by Kirk Johnson | Jul 3, 2017 | Small Business News
One of the ideas behind Profit First is borrowed from a fitness expert who spoke about how unhealthy the whole “clean your plate club” philosophy is. In fact, in his book Mike Michalowicz asks himself, “If I reduce the ‘plate size’ of my business’s operating...
by Kirk Johnson | Oct 25, 2016 | Small Business News
In business, as in the rest of our lives, it is always best to Keep It Simple S….(whatever adjective starting with S you’d like to use). In reading a book by Justin Harrison called Get Off the Bench, I came across some very interesting and helpful...
by Kirk Johnson | Oct 17, 2016 | Small Business News
This phrase, based on an old Russian proverb, was famously used by President Ronald Reagan when signing the INF treaty with Mikhail Gorbachev in 1987. While it is more poetic than logical, it is somewhat representative of how you should approach the professionals...
by Kirk Johnson | Oct 10, 2016 | Small Business News
Despite what Peggy Sue said in her Algebra class in the 1986 movie, “Peggy Sue Got Married”, we do use what we learned in high school all the time. One of those things is the Commutative Property which tells us that a+b+c = a+c+b. What does that mean to...
by Kirk Johnson | Jan 14, 2016 | Small Business News
The IRS has recently issued new interpretations of what how a worker qualifies as a 1099 employee. They have become concerned over the large number of employers that are shifting their tax payments on to their workers by claiming the workers are “independent...