Escalating Earnings

2023 was the year on the unexpected escalating income and under withholding. Interest rates jumped up in 2023, along with dividends.  Mutual fund companies, followed the great adage of buying low and selling high.  Capital gains were up significantly for a number of...

EIDL forgiveness

I have a couple of clients who have taken EIDL funds to weather the tide and are now regretting those choices. One needs to close; it has been hemorrhaging cash since I started working with them.  They have thrown their EIDL Funds and all of their savings into the...

Uncle Ben’s Rice

Uncle Ben’s Rice is a combination of fact and fiction.  The company started in 1943, the company was originally called “Rice Products, Inc.”. The company was renamed in 1946 to “Uncle Ben’s Incorporated”. The farmer’s name was Ben; hence the name, Uncle Ben’s rice....

Longevity

As I was reading a biography om Hershey and Mars, I learned that three chocolate companies that were started in the late 19th century are still in existence.  I was flabbergasted. Since the book was written in the 1990’s, I thought I needed to verify that they do...

Failure before success

Most true entrepreneurs will crash and burn several times before they find the correct course for themselves. In fact, I feel that I cheated a bit, I slowly moved into my own business, it started as a side gig.  Then, I had a worked as fractional CFO for a couple of...

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