Business

Fight Inflation With I-Bonds

Inflation has always been a consideration but is not regarded as a severe concern for many investors. That is no longer the case. We last faced significant inflation in the early-to-mid 2000s, with the most notable bout of inflation occurring ...

Tech Matters Now More Than Ever

2022 promises great opportunities for small businesses—and great challenges. Every business owner I talk to has trouble finding talent and supplies and anticipates inflation to rise. Wages are also pushed higher, in part due to inflation. However, the workforce contracted, ...

Save Money On Taxes Before the Year Ends

Like most small businesses, you probably have some end-of-year purchases you would like to make for your business. So you can deduct the expenses from 2021 under Section 179. Unfortunately, it is not that simple. Section 179 does not cover ...

Cybersecurity: You Have To Change Your Passwords

With all the recent breaches in cybersecurity, you need to be taking steps to protect yourself. One of these is changing your passwords on a regular basis. This blog post will teach you how and why it's important! This is ...

How are you at Risk?

It's time to make public a conversation that has been brewing inside the IT and managed services industry for most of the last year but has largely not broken out of those circles. Your managed service provider is now a ...

What is Bitlocker Encryption?

Bitlocker hard drive encryption is the encryption software that Microsoft builds into every version of Windows 10 Professional. It physically encrypts the data on your computer's hard drive so that even if your device is lost or stolen no one ...

Why Have IT Contracts?

I came across a website recently that decried contracts for IT services claiming that they were all written in the interests of the IT provider and out to get small business owners. Here are three reasons you want to look ...

Pt 2: Align the Business

In my last blog post I wrote about a company that lacked internal alignment between their marketing and sales departments. In this blog post we’ll look at what actionable steps might entail for this real-life company. Step 1: Have a ...

(No) Business Alignment: A Real Life Story

Business alignment is one of those things that speakers and leaders often talk about in platitudes but don’t give anything actionable. This is a short blog with a story of non-alignment that also gives some actionable steps at the end. ...

Chinese Money and You

The South China Morning Post, one of the continent's premiere English newspapers, has an article out this week via Bloomberg on the Yuan's (CNY) value against the US Dollar (USD) over the next 12 - 15 months. Why should you ...

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