• Stop Lying About The Money

Are You Lying About The Money?

Happy Holidays! For many, this time of year is a mixed bag of emotions.  Yes, it's wonderful to spend quality time with friends and family.  Yet, there is a lot of pressure, too.  Making sure the gifts and the food and the decorations are just right.  Trying to uphold traditions, even those [...]

Are You Lying About The Money?2017-12-06T01:24:49+00:00
  • Ellen Rohr's video Do YOu have a good accountant

How to KNOW if You Have a Great Bookkeeper or Accountant!

Sometimes, you need a little help.  Suppose your accounting is a mess.  Maybe you are behind on your taxes, or  just always crunched for cash.  If you could fix it all by yourself, wouldn't you have done that by now?  You may need more information.  You may need a renewed commitment to "get 'er done."  And, [...]

How to KNOW if You Have a Great Bookkeeper or Accountant!2016-07-27T14:08:43+00:00

What I Wish I’d Learned Sooner About Money

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, [...]

What I Wish I’d Learned Sooner About Money2019-03-27T13:03:56+00:00

Here are Some Helpful Tips for Tax Time

Dreading tax time?  Take a deep breath, and reconsider.  Tax season can be a terrific opportunity to ramp up your business and profitability.  As you assemble your financial information, block out some time to... Clean up the accounting.  Like the back of a service truck, the accounting can get messy.  Extra accounts and rogue transactions.  Work with your bookkeeper and accountant [...]

Here are Some Helpful Tips for Tax Time2016-12-01T14:55:12+00:00

Teamwork Makes The Dream Work

"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 [...]

Teamwork Makes The Dream Work2017-01-23T21:27:17+00:00

5 Ways To Audit Proof Your Business

Imagine…you discover the certified letter in your mailbox from the IRS, announcing you have been selected for an audit.  No worries!  Once upon a time, I made a “Slinky-knot” mess out of my QuickBooks™ file.  Fear of an audit – and a growing pile of unpaid bills – encouraged me to get it sorted out.  [...]

5 Ways To Audit Proof Your Business2016-12-01T14:55:15+00:00

Are You an Accounting Rookie?

My rookie year… Once upon a time, I quit my real job (restaurant manager – good salary, benefits and someone to cover for me when I wasn’t around) and went to work for my husband, Hot Rod, in his contracting company. It was the dumbest decision I have ever made. It was hell. I left [...]

Are You an Accounting Rookie?2016-12-01T14:55:22+00:00

Build a Better Bean Team

The following story is true.  The names have been changed to protect the innocent.  If you think this story is about you…you are probably right. The Martyr and The Intimidator Leslie is the owner of a roofing company, a business she inherited from her father.  Back in the day, her father managed a small crew [...]

Build a Better Bean Team2019-09-26T01:11:58+00:00

Get to KFP! (A Known Financial Position)

If you were driving 80 miles an hour, in the dark, with your lights off, heading towards a cliff, would you like someone to yell, "STOP?" OK. Stop! Do you produce financial reports – the balance sheet and income statement – every week?  Do you analyze sales, costs, cash flow, and debt every week?  If [...]

Get to KFP! (A Known Financial Position)2019-09-26T01:12:30+00:00