Proving, once again, that no generalization holds for long, it is not true in all cases that business owners have to know their numbers. Sometimes they don’t. For example, when things are going extremely well. You’ve got a good cash balance, no debt, happy customers, healthy growth, and a happy team? Then you’re okay. Focus [...]
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Over the weekend I had a very pleasant conversation with a stranger on a plane, smart person, pushing to start a business, and yet also making his life way harder than it should be, and way more stressful, over the apparently frightening and loathsome phrase “debits and credits.” Come on, this isn’t that difficult. If you [...]
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I’m going to offer a few alternatives to tools and services that are the cause of countless business headaches. All of these tools are made to help you work faster and think about what you’re working on rather than how you’re doing it. Revising Documents by Email Some of the greatest headaches I’ve experienced in [...]
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It happens that two people I care about are both starting their own professional service businesses. Both of them are really good at what they do as the main core of their business, and neither has any experience with the basic admin. I wanted to help, and as I got going, I realized that this [...]
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Words have meanings. Communication has the message, the message sent and the message received. We’re stuck with that. We don’t get to redefine words easily, for convenience. We need to respect the meaning in the other person’s head. What am I talking about, you ask? (I know–it isn’t obvious.) I’m talking about . . . [...]
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