Small Business September 3, 2026
How to Scale Your Business: Navigate Legal and Financial Steps with Confidence
Once you’ve double-checked the big growth risks, the fastest wins often come from removing the small frictions that slow every deal.
April 21, 2014
What Do Small Business Owners Want from Their CPA?
Small business owners are pressed with constantly changing competition and are looking for ways to get ahead and stay there, and they expect their accountant to help them meet this challenge.
April 21, 2014
Low-Income Phone Program Comes Under Scrutiny in Ohio
Enforcement letters going to more than 82,000 Ohioans this month mark the latest step in a crackdown on abuse of a federal program that provides free cellphone service to low-income individuals.
April 21, 2014
Property Management Companies Thrive During Tight Economies
Andrew Barkis and Daniela Anderson have owned Hometown Property Management for 10 years. In that time, the former Lacey-based business found a new home in Olympia, increased the number of single-family homes it manages and continues to add services to its business.
April 21, 2014
What SMBs Want from Their Accountant – Have You Asked?
We’re in the middle of a fundamental shift – from client-centric accounting, where clients do their own bookkeeping and then send the records (often full of errors) to the tax preparer once a year – to an accountant-centric model, where accountants use cloud-based tools to provide accounting services as well as higher level consulting services.…
April 21, 2014
The Costs of Distracted Driving
How often do you talk on the phone, look at email messages, check the news or weather, read or composts text messages while you're driving? We take pride in our ability to multi-task, but at what cost? Centuries of accountants managed to drive from point A to point B without phones in their hands. Today,…
April 17, 2014
Rhode Island Supporters of Legal Pot Promote Economic Benefits
The sponsors of a bill to legalize marijuana possession in Rhode Island said Wednesday that the decades-old war on drugs has failed and that regulation is the answer.
April 17, 2014
Avalara Offers Free Sales Tax Solution for Small Online Businesses
With the potential of a national sales tax coming, the prospect of trying to comply with many states and local sales tax regulations could be a nightmare for small companies who sell things over the internet. Fortunately, small online businesses and ecommerce sellers now have access to a free sales tax reporting system from Avalara.
April 16, 2014
CEO Survey: Minnesota a “Good Place for Business”
Five years since the bottom of the Great Recession, stock prices are at record highs, business sentiment has improved and hiring appears to be accelerating. The annual survey of CEOs by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) indicates that two-thirds of the chief executives polled plan to add employees this year. Meanwhile, the Minnesota economy is growing faster than…
April 14, 2014
Business Travelers Rank Favorite Restaurants and Hotels
When it comes to dining, the top priority of business travelers is "affordable convenience," which equates to fast food. But when they have the time for something a little more substantial, they still trend toward casual restaurants.
April 14, 2014
Dave McClure is Not Happy with the Windows 8.1 Update – Not at All
Truth is the metro-sexual bunch in charge of the Windows operating system at Microsoft have not listened one whit to the users who have been screaming at them for the past two years. So here is my simple message to them:
April 14, 2014
Putting An End To Identity Theft
Russia has invaded the Ukraine; North Korea is firing on the South; Iran is about to develop nuclear weapons; terrorism is on the rise again; and the single most important thing to be afraid of is…
April 11, 2014
Why Markdowns Can be a Good Thing for Retailers
When Rhonda Sawyer first opened her women's and children's clothing store, she was extremely focused on the price of individual items.