On September 28, 2009
When the Check Gets “Lost in the Mail”
Monday often brings the biggest mail haul. You pluck through the stack and sure enough, despite previous assurances from clients that their outstanding invoices were processed, you still don’t see a bunch of checks you were expecting. Years back, at a start-up I worked at, one of my main responsibilities was to make Accounts Receivables calls. I used to grip about the task because of the pressure (cash flow is king and we aren’t a bank!) and the mind-numbing administrative aspect of it. I found it a little degrading too once I learned that some AP departments, even at respectable companies, were straight-up lying to me. But when I look back, I appreciate that I had the experience because the…
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