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Fear

What do you have an active fear in your business?  Is it making the next payroll?  Is it finding that next client? Is it having enough cash to cover your mortgage?  DO you have more than one fear? All small business owners have them.  It does not matter if they are...

Phishing

I know a victim of a phishing expedition, kind of. They received an e-mail form a colleague that they have known for years.  But apparently the e-mail felt off, ever so slightly. They actually went into contacts and sent an e-mail asking if the party had just sent me...

Activity or Capacity

As a small business owner you find yourself perpetually busy. There are always a million little things that you never seem to find the time to get to. Are you at your capacity or is this just activity? Those things that you tend to work on first, are those things that...

Missed Opportunity?

We were reviewing a practice that was up for sale.  There were a tremendous amount of positives associated with the firm such as the number of clients, the initial location and movability of the base. But, the average tax return fees were at a commodity levels, less...

How to start a career – Patton Oswald

I took my wife to see a Q&A session with Patton Oswald, she is a fan.  I found points of the dissuasion to be very relevant to potential entrepreneurs. Repeatedly people would come up and ask how to get into the industry or be discovered. I thought his response...

Staying relevant

Companies are being creative in how they strive to remain relevant in our rapidly changing world. When behemoths like Bank of America and UPS are in reality multiple businesses, small businesses need to be on guard constantly, looking for ways to be innovative and...

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