“Get Out of My Way! – I have a business to run!!”

Read to the end for a list of resources for small businesses as they strategize and plan their emergence strategy from COVID-19. The year 2020 started out stellar for so many people.  I know it because I have seen the results.  Then suddenly, without warning, our...
Year in Review or Year in Rear View

Year in Review or Year in Rear View

It’s hard to believe that 2019 is in full swing.  They say the older you get, the faster life happens.  I must be getting pretty old because it is flying by. We’ll leave it at that! It is during the months of November and December when well intentioned business owners...
Who’s Driving Your Train and Where Is It Going?

Who’s Driving Your Train and Where Is It Going?

I am going to start this article with a little philosophy.  “Follow your dreams. If you have a goal, and you want to achieve it, then work hard and do everything you can to get there, and one day it will come true,” Lindsey Vonn.   Dreams and goals don’t happen...
What Does Your Crystal Ball Say?

What Does Your Crystal Ball Say?

You are a small business owner.  Business is doing well.  Life is rolling along.  Your hopes, dreams and plans are coming to fruition.  Then suddenly __________.  Let’s talk about future proofing your business.   Let me fill in the blank with a few scenarios that I...
Chow Down, Be Merry, Talk Business & Snap, Snap

Chow Down, Be Merry, Talk Business & Snap, Snap

What in the heck am I talking about?  Why, business meals and entertainment of course! Tax reform just made it a little harder for the commoner to determine if the meal they are eating, the event they took their client to or the event they catered is going to be tax...