Originally published October 8, 2011 Whenever I have to take public transportation to a new or unfamiliar location, I visit SEPTA’s website and click on “Plan My Trip.” On the next screen, I enter my starting point, destination, and approximate departure or arrival time. The website generates the buses, trains, and trolleys I can take…
Originally published October 4, 2011 Whenever I wanted to purchase some new techno-gizmo – phone, laptop, tablet – I’d use the very crude, unrefined method of printing pictures of it and posting them around my home and office. These were constant reminders of my current focus, or obsession, depending on how well you knew me….
Originally published September 29, 2011 Over the summer, I had the privilege to invite some budding business owners to participate in an event that would test their skills, expose them to a side of their industry they hadn’t yet experienced, and offer them rich networking opportunities to strengthen their business ties. They arrived at a…
Originally published September 27, 2011 Do you have what it takes to own and operate your own business? Is this the right idea for you? Let’s explore these and other questions in the coming weeks as we break down the top skills (and others that readers suggest as we go along) that make for what…
Five years ago I took on a new client who had heard I was a Quickbooks Pro Advisor and wanted my help in getting their chart of accounts off to a good start. They didn’t know that at that time, all my knowledge was in the desktop product. They launched their new business with Quickbooks…
Clear desk is a clear mind. Empty desks don’t exist. Colleagues – in and out of my day job – often remark (poke fun?) about my paper-free desktop. One arm of my little L-workstation is lined with equipment: printer, pencil sharpener, scanner, phone, computer monitor, keyboard, mouse, accounting calculator. The rest of the desk is…
Client: What’s your secret for being so organized? Me: Sort-later boxes. Client: What are sort-later boxes? Me: Whenever I expect guests, visitors or clients at my office, I take all the loose papers and junk from atop my desks and dump them into a box that I’ll go through and file or trash after my…
No, this isn’t a post about maximizing your income tax refund. Rather, this is a focus on an area with which many small business owners struggle during tax time: reconciling petty cash. Have you finished out a year with little or no record of what happened with the cash you withdrew from ATM’s throughout the…
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