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Oliver Buchannon
Colin King, CPA, CFA

CEO of Profit Mastery. CPA and CFA. Colin teaches small business owners how to master their numbers, command their cash, and scale with confidence.

Planning

Find your owner type in 2 questions

Jul 23, 2026

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8 min read

Find your owner type in 2 questions

Part 3 of 3: the endgame that decides what you're really building.

Colin King, CPA, CFA
Colin King, CPA, CFA

Planning

Diagnose your business in 15 minutes

Jul 16, 2026

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8 min read

Diagnose your business in 15 minutes

Part 2 of 3: the checkup that tells you where to start.

Colin King, CPA, CFA
Colin King, CPA, CFA

Planning

Explain your business in 45 minutes

Jul 9, 2026

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7 min read

Explain your business in 45 minutes

Part 1 of 3: the plain-English document most owners never write.

Colin King, CPA, CFA
Colin King, CPA, CFA

Unit Economics

Find Your Economic Engine: Unit Economics

Jun 24, 2026

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4 min read

Find Your Economic Engine: Unit Economics

How to know if each sale is actually making money, then what to do about it.

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Colin King, CPA, CFA

Cash

Winners & Losers

Jun 11, 2026

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3 min read

Winners & Losers

Your sales mix shows you the winners and losers hiding inside your top-line revenue.

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Colin King, CPA, CFA

Foundations

The 4 Questions to Ask

Jun 4, 2026

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3 min read

The 4 Questions to Ask

You spent 30 minutes reviewing your numbers. Now what?

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Colin King, CPA, CFA

Foundations

How to Read Financials in 30 Minutes

May 28, 2026

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6 min read

How to Read Financials in 30 Minutes

Review your numbers with this 30 minute framework

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Colin King, CPA, CFA

Pricing

How To Buy $56 For $10

May 19, 2026

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5 min read

How To Buy $56 For $10

Fascinating deal structures and the "creative" side of finance

Colin King, CPA, CFA
Colin King, CPA, CFA

Mindset

Pictures > Words > Numbers

May 12, 2026

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4 min read

Pictures > Words > Numbers

3 ways to make finance easy

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Colin King, CPA, CFA

Cash

The Most Important Loan Term

May 7, 2026

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4 min read

The Most Important Loan Term

Is a 12.5% interest loan better than a 7% loan?

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Colin King, CPA, CFA

Mindset

Process > Outcome

Apr 21, 2026

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4 min read

Process > Outcome

Why the hard work never really ends and what to do about it

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Colin King, CPA, CFA

Pricing

$1.50

Apr 14, 2026

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3 min read

$1.50

The business strategy behind absurdly cheap menu items at The Masters

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Colin King, CPA, CFA

Scorecards

A Guide to Scorecards (Part III)

Apr 7, 2026

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5 min read

A Guide to Scorecards (Part III)

Looking at the tactical side of using your ratio scorecard (action)

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Colin King, CPA, CFA

Scorecards

A Guide to Scorecards (Part II)

Mar 21, 2026

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6 min read

A Guide to Scorecards (Part II)

Turn your financials into a literal report card for your business health

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Colin King, CPA, CFA

Scorecards

A Guide to Scorecards (Part I)

Feb 18, 2026

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6 min read

A Guide to Scorecards (Part I)

Every big company uses this tool and small businesses can too

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Colin King, CPA, CFA

Margins

Simple + Profitable

Feb 10, 2026

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4 min read

Simple + Profitable

2026 is the year of simplicity and profitability.

Colin King, CPA, CFA
Colin King, CPA, CFA

Foundations

What is Profit Mastery?

Jan 25, 2026

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3 min read

What is Profit Mastery?

TL;DR = financial tools & guides for SMB owners written by SMB owners

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Colin King, CPA, CFA

Cash

The Cash Conversion Cycle

Jan 13, 2026

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2 min read

The Cash Conversion Cycle

How's your cash conversion?

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Colin King, CPA, CFA

Foundations

10 Financial Tips for 2026 (Part 2)

Jan 3, 2026

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3 min read

10 Financial Tips for 2026 (Part 2)

10 tips to make 2026 super profitable (pt. 2)

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Colin King, CPA, CFA

Foundations

10 Financial Tips for 2026 (Part 1)

Dec 27, 2025

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4 min read

10 Financial Tips for 2026 (Part 1)

10 tips to make 2026 super profitable (pt. 1)

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Colin King, CPA, CFA

Mindset

I'm Having a Good Time... NOT

Dec 20, 2025

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2 min read

I'm Having a Good Time... NOT

Put yourself out there and do things that scare you

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Colin King, CPA, CFA

Margins

Your Real Growth Rate

Dec 13, 2025

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3 min read

Your Real Growth Rate

What's your current growth rate?

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Colin King, CPA, CFA

Mindset

Why Your Numbers Need a Story

Dec 6, 2025

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3 min read

Why Your Numbers Need a Story

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Colin King, CPA, CFA

Foundations

The Profit Journey

Nov 23, 2025

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2 min read

The Profit Journey

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Colin King, CPA, CFA

Cash

Tracking Collections with DSO

Nov 15, 2025

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2 min read

Tracking Collections with DSO

Metric of the Month: DSO

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Colin King, CPA, CFA
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