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If You Are Reading This, You’ve Proved My Point

 Last January, I again participated on the planning committee for the 2011 Entertainment Industry Conference for CPAs and attorneys.  We agreed on most of the usual topics to be presented at the conference.  Then, I suggested social networking.  The idea … Continue reading

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Small Business Promotion Using Social Media–How We Did It

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

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

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

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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How Does a Small Business Grow? You Can Try to Think Like A Rock Band

We were called the Mini Playboys. Three ten year old musicians who temporarily  put down their rock roots to play old standards, big band, and Italian songs.  The band consisted of a drum, guitar, and accordion.  We almost never played … Continue reading

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Good and Bad Aspects of Small-Medium Sized Business Strategies

When I speak of “strategy” to business owners or entertainers, I usually get a blank look.  Small and medium-sized businesses usually don’t have a specific business strategies.  However, what they don’t realize is that they do have a strategy, formal or … Continue reading

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Charismatic Business Leaders: What to do afterwards? A Problem to Be Avoided

I can remember back in the late 1970s when only engineers and escentrics operated an apple computer.  My neighbor brought me over and tried to explain how the large odd-shaped device worked.  MS-DOS was not invented, and  my attention span … Continue reading

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Strategic Thinking: Don’t Confuse Tactics for Strategy

“There’s nothing worse than a sharp picture of a fuzzy concept.”  —Ansel Adams “There is nothing more wasteful than becoming highly efficient at doing the wrong thing.” –Peter Drucker Mike Michalowicz’s article The 90-Day Method: A Strategy For Business Growth … Continue reading

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Are Business Strategies Obsolete? Does it Matter?

My wife and I have started a new hobby of collecting and reselling small antiques. We really enjoy “the hunt,” but one of the most rewarding aspects is our increased knowledge of 100 year old household tools.  One such item … Continue reading

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