Firm Management

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August 29, 2018 

Why Your Firm’s Business Development Efforts Fail

Every firm needs to attract new clients and most firms in the country tend to have one partner who seems to have a natural gift of bringing in new clients. That person is your rainmaker. Everyone else at the firm maintains a client relationship and ...

Garrett Wagner

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August 24, 2018 

San Francisco CPA Firm Gives Back to Community

The SF-Marin Food Bank feeds 225,000 people each year. Thirty-thousand families receive healthy groceries at more than 260 pantries in the Bay Area. SD Mayer & Associates staff will sort produce and pack boxes that will be delivered to local pantries.

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August 21, 2018 

Accounting Firm Sends Team to Rwanda

Warren Averett, LLC, a nationally ranked accounting firm, recently sponsored a team of employees to travel to Rwanda in partnership with Compassion International.

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August 21, 2018 

Why the Future of Your Firm Depends on Hiring Women, and How to Retain Them

The AICPA has projected that 75% of CPAs will be eligible to retire in the next 15 years, and most will be men. Meanwhile, the number of women graduating college with accounting degrees has reached near parity with men, over the last decade. Thus, we have a situation where most partners are reaching retirement age,...…

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August 21, 2018 

How to Manage the Risks of Serving Cannabis Clients

Experts predict that America’s cannabis industry will continue to grow over the next four years. The legal cannabis market was worth an estimated $7.2 billion in 2016 and is projected to grow. Medical marijuana sales are projected to grow ...

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August 21, 2018 

2018 Intuit Rate Survey Uncovers New Trends in Billing and More

Value pricing is based on the maximum amount a given client is willing to pay for a service, typically set before the work begins. Conversely, value billing is usually marking up – or more frequently marking down – the invoice to the client after the ...

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August 19, 2018 

What is a Best-in-Class Accounting Firm?

I recently spoke at a BDO Alliance conference where the theme was identifying traits of high performing firms and their leaders. One speaker used a bell curve to describe ‘best in class’ firms, with the majority of firms falling in the middle or ...

Marc Rosenberg