This will be a short blog post but daily I still get emails regarding what is going on with the QuickBooks desktop version and what they should do, and how Intuit Sales told them that the online version would be the only survivor of the two options because Intuit was no longer going to sell […]
This last week, AT&T notified 73 million of its current customers of a cyber-attack where personal information was found on the dark web. 65.4 million former account holders were also affected. That’s one in five Americans…. Here is what was breached: Social Security Numbers Four-digit pins Perhaps full names, email addresses, mailing address, phone numbers, […]
There have been many Intuit’s QuickBooks changes over 30 years. I have been teaching and writing about QuickBooks for over 28 years, starting with my first book, QuickBooks 1.0. It has certainly been a journey of drastic changes trying to keep up with an evolving technical environment. I was one of the first QuickBooks ProAdvisors […]
The daily onslaught of email scams, fake phone calls and door to door cons are overwhelming. It is not just your car warranty any longer.
Do not let your guard down. Deception abounds.
It is a New Year with new challenges – are you ready? Take a deep breath and step into a fresh new start for the new year! For many, the 2022 goals were oriented in “survival.” The trauma of the pandemic continued and was overwhelmingly real to so many who lost loved ones, friends, and […]
There is important info about QuickBooks 2022. Intuit is changing their strategy for QuickBooks desktop version pricing and it includes an annual subscription model. There are many reasons they are going to an annual model, one being getting more money for the same software but the other being forcing old versions to be updated. As […]
When the end of the day cannot come soon enough, and the tension in the office can no longer be ignored, you know something must be done. But where do you even start? Snippiness fills the office and employees are lashing out, but your head is already reeling with a hundred other thoughts to even […]
“I hate calls like these,” I thought as I hung up the phone. My heart ached. A dentist discovered his longtime, trusted employee had been stealing his hard earned money from the practice. It had been my seventh call that week. He alternated from anger over the theft to heartache over losing the relationship. “But, […]
Kitchen Nightmares with Chef Ramsay is a favorite show. After initially watching it, I quickly realized there is a lot of business takeaways that business owners can learn from Chef Gordon Ramsay. If you have never watched the show, failing restaurants invite Gordon Ramsay into their businesses to determine what is wrong and then fix […]
1997 was a long time ago. The world is different in so many ways now and yet, not so vastly different in so many other ways. I am certainly different now than I was 21 years ago, but the lessons I have learned along the way have been essential to the growth of my business. […]
