Margins and Volume

I recently had a client sell off their assets and close their business.  They had chosen a venture that could be successful and they were marginally successful.  But their margins were small, so they need a tremendous amount of volume to cover the fixed costs, let...

Yield Curve

I recently meet with a client and we were discussing the economy.  She indicated that we are entering a period of a negative yield curve (or “inverted yield curve”) on interest rates. To better explain this, I found this definition on Investopedia.com:  an inverted...

Major Misstep

What do you do to recover from a major misstep that had a significant cost? I was talking to a peer who works with a restaurant in my neighborhood.  The original owner created a successful business but was getting older and wanted to step down. They transferred the...

Partners

I have never been a fan of having partners. You have all of the responsibility of what they do in the business whether it is good or bad for the business.  Wrapped up in an S-Corp gives you some protection, but I have seen too many go bad. But now I myself and a...

Amazon

Amazon has been vilified on social media lately, which is surprising since President Trump is also not a fan either. This mix would have trouble agreeing on the color of an orange, let alone agreeing on a common villain. According to a Business Insider article:...

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