“What?! You’re leaving?!”
By Anna Masker In standard20th January, 2017
The business owner on the other end of the line still sounded shell shocked. His bookkeeper had just walked into his office to announce she was quitting. He was calling us for some emergency transition help. Like many small businesses, this woman ran his whole back office operation. She managed cash, she paid the bills,
Getting butts in seats
By Anna Masker In standard12th January, 2017
“Sooo busy…” “Swamped” “Crazy.” Ask any entrepreneur how things are going, and rarely will you hear a zen response like ” I have peace and balance in my life, and am fully fulfilled.” Rather, you’d likely hear one of the responses above. In the tumult of daily business life we are often running…
WHEW!!
By Anna Masker In standard4th January, 2017
Whew! Whether you are breathing a sigh of relief that you can put a dismal 2016 behind you or breathing a sigh of gratitude for the break the holidays provided from your record-breaking year, the start of the new year is a good time to pause and reflect on the good and the bad of the previous
The Learnings are in the Gaps
By Anna Masker In standard16th December, 2016
“The learnings are in the gaps!” I exclaimed. My team looked puzzled. We were having an internal meeting, talking about how to explain to the client the value of (and the difference between) P&L Projections and a Business Plan. We get it. To us, it’s a no-brainer, a slam-dunk, a need-to-have-to-run-your-business, type of investment. But,
Another November Surprise: Federal Court Blocks New Overtime Rule From Going Into Effect
By Anna Masker In standard9th December, 2016
This week we’ve asked Lisa Fried-Grodin, an attorney with Meyers Fried-Grodin LLP to be our guest blogger and give us some insights into the changing situation with the new overtime laws. Another November Surprise: Federal Court Blocks New Overtime Rule From Going Into Effect By Lisa I. Fried-Grodin Today, the United States District Court for
Bye-Bye Bookkeeper, Your Job is Becoming Obsolete
By Anna Masker In standard30th November, 2016
I’m just going to say, I’m glad we offer advisory and other services outside of bookkeeping, because if I were a straight-up bookkeeper today, I’d be seriously concerned about my job. That’s the message I took away from a recent accounting conference I attended after first-hand discussions with various technology providers exhibiting. Technology is making
Death by DIY
By Anna Masker In standard17th November, 2016
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 hire us. Six months later, what they had was a bigger mess than what they started with. Unfortunately, they
Are you “flying blind?”
By Anna Masker In standard11th November, 2016
Often, we speak to business owners who feel they don’t have clear visibility on their numbers or what drives their businesses’ performance. Time and again they use the same phrase…”I’m flying blind.” Normally these are businesses that are struggling in some capacity, whether it is managing cash flow or profitability, or trying to understand what’s
Squirrel!!!
By Anna Masker In standard3rd November, 2016
It’s conference season for me. I’ll admit, at these conferences I’m like a kid in a candy shop. It’s the new technology that gets me excited, and there are so many new developments even since last year, it’s unbelievable. I find myself saying again and again, “oh, we could use that…” or, “our client would LOVE
Spooked by Risk?
By Anna Masker In standard24th October, 2016
There was once a time that my kids hated the scary characters roaming the street on Halloween. They would give every ghoul or goblin a full 6 feet of clearance as we passed, and would cling to my hand a little tighter. I miss those days. Now my kids are all over Halloween,
