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The Latest Questions Small Businesses Are Asking

Up and Running

A study co-sponsored by Crawford International and HR.com in Palo Alto, California in 2006 found that “companies that create adaptive corporate cultures outperform companies with non-adaptive cultures by a factor of 900 to 1 as measured by long term net income and stock price growth.” How do I sell my products to the federal government?

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10 Things the Bank Will Ask When You Need a Business Loan

Up and Running

One exception to the rule is that the federal Small Business Administration (SBA) has programs that guarantee some portion of startup costs for new businesses so banks can lend them money with the government, reducing the banks’ risk. CPAs get sued over bad audits. All of your personal financial details.

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How to Become Your Own Boss in 2015 (Webinar Recap)

Up and Running

You got to force yourself to start networking because your network is your net worth when you start out a business and that’s really where your initial business leads are going to come from because people do business with people they like, know, and trust. You need something to help you.

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Portrait of an Artist

Professor VC

When I was younger, I often wondered why my Dad stayed in a largely unappreciated role with the government, when he could have moved to a lucrative law firm or corporate tax position. He was not about to trust his taxes to a CPA or even worse, some computer program called TurboTax. Me and Dad on a snowy winter day (late 1970's?)

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How I Started, Grew & Sold An E-commerce Business For Quarter Million Dollars ($250,000) – Part 2

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

They had clearly done a net acquisition cost analysis on a per customer basis and decided that they were getting a good deal buying essentially 1,500 customers for $250,000. Because company B bought A, it can now deduct company A’s carry forward losses of $20M from its current year income of $40M, arriving at a net profit of only $20M.

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Episode 50: Video Content and Profitability with Seth David

Mike Michalowicz

CPA’s. Seth also worked as an Auditor for United Government Services, a division of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Wisconsin auditing Medicare cost reports under contract with HCFA (Health Care Financing Administration) from 1996 to 1998. Seth graduated from Pace University in 1996 with a bachelor’s degree in Accounting.

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How Women Can Achieve Success In Male Dominated Professions

YoungUpstarts

According to an AICPA 2013 report, for the last 20 years women have represented about 50% of new CPAs in the accounting profession. While the amount of women entering the traditionally male dominated profession has improved significantly, today, women account for only 19% of partners in CPA firms nationwide. My Early Days.