How about buying a company as a way to grow yours? Even the smallest companies can use acquisition as a fast growth strategy. The biggest obstacle is getting your head around the concept. Mergers and acquisition are not only for big company players. Consider...that's how they got big! Bottom line: Acquisition is [...]
Maybe because they're a mess. Maybe because you don't want to know. Maybe because you'll have to start holding someone - you? - accountable for getting them caught up and accurate? Maybe you don't really know what to look at or how to use them. Maybe because you'll have to...change? My friend Howard Partridge is [...]
I graduated at the top of my class with a degree in Business Administration. I took Accounting 101 and 102 and got "A"s in both. My professors drilled this into my head: "Find a good accountant." Alas. That was a disastrously incomplete lesson. What I wish I'd learned sooner: My money is my responsibility. If it's my money, [...]
The end of the year approaches. Time to assess progress and get ready for a fresh start and new year. NOW is the time to clean up your accounting messes. Like being physically fit, fiscal fitness requires a bit of focus and discipline. The numbers may not be way off. So you and [...]
"Teamwork makes the dream work." ~Sh’niece Tabb Every now and then, I get an email or call from a client that reminds me of why I do what I do. My mission, my why, is to expand peace, prosperity and freedom through honorable, profitable business. When someone reaches out to me for help, they are [...]
Your accounting is like the back of the truck, or your top desk drawer. It can get messy. It takes discipline to get things cleaned up and keep them that way. And discipline makes all the difference to your success. So, let's get the financials tight and right by year end 2014. Here [...]
Anthony and Rose joined me and Shauna (aka Sha-nomenal!) and the Phenomenal Team at Howard Partridge's Inner Circle program in Houston. There, we hosted the FUNomenal Financial Blast. Owners from 21 companies cleaned up their financials, crunched budgeting numbers, determined selling prices and explored the Financial Quick Check report. Super Nerdy Fun! And powerful [...]
Me, “I’d like to buy this thing.” You, “Oh, I’m sorry. We don’t take credit cards.” Me, “Why not?” You, “Well, the credit card company adds 3% to every purchase.” Me, “Dang.” Bottom line: If you don’t take a credit card, or debit card, I am not going to buy from you. I haven’t carried [...]
What price would you put on the gift of life? Priceless? Beyond measure? No way to put that value in dollars? But we attach a price tag to ourselves every day. How much do you charge for an hour of your life? How much for your knowledge, experience, physical and technical skills? What are you [...]
I’ve spent a lot of time over the last 20 years helping people clean up financial messes. The messy mess (the smelly smell for Sponge Bob fans) is payroll. Payroll entries are complicated. There is the expense to you and the cash requirements and the amount you withhold, then submit, for payroll taxes for you and [...]
