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I hate sitting down with a business owner who got in over their head with financing. Unfortunately, it’s sometimes too late when I do — and the potential solutions end up being moot. It’s a scary economic world right now. And it’s also a world in which good lines of credit are increasingly difficult to

You ever lie awake at night, thinking about your business? Yeah, me too. Tax season, especially, keeps me and my team running a little crazy, and the adrenaline of handling so many clients, and doing it well, sometimes lasts into the night for me. But when I “wake up” in the morning after a bout

Peter Drucker once said “what gets measured gets managed,” and it continues to remain true — regardless of advances in technology, and the multiplicity of tools we now have. You see, accurate measurements provide feedback and it’s (only) with this information that you can make informed calls. Think about your own personal goals (assuming you

Filing your taxes on your own is becoming much less fun for regular taxpayers, even with nice-looking software on the market which purport to make it “easy” for you. This is ESPECIALLY true for business owners. I truly do pity those inexperienced ones who try to muddle through all of the different codes and forms

Well, this week I want to tell you a story, and it’s one that will help take some stress off ye olde plate, for you and your business. There are more than a few lessons in this (old) story … … the importance of knowing “who to call” … the amount of knowledge that doesn’t

Running a business effectively, seeing it grow (or shrink), can be a time-consuming process, so I don’t blame you for little mistakes you may have made along the way. But mistakes made out of improper planning — well, I can’t let those happen to you and sit idly by. So, in that spirit, I’ve identified

“Life has no blessing like a prudent friend.” -Euripides Many entrepreneurs struggle with saying no. It’s hard to say no to good ideas. It’s even harder to say no to great ideas. But when you neglect to say no, bad things happen. Here are 3 areas which you must be extremely careful to steward right–which

I have a story today for you. A sequel, if you will, to an old Disney classic … You see, many years after their wedding, Belle and her Beast of a prince built a widely-successful family business (though it never reached into San Diego — I heard all this from a friend 😉 ). They

“Success is the maximum utilization of the ability that you have.” – Zig Ziglar I’m curious. What drove you to start your own small business? A passion for the product or service you provide? A desire to be your own boss? A chance to dust off some ambition? A drive to stick it to “the