Strategy

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6

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The Power of Hope

In 2008, my brother Dave and I were on the front lines of a developing credit crisis that would financially impact us severely, and many other millions across the world. I hope to share the most important lessons that are applicable to the current state of the world.

Strategy

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5

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Our Small Business response to COVID-19

COVID-19 has landed on our shores in the US and its impact is being felt on a massive economic scale before the disease has fully taken hold. I applaud any and all reasonable methods to “slow the tide” or “smooth the curve”.

Growth

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2

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Top 5 reasons cloud accounting will help your law firm grow

Our mission is to provide you with relevant, reliable, and real-time financial reporting. We call this our 3 R’s, and it’s the foundation of every client relationship. Here are those top 5 reasons to adopt cloud accounting in your practice:

Technology

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3

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Efficiency vs. Effectiveness

We spend a lot of time moving information around, and individually complete thousands of unique tasks on a daily/weekly basis. Managing the emotional side of information overload is only part of the equation — the other is having good systems and processes in place to manage the work.

Small Business

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5

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Becoming a Minimum Viable Business

To survive any crisis you need to transform your business into an MVB, a Minimum Viable Business.

Small Business

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9

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Playing the business odds

The odds of being born to rich parents, growing a Billion dollar company, or even surviving the 1st five years in business as an entrepreneur are all very low.

Small Business

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4

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Crocodiles, Sharks, & Ocean Sunsets

Crocodiles, Sharks, Jellyfish, and Sea-urchins all have something in common. They lurk beneath the surface in some of the most idyllic destinations on the planet. There is no paradise on earth that doesn’t have some sort of hidden dangers, issues, or complexities.

Growth

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4

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Your Ever-Expanding Information System

Running your own business comes with all sorts of challenges. One problem I end up spending a lot of my consulting time on is creating, defining, and controlling the information flow in a business. The challenge we all face is picking the right tools for the task, implementing them correctly, training the team to use them appropriately, and then sticking to tools sufficiently long enough for the tool to be effective.

Small Business

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4

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Buzzwords and Bull%!@#

Most of the truly intelligent people I know don’t seem to care about being perceived as smart. Truthfully, it’s almost as though they fear their “nerd” status and choose to embrace a very simple vocabulary when conveying their ideas and thoughts. On the other hand, I’ve met many a charlatan who pepper every sentence with “pomp and circumstance” so to appear gifted beyond mortal comprehension.