roll-Off Day Rates, Tipping Fees, and Per-Truck-Day Economics

A bookkeeping field guide for junk removal and dumpster rental operators — ASC 606 treatment of roll-off rentals and overage tonnage, tipping fees as direct cost of service, Section 179 and bonus depreciation on hooklift trucks, Form 2290 and FMCSA compliance accounts, and the per-truck-day KPIs that decide route profitability.

Mike Thrift

bookkeepingsmall-businessrevenue-recognition

24 май 2026 г.11 минути четене

MSP Bookkeeping: ASC 606, Per-Seat MRR, and the Three Numbers Buyers Check First

How small and mid-sized managed service providers should structure their general ledger so that MRR percentage, customer concentration, and service-line gross margin are always investor-ready — with concrete chart-of-accounts, ASC 606, and utilization mechanics.

Mike Thrift

bookkeepingaccountingrevenue-recognition

18 май 2026 г.13 минути четене

Common-Size and Trend Analysis: Turning Financial Statements Into Percentages to Catch Margin Erosion

Common-size analysis restates every line of a financial statement as a percentage of revenue or total assets; trend analysis indexes the same lines across years. Together they expose cost creep, margin erosion, and balance sheet drift that raw dollars hide, and they make a $2M business meaningfully comparable to a $50M peer.

Mike Thrift

financial-analysisfinancial-statementsbenchmarks

18 май 2026 г.11 минути четене

DuPont Analysis Demystified: How to Decompose Return on Equity Into the Three Levers Owners Actually Control

A practical guide to DuPont Analysis — how to split return on equity into net margin, asset turnover, and the equity multiplier (3-step), or further into tax and interest burdens (5-step), with worked examples, trade-offs, and the pitfalls that catch people who apply it mechanically.

Mike Thrift

financial-ratiosfinancial-analysisprofitability

18 май 2026 г.12 минути четене

SaaS Revenue Metrics: Building the MRR Waterfall and Reading What It Says About Growth

A 2026 reference for SaaS founders on calculating MRR and ARR, decomposing the five-bucket recurring-revenue waterfall, interpreting NRR/GRR, and reconciling subscription metrics to GAAP revenue under ASC 606.

Mike Thrift

saasmetricsrevenue-recognition

17 май 2026 г.10 минути четене

The Rule of 40 for SaaS Founders: Calculation, Benchmarks, and When to Ignore It

The Rule of 40 says a healthy SaaS company's revenue growth rate plus profit margin should clear 40%. This guide covers how to calculate it, which margin metric to use, 2026 benchmarks (median score around 12%), the Rule of X variant, and when the rule does not apply.

Mike Thrift

saasbenchmarksfinancial-ratios

15 май 2026 г.9 минути четене

Restaurant Prime Cost: Why Weekly Tracking Beats the Monthly Close

Prime cost combines food, beverage, and labor as a percentage of sales—target 55–60% for quick-service and 60–65% for full-service. Tracking it weekly instead of monthly catches portioning and scheduling problems within seven days, while a 4% food cost variance on $1M in sales quietly costs $40,000 a year.

Mike Thrift

small-businessprofit-marginscost-of-goods-sold

15 май 2026 г.11 минути четене

Weekly Prime Cost Tracking for Restaurants: Hit the 55–65% Benchmark and Catch Margin Leaks Before Month-End

A working operator's guide to calculating restaurant prime cost every seven days, the 55–65% benchmark by service segment, the five leaks weekly tracking surfaces first, and the bookkeeping setup the cadence requires.

Mike Thrift

restaurantcost-of-goods-soldprofit-margins

10 май 2026 г.10 минути четене

Directors and Officers (D&O) Insurance for Startups in 2026: Coverage Limits, Premium Benchmarks, and When Investors Require It

D&O insurance for startups in 2026 typically runs $3,500–$10,000 per year for $1M–$3M of coverage; Series A term sheets routinely require $3M–$5M within 60–90 days of close. The most common claims at sub-100-person companies come from employment disputes, not securities allegations.

Mike Thrift

insurancebusiness-insurancestartup

10 май 2026 г.12 минути четене

The 2026 SaaS Metrics Stack: LTV, CAC, NRR, and the Rule of 40

Track the SaaS metrics that win term sheets in 2026: LTV, CAC, NRR, churn, CAC payback, and Rule of 40. Includes benchmarks and calculation traps to avoid.

Mike Thrift

saasmetricsstartup

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