Not too much to drive you to drink this week.
Here’s are some money stories for your weekend:

The Business Insider Green Sheet reported on the drop in venture capital flowing to green technologies. Come on guys, Earth Day’s coming! (Come back Monday for the ABCs of VC.)
SustainableBusiness.com covered the national youth movement to get Congress to pass stronger climate legislation to address emission reduction targets, transition America to 100% clean energy, and eliminates loopholes that allow companies to continue polluting.
The Third Sector looked at a new report on the financing crisis in non-profits. (In my community, the United Way just cut all distributions by …read more

One of the best things I’ve ever done for myself is to track all my numbers. I actually record, in QuickBooks, every cent I spend. I have a personal checking account and a business checking account for my writing income/expense which makes tax time easier and helps me really understand what’s going on in my business.
Reconciling checkbooks has always been, well, almost an anathema to me. A couple of months ago I wondered why we reconcile monthly. I mean, who made up that rule? I suspect it happened when the banks decided to issue monthly statements. But with automatic downloads, …read more