{"id":5341,"date":"2018-10-16T15:30:41","date_gmt":"2018-10-16T19:30:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/umaine.edu\/undiscoveredmaine\/undiscoveredmaine\/?page_id=5341"},"modified":"2025-11-04T14:48:05","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T19:48:05","slug":"accounting-and-finance","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/undiscoveredmaine\/small-business\/resources\/accounting-and-finance\/","title":{"rendered":"Accounting &amp; Finance"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Here are some accounting\/finance resources to check out:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Accounting:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.accounting.com\/resources\/small-business\/\">Accounting.com<\/a> provides some good accounting resources like &#8220;intro to accounting&#8221;, taxes, and more. This website can easily help small businesses find different tips to keep a small business&#8217; finance in order. The site goes into great detail about different aspects of accounting a small business needs to know about. It is definitely worth a visit!<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scoremaine.org\/resources\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Score Maine<\/a>: &#8220;SCORE is a resource partner of the Small Business Administration (SBA)&#8221; with mentors to help small businesses. This page provides some templates for things such as cash flow, financial statements, tax info, and more!<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessknowhow.com\/money\/accountingtips.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Business Know-How<\/a> \u00a0has this article on small business basics, and defines some basic accounting terms.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/fitsmallbusiness.com\/bookkeeping-tips\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">FitSmallBusiness<\/a> has this article which includes 19 unique accounting tips for small businesses, all from different accounting experts!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Finance:\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sba.gov\/funding-programs\/loans\">U.S Small Business Administration<\/a> provides information on loans, and how to obtain them for your small business.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nerdwallet.com\/article\/small-business\/small-business-loans-sba-loans\">Nerdwallet&#8217;s article on Loans<\/a> explains more about small business administration loans.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessnewsdaily.com\/1733-small-business-financing-options-.html\">Business News Daily<\/a> has this resource for financing options, and discusses alternatives to traditional bank loans.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fundera.com\/apply-with-fundera?utm_source=google&amp;utm_medium=cpc&amp;utm_campaign=smb_mktg_paid_010322_brand_ggl_desktop&amp;utm_term=fundera&amp;utm_content=brand&amp;gclsrc=aw.ds&amp;&amp;campaignid=15760966960&amp;adgroupid=138535670784&amp;adid=690106583648&amp;gad_source=1&amp;gad_campaignid=15760966960&amp;gbraid=0AAAAACbFW53dI8asU76QDRv-C2H6tB1Wb&amp;gclid=Cj0KCQiA5abIBhCaARIsAM3-zFWx3X297L8zcX9tRCK3C0U-MXv8ndiYnApIsN8eG1BPtfQYx9zO_O8aAm-iEALw_wcB\">Fundera<\/a> has this article that explores different finance options and compares them for small businesses.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ccfcmaine.org\/businessresources\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CCFC (Community Concepts Finance Corporation)<\/a> is a non-profit community-focused mission lender. Their website also includes a start-up checklist.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mecpa.org\/\">Maine Society for Public Accountants<\/a> is a great tool to find a small business accountant to manage your finances. It is a useful site for small business owners who do not feel comfortable managing their own finances.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.constantcontact.com\/accounting-tips\/#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Constant Contact<\/a> has a blog detailing 10 things you need to do before starting your own business.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone size-medium wp-image-16288\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"164\" src=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/undiscoveredmaine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/527\/2020\/08\/bigstock-ACCOUNTING-inscription-coming-324977827-300x164.jpg\" alt=\"Accounting Finances\" class=\"wp-image-16288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/undiscoveredmaine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/527\/2020\/08\/bigstock-ACCOUNTING-inscription-coming-324977827-300x164.jpg 300w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/undiscoveredmaine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/527\/2020\/08\/bigstock-ACCOUNTING-inscription-coming-324977827-768x421.jpg 768w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/undiscoveredmaine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/527\/2020\/08\/bigstock-ACCOUNTING-inscription-coming-324977827-105x58.jpg 105w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/undiscoveredmaine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/527\/2020\/08\/bigstock-ACCOUNTING-inscription-coming-324977827-317x174.jpg 317w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/undiscoveredmaine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/527\/2020\/08\/bigstock-ACCOUNTING-inscription-coming-324977827-423x232.jpg 423w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/undiscoveredmaine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/527\/2020\/08\/bigstock-ACCOUNTING-inscription-coming-324977827-634x347.jpg 634w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/undiscoveredmaine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/527\/2020\/08\/bigstock-ACCOUNTING-inscription-coming-324977827-846x463.jpg 846w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/undiscoveredmaine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/527\/2020\/08\/bigstock-ACCOUNTING-inscription-coming-324977827.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 85vw, (max-width: 768px) 67vw, (max-width: 1024px) 62vw,300px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo Credit: Merchant Maverick<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/undiscoveredmaine\/small-business\/resources\/important-areas-of-business\/\"><strong>Return to Functional Areas page<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here are some accounting\/finance resources to check out: Accounting:\u00a0 Finance:\u00a0 Return to Functional Areas page.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1635,"featured_media":0,"parent":29143,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5341","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Accounting &amp; Finance - Undiscovered Maine - University of Maine<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Check out this page from Undiscovered Maine full of resources pertaining to small business accounting and finance! 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