Finance Friday with Gavriel Maman
This #FinanceFriday I sit down with my friend, Gavriel Maman, to discuss the pros and cons of working with business bankers versus personal bankers, and of course, we touch on the PPP disaster.
Dr. Martin Luther King on Money
In honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Day, I'm exploring the other sides of Dr. King by highlighting his excellent advice about money and how I apply it to my business and life.
#TaxTipTuesday – IRS Delays 2020 Tax Season
Welcome to Tax Tip Tuesday. Today for your tax tip, we're going to discuss the recent announcement by the IRS to delay the opening of the 2020 tax filing season to February 12th, and what that means for you.
1099-NEC 2020
#TaxTipTuesday: Meet the new 1099-NEC form, replacing the 1099-MISC for "Non Employee Compensation" - i.e. contractors.
Is it time to outsource?
How to know when it's time to outsource. Anyone who's has their own business or runs a business, need to outsource something.
Cash Flow Allocation Strategies for 2021
#FinanceFriday - Cash allocation strategies to minimize taxes, maximize your business, and grow your firm in 2021.
Last Minute Tax Savings – 2020
December is a great time to do some year end tax planning and get last minute tax savings. If you forgot to do it all month, it's technically not too late, there a few things you can do right now to save on your taxes.
How I help my clients succeed
Budgets, cash flow management, KPI development, and business processes are some of the ways Bette helps our clients succeed.
Non-Filer’s last call for Stimulus Check
Non-Filer's last call for Stimulus Check. The Stimulus Act had a strange setup where the IRS attempted to figure out if you were owed one based on your 2018 or [...]
Indistractable
Business owners discuss the book indistractable by Nir Eyal. Learn why we are so distracted and how to gain focus and control over life. Tips to hack your calendar, your schedule, your phone, your computer- and even social media.
5 Second Rule
The "five second rule" is a metacognition tool (brain hack) that can create behavioral changes. Count down backwards- five, four, three, two, one, and then make a physical motion to prevent your brain from stopping your instinct to act.
Start With Why
Customers by a company's "why." The golden circle starts with why on the inside, how in the next bigger circle, and what on the outside. The why is why a company does what it does, how is the process, and the what is the product or service. An organization's leader needs to be the manifestation of its why.
Good to Great
Good is the enemy of great. Great companies have level five leaders, who are a genius with a thousand helpers. Get the right people on the bus in the right seats. Great companies have a hedgehog concept.
Getting to Yes
Principled negotiation is defined by people, interests, options, and criteria. Negotiation interests include substance and relationships. Separate the people from the problem. Make sure everyone's interests are aligned. Invent multiple options agreeable to both sides. Measure results on objective criteria. Learn to use negotiation jugitsu.