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“Keel it up!”
I used to row on the crew team in college. For those of you who know me, at 5’2″ I’m not exactly the typical long and lanky rower-type. Despite my lack of height we did pretty well for a bunch of...
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Shaking the shoebox
Every so often, I have a flashback to my first job at General Electric. I was a financial analyst in one of the company’s old industrial businesses—a multibillion dollar firm that would have ranked as...
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Why Mix Matters
Have you ever wondered why you may be selling more and more but aren’t making any more money? You may have a problem with your mix. Just as too much of one ingredient can ruin a recipe, mix can make...
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An alternative to “Off with their heads!”
When businesses downsize or look for cost savings the first place they look is their staff. Employees are expensive—you have to pay them a salary, benefits, “house” them for the work day, and give...
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The empty spot on your bench
Ask any business owner if they ever have enough money or enough people to get the job done and their answer is probably a guffaw and a resounding “NO!” When you ask them who they need (in a perfect...
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Funding for consulting in Jobs Act
Did you know? There is still funding for consulting through the Jobs Act of 2010. If you are a growing business with 7 or more full-time employees, and you find that help from a consultant could get...
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Is your accounting department helping you spot the iceberg?
Are you beginning to view your accounting department as a cost center full of overhead expense? Are you not sure what they do all day but know that they seem very busy and often overwhelmed? If one...
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Sandbagger, Beggar, Martyr, Scrooge…and Other Budget-time Personas
It’s December, and I REALLY should be writing about how important it is to set a realistic budget for 2016. I know I should write about the proper methodologies for deriving the budget, and how it’s...
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Scaling up: Don’t leave your accounting department behind
You may have started this business on your kitchen table, or in your garage, or, even in a trendy new co-working space. But now you’re officially a “big” company, pulling in a couple million — with...
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Death by DIY
The client called me almost 6 months after we had originally spoken. They had chosen to take our suggested solution and implement it themselves, saying it was cheaper to do it in house rather than to...
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