Be Slow to Hire and Fast to Fire

I had a great feeling about Jenna. I met her when she came to my company to meet with us about exploring a potential partnership. She was intelligent, polished, and very professional. A few months later, I needed to fill a critical job within a very tight timeframe. I heard she was in the job…

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Strengthen Your Relationship with Your Banker

A recent survey of economists concluded that there is a better than 60% chance that the U.S. economy will fall into a recession in 2023. If your response to this is, “sure, that’s what they’ve been saying since last summer,” I’m right there with you. In the past year, we’ve heard all kinds of predictions…

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Use Your Accountant as a Strategic Advisor

“I can’t figure out why I keep running into cash crunches,” Rick said as we chatted over lunch. “This is wrecking my business. Can you please take a look at my books?” he asked. He’s a good friend, so I agreed to review his financial statements to see what I could uncover. Rick is an…

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Ask Better and More Questions to Solve Problems and Unlock Potential

Kendra, the owner of a specialty pet store with a physical location and a growing e-commerce presence, had a problem with her website that perplexed her team. Whenever an online customer attempted to take a particular action, their transaction would time out and fail. They tried to figure out the problem for a week with…

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