BPR Sept 2025 Newsletter – Growth through Reduction?!

BPR Sept 2025 Newsletter – Growth through Reduction?!

BPR Sept 2025 Newsletter – Growth through Reduction?!

BPR Sept 2025 Newsletter – Growth through Reduction?!

For as long as I live, I will remember vivid as the royal blue tights I used to rock in my executive MBA program (always a rebel, y’all..) where I realized I was meant to be an entrepreneur, and the term KISS blew me out of the water on how to approach life and to this day, day in and day out being the best entrepreneur I can be. It hurts to hear it if the ego is fragile. For the rest of us – Keep it Simple Stupid (KISS) is a mantra that drives me and more ROI to the bottom line.


That is our Big Picture promise to you, our community, and to the brand that is 13 years young, and always getting better. The wild part is, we’re having more fun now than ever. I regularly proselytize to whoever will listen – small business owners can do meaningful work, that creates massive impact, rocking with people that we love, making bank AND having fun!

 

How did we get here? How can we all get there? KISS!

 

Too many times do C-Suite, business owners, even Sole Prop start-ups lose sight of what we should really be looking at – Strategy, taking that step back, re-evaluating, reducing, all in the name of sustainable, incrementally steady growth. Only looking at your bank balance, or topline (Gross Revenue), without coming back to the basics - Vision, Value Prop, Customer guarantees that you will have a short run.

 

I invite you, while we’re still in Q3 and refining what we want Q4 to look like, to take a step back, and examine – What can you Reduce in order to Grow?? Don’t worry – we got you with our latest Position Paper on the topic, downloadable HERE. We also have some resources below to help fill in gaps to assist in getting there including a new Service/Product we’re thrilled to announce in collaboration with one of those folks we love to rock with.

 

We’re in your corner, always in all ways.

- Jessica and the BPR team

PS: You can expect our Newsletters in your inbox: Jan, Mar, June, Sept, Oct/Nov (combined), Dec.

SERVICES, TAX & LEGAL UPDATES

2024 Tax Season - Upcoming Extension Deadlines

  • September 15, 2025 - Partnership and S-Corp returns

  • October 15, 2025 - C-Corps and Personal returns

  • December 15, 2025 - Organizations Exempt from Income Tax, Fiscal YE July

  • E-filing? You (or your CPA, EA) must confirm that your returns have been ACCEPTED. It’s recommended to save confirmation.

  • Estimated Taxes – 70% due by 12/31/25, 80% min. recommended by filing date (3/15 or 4/15 yr following) to avoid underpayment penalty.

  • Credits and Deductions – you will typically need EIN of service providers for any expenses you are claiming. Start gathering this info now (ideally via a W9).

  • Refunds - the IRS does not issue refunds for returns filed more than three years after the original due date. Allow additional processing time for refunds >$25k.

RESOURCES: TO HELP SIMPLIFY - THE 1ST STEP TO GROWTH

Buy Back Your Time, Dan Martell

OUR PEOPLE SPOTLIGHT - Valkyrie Speaker, Accountant

We are celebrating our friend Valkyrie Speaker, who we’ve had the privilege working with for years as she managed A/P and A/R for a Client in the community. She loves Accounting just as much as we do and is working on a Masters while becoming the latest addition to the BPR Team!

PARTNERSHIPS - BPR and INNOVATIVE CAPITAL VENTURES

With AI at our heels, scrappy is the way we must be these days.. Who better to help boil it down than two Bronx, NY natives with >80years combined experience?! Principals Jessica Zoraida of BPR and Dan Gatti of ICV, in the spirit of KISS, are helping small to mid-sized companies ($2M-$15M) thrive by aligning internal operations with external opportunities. How? With a Strategic Assessment that will 1) Assess Readiness, 2) Draft an Implementation Roadmap, and 3) Identify High-impact AI use cases so you can generate higher profits, greater efficiency, and sustainable growth. Are you ready to accelerate your business’ growth today?

 

Book a Discovery Chat HERE to explore what this option would look like for your biz.

SOCIAL IMPACT - HOW WE DO GOOD

This section highlights how BPR gives back to the community every month, driven by our commitment to historically underrepresented entrepreneurs and communities.

 

Back to School! Jessica Zoraida is back for another term at CSUSM, this time as an Executive in Residence coach, in a more hands on one-on-one with students than as Lecturer last year.

Stay tuned for key takeaways from the Business Professional Development course that we can share with our Entrepreneurs in the works! (PS: LinkedIn is important!)

 

CASH FLOW, CAPITAL RESOURCES, SMALL BIZ TOPICS

SBA 504 or 7(a) Loans - for property, business acquisition, equipment, working capital. Now up to 100% financing based on credit.

Small Business, Women, PoC Certifications – access to government contracts + more visibility

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