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An accountant can really help you figure out what tax deductions you qualify for, and mine has suggested a myriad of things I didn’t know were deductible. I suggest if you don’t have an accountant, you consider hiring one. The Sloan Brothers offer this advice on how to choose the right accounting service.
With that [...]

Every now and then, we throw a scenario your way–a common scenario from everyday business dealings.
Here’s one that’s ever present, and some of us are more guilty than others: Being late for a meeting.
While most of the time, we’re the ones testing peoples’ patience, this weekend we were the victims.
We had set up a Sunday [...]

I’m at the inaugural Podcast conference in Ontario, California and it’s extremely fascinating. Podcasters from all over the world have converged on this town in the mountains east of Los Angeles to meet one another and discuss & learn the business model of this new podcasting phenomenon.
In case you need to get up to speed, [...]

Since I set up shop in my home office, I’ve noticed that I am adversely affected by the long Michigan winter. Maybe it’s because my life plan involves stopping to smell the roses and when there are no roses, I miss them. This year, I’m fighting back before the snow begins to fall.
I [...]

When I dropped out of college the first time, everyone asked if I would be going back. "Definitely not," I remember telling a friend of my then-girlfriend. It was the heady dot-com days and college degrees were archaic relics of an outdated superstructure.
When I dropped out the second time, everyone asked if I [...]

We returned from our KABC radio seminar in L.A. with moderator Al Rantel with renewed excitement. We were hoping 120 people would turn out and it was standing room only… more like 160 people showed.
It was a two-hour jamboree of taking important questions from the entrepreneurs in the room (about half wanting to start up [...]

It happens to me every day. Actually, it happens all day long. My life is impacted by an entrepreneur. Not only because I am a part of the StartupNation team and get to interact with entrepreneurs and people who are still working at their careers and dreaming about starting their own business. That is, of [...]

Excuse me for forgetting where I read about this but my son was home sick with 103 fever, my dog has a bladder infection (don’t even ask about the carpet in my office), and my family obviously thinks working at home means I have all the time in the world to chat.
What I remembered was [...]

My Intro to Buddhism midterm was a few weeks ago, and this week I have my American Business History midterm. No, I’m not buried in Fluid Mechanics equations, but I’m no less stressed juggling the demands of a growing business and the demands of my professors.
When your new business is making money, you’ll begin [...]

I am a podcast-aholic. I walk around all day long with white ear buds and long white dangling cords connected to my ipod. I am definitely suffering from an addiction to … FANTASTIC AUDIO CONTENT.
Oh sure, I listen to a little bit of music, but I’ve been taking my ipod to bed with me (seriously) [...]