WHEN TO OUTSOURCE YOUR ACCOUNTING

When I talk with business owners, a frequent complaint is lack of time to focus on the things they love to do to help their customers. Since that passion is…

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COVID AND ESTATE PLANNING

So many things have taken a backseat to Covid during the last year that I was surprised last week by one that has not – estate planning. A contact reached…

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The Operating Manual for Business

There are a litany of books on businesses and how to run them.  Reducing all that information to a sort of “how-to” or operating manual is not so common though….

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THE OPERATING MANUAL FOR BUSINESS

There are a litany of books on businesses and how to run them.  Reducing all that information to a sort of “how-to” or operating manual is not so common though….

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Succession Planning and the New Year

Reflecting upon the events of 2019, I feel one of the most troubling was an event that occurred as a large project was coming to an end. As the project…

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SUCCESSION PLANNING AND THE NEW YEAR

Reflecting upon the events of 2019, I feel one of the most troubling was an event that occurred as a large project was coming to an end. As the project…

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WHEN TO ADD FINANCIAL EXPERTISE IN A GROWING BUSINESS?

Of the many decisions a business leader faces with a growing enterprise, decisions about when (and at what level) to add financial expertise can be one of the most obscure. …

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SUDDEN WEALTH

I just got off the phone with an old friend – a musician – who called in a panic. He was beside himself and for a moment I thought maybe…

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LEADERSHIP

As we come to the end of another hectic year I want to pause and reflect on a conversation I have regularly with clients that has little to do with…

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THE FAMILY BANK

Three years ago I helped a business owner rescue his succession plan from imminent failure.  We restructured the plan to both enable him to withdraw from the business (with enough…

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