Technology has allowed just about everyone to start their own businesses. We can do something part-time, full time, or in between. We can start and stop our businesses. We can be successful at lots of different business models. And we can go through stages of our business.
Read more →When you are working out of your home and have reached the point where you want to hire someone, you have many options, but one of them may not be having employees come to your home to work. And although I have had employees working out of
Read more →When I look through the Accounting Today’s Top 100 Leaders list and the comments they have made about what they perceive to be the challenges in our profession, many of the answers are the same: change, talent, and relevance are a few you’ll see. And they are
Read more →There are courses and conferences to help you build the technical skills you need to succeed in accounting. Some of my favorites include the Sleeter conference, coming up in the fall, AICPA’s TECH+ conference held in Las Vegas, and the just completed Scaling New Heights, an Intuit-centric
Read more →The amazing change the internet has set in motion for the world still blows me away when I think about it. But an organization called TED and the impact it’s had on the world blows me away just as much. You’re in for a jaw-dropping experience if
Read more →Imagine that a new client comes to you with “the dreaded shoebox” of bank reconciliations, receipts, and bills. The client is a year or so behind, and you are hired to get them caught up. Do you take that client, knowing you’ll be swamped doing data entry
Read more →With so much to do as business owners, we can get pretty overwhelmed at times. We can start believing that we have a “time” problem, but since all of us have 24/7, there really is no such thing as a time problem. What you might have is
Read more →If you have small business clients that don’t pay attention to their accounting as much as you would like them to, you are likely not alone. The problem is that most of us accountants give up on those types of clients who seem apathetic to our passion
Read more →Perseverance is a skill that anyone can learn to not only survive, but thrive through life’s curves. When adversity strikes, it’s not what happens to you but how you respond to what happens to you that has the greatest impact on your life. Here are four specific
Read more →If you feel you should be doing better than you are in business, you may have a belief pattern that is unconsciously holding you back. The first step is to bring it to the surface. Only then can it be addressed, released, and replaced with a belief
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