An open letter to the principals of AgreeYa Solutions

Have you ever wondered what makes a business just piss you off so bad, that you need to tell the world never, ever do business with them? Well, AgreeYa is one of a growing set of businesses whose values in action are so corrupt as to belie that anyone has any idea of what is […]

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Shopify’s lack of interaction with clients

So we have a Shopify website and we’re using Shopify Payments (Stripe). In the last week they flagged 37 orders as “High risk of fraud detected Before fulfilling this order or capturing payment, please review the fraud analysis and determine if this order is fraudulent” Thank you. We didn’t ship those orders. As expected no […]

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Who uses Bill.com?

I have Bill.com them to be one of the most overpriced, under performing companies that hides behind layers of obscurity should you have an issue. It took 4 emails this time to get them to cancel an account I never used, but they were looking for payment. I tried once before and got no where. […]

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A ‘Big Four’ firm will allow 40,000 employees to work from home

So you want to Tele-Commute? A CNN Business report in Oct 2021 (you should read ~3 mins) concerns your tele-commute. So you work from home and the employer reduces your pay. Doesn’t that ultimately reverse the motivation/productivity factor that working remotely has provided? Just because you (the employer) never fully implemented tele-commuting and instead insisted […]

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Revenue Streams: have you ever thought about them?

I was reading an article in CFO.com, titled Services With A (CFO) Smile. It was about revenue streams. It got me thinking. Revenue Streams I cannot remember when a conversation has ever ensued that discussed revenue streams in this context. The differentiation of products and services to obtain revenue at different points in the fiscal […]

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Intellectual Property: Should you protect it?

Intellectual Property (IP) can be the most important asset to your corporation Just ask Kodak, whose management sat on its intellectual property for years. They never knew what it was worth! The question now becomes how you protect your IP. First, you need to determine whether it will be worth something, to some investor down […]

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Press Release – Back to the Basics

Released: April 3rd, 2017 Press Release Friends and colleagues, For the last year, I have been a partner at Hardesty LLC. It has been a rewarding experience both personally and professionally. However, it was time to move on. As of April 1st , I resigned as a partner and will be devoting my skills and […]

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Quickbooks to Xero, a snap

Moving to QuickBooks If you’ve been using QuickBooks for a while you probably know that the desktop version is very limiting. Even if you “graduate” to QB Pro or make the mistake of going on-line, you still had many technical issues (although credit to Intuit for fixing many, but not all of them). And if […]

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Looking for an Investor or that Exit – start early

So you are looking for an Investor or Exit Business owners, both young and old (by both their age and the age of their businesses) always have an eye on either new investor(s) or a buyer for an exit from the business. Obviously, in any case the business needs to be attractive. The value proposition […]

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Rating – GAP Analysis: A Practical Approach

2Reviews (10 Rating)1 Overall Course Average: a 4.125 -Star Rating Overview of On-Demand Course:GAP Analysis: A Practical Approach Â3 -Star Rating by Christian Orms, (CFO at GTUIT) Good overview! 4 -Star Rating by Anonymous, (Vice President of Accountant / Controller) Good system to assess any situation not only new accounting Systems 1 As of March […]

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