I second this. As the owner of a bootstrapped business, I found that post immensely helpful; well, that, and a couple hour tutorial on Quickbooks with my CPA.

I second this. As the owner of a bootstrapped business, I found that post immensely helpful; well, that, and a couple hour tutorial on Quickbooks with my CPA. I can't stress enough how useful (cathartic, even) doing our accounting ourselves has been to running our business.