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Bad Strategies are Like Undercooked Pasta…Nothing Sticks

Posted on October 2, 2012 by The LA CPA

I worked in my family’s Italian restaurant as a pizza cook during my teen years and even today I still have to taste pasta to know for sure that it is done. Another way is to throw it against the wall … Continue reading →

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Personal Wealth Decrease and a CPA’s Art of Working with Sand

Posted on June 12, 2012 by The LA CPA

I have always lived in the Los Angeles area . One thing I learned in my countless trips to the beach was how to dig in the sand. In LA, the sand grains are usually large and light robbing anything you … Continue reading →

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Do You Have An Economic Depression Mentality?

Posted on June 1, 2012 by The LA CPA

I have found that family and friends who survived the Great Depression usually have a different economic philosophy than those who did not(especially as a small business owner). Basically it goes like this: Pay cash for everything, pay off your … Continue reading →

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Business and the Artist: The Butterflies of our Society

Posted on April 26, 2012 by The LA CPA

You’ve probably heard of the story about an old man and the cocoon. He watched the cocoon for days, and then it started to move. The butterfly struggled, so the old man slit the cocoon to let the butterfly out. The butterfly emerged … Continue reading →

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Employee Development of the Cucci

Posted on December 9, 2011 by The LA CPA

I worked in my grandparent’s Italian Restaurant from ages 13-18. I started by pointing arriving customer cars to unpainted stalls in the dirt parking lot. When I graduated to busboy, my grandfather personally trained me. Imagine George C Scott as General Patton on … Continue reading →

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What is the Difference Between a Business Plan and a Strategic Plan?

Posted on November 8, 2011 by The LA CPA

Business plans are very familiar to me. I receive calls from time to time to design one for individuals who have potential investors. In doing so, I try to incorporate some form of a strategic plan in the product because new entrepreneurs rarely think on that … Continue reading →

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Small Business Promotion Using Social Media–How We Did It

Posted on September 27, 2011 by The LA CPA

I couldn’t believe it. Well, actually I could, but I didn’t want to. Gregg Towsley of WSI Quality Solutions sat down with me me 18 months ago and showed me that my business’s social profile was dead. In other words, if … Continue reading →

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2010 Small Business Tax Breaks Revisited

Posted on September 23, 2011 by The LA CPA

It’s always good to practice the basics, like a major league baseball player who may work on his swing by hitting a ball off a tee. So here I am going back to the IRS tax site to remind small business … Continue reading →

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The Tightrope of Employee Tax Classification is Getting Frayed

Posted on September 21, 2011 by The LA CPA

My grandfather was Alfano the Great. In the 1920′s he walked between 2 eight story buildings with no net. In addition, he walked on his hands, rode a bicycle and did wheelies. All for a few bucks. Obviously, he never … Continue reading →

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Business Vision and Goals: Understand the Target You are Aiming For

Posted on September 16, 2011 by The LA CPA

In the early 1970s, I watched a Stanford professor choose Jim Plunkett, (Stanford’s star quarterback) to demonstrate perception and the brain. The professor placed a pair of glasses on Jim that caused his vision to be distorted, shifting everything he sees to the right about … Continue reading →

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Bad Strategies are Like Undercooked Pasta…Nothing Sticks

Personal Wealth Decrease and a CPA’s Art of Working with Sand

Do You Have An Economic Depression Mentality?

Business and the Artist: The Butterflies of our Society

Employee Development of the Cucci

What is the Difference Between a Business Plan and a Strategic Plan?

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