Bookkeeper, Enrolled Agent, CPA, or Attorney?
Bookkeeper, Enrolled Agent, CPA, or Attorney? By Christina Hebert, Atty., CPA. of GQ Law You’re thinking about starting a business, or you’re already in business, and now you have to decide – who do I look for to help me with my financials and taxes? The answer is – it depends. The answer on who you should hire is entirely dependent on the situation that you’re in. If you’re just starting a business – going to a CPA or an attorney or preferably both is your best option. A CPA, typically, has a well-rounded background. They have gone to school studying business and...
Read MoreDigital Transformation: Our World is Evolving, Is Your Company?
Digital Transformation: Our World is Evolving, Is Your Company? Just out of curiosity… What was the first thing you did today? You just stepped into line at the DMV, what do you do? How has your job changed over the past 10 years? Or if you haven’t been in the workforce that long, did your job even exist a decade or two in the past? And finally, last time you made a purchase for a Christmas gift, how did you decide what to buy and where to buy it? No doubt, technology has changed the way we live. We are constantly connected, always being advertised to and last year’s “ways of working”...
Read More4 Reasons to be Grateful for Independence
4 Reasons to be Grateful for Independence As we approach another 4th of July, we commemorate the adoption of the Declaration of Independence and the beginning of the United States of America as an independent nation. This is a day when we should put our differences aside and come together in gratitude for the freedoms we enjoy. Here are 4 reasons why: Freedom We have a right to freedom of speech, press, ownership, religion and economic opportunity. Respect for the common law In general, the United States is a lawful country that is conducive to a functional business climate and...
Read MoreAnalysis for Managers: The Most Important Measure
Analysis for Managers: The Most Important Measure Today’s post is to help you as a leader, manager, entrepreneur, family member and/or individual to perform perhaps the most important analysis of them all. And it begins with a question posed by management scholar and innovation strategist, Clayton Christensen: How will you measure your life? After all is said and done what is truly most important to you? What are your deepest goals and desires? When you look back, what will be your measure of personal success? No doubt, the vast majority would put family, relationships with spouses and...
Read MoreNew Series: Analysis for Managers
New Series: Analysis for Managers An essential capability of managers is the ability to analyze. Analyze situations, numbers, markets, trends, products, people, financials, and more. For that reason, we’re excited to launch our newest series: Analysis for Managers. This new series will feature posts on everything from the cognitive process of analysis to analyzing financial ratios and a business’ customer base. But before you decide that you’re exempt from “this type of thing” and your not planning to read our upcoming posts because you “never liked math...
Read MoreLeadership Series: Your Legacy
Leadership Series: Your Legacy 18 articles later, we’ve reached the final post in the Leadership Series. We hope you feel empowered and inspired to build your legacy as a leader. In our first post of the Leadership Series we wrote the following: “What is the one skill that would dramatically change the quality of your life? It might be communication, empathy, diligence, financial acumen, or perhaps a technical skill like programming or product engineering. But what if we told you that there is one skill that is the sum of all other skills–the culmination of them all? Well, there...
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