Jul 19, 2019 | Controller for Rent™, Entrepreneurs and Business Owners, Finance Mentoring |
The Wall Street Journal reported recently (7/18/19) that CFOs of public companies are retiring at the fastest pace in over a decade. Exit rates of nearly 18% annually are now thought to be higher than for CEOs, a historically high turnover job. The trend, captured by...
Jun 11, 2019 | Entrepreneurs and Business Owners, Exit Strategies, Finance Mentoring |
First, full disclosure #1: “Non-digital” may not be a real word, but it’s my attempt to identify those businesses whose owners don’t rely on the Internet for their business and don’t think they’ll ever have to. Think: Blockbuster,...
May 29, 2019 | Controller for Rent™, Entrepreneurs and Business Owners, Finance Mentoring, Non-Profits |
In a recent California court case, a female employee was hired at 5% over her last salary with a prior employer, a starting wage policy the new employer followed for everyone. A while later the employee found that male workers doing similar work were paid more, likely...
May 21, 2019 | Controller for Rent™, Entrepreneurs and Business Owners, Finance Mentoring, Non-Profits |
Some years ago (over 10, actually) I wrote an article that bore the tongue-in-cheek title “Financial Training Isn’t for Everyone!” I was then typically traveling virtually every month speaking to business audiences nationwide on the value of financial education, and...
Jan 24, 2019 | Controller for Rent™, Entrepreneurs and Business Owners, Finance Mentoring |
The following VERY long post is compliments of Morningstar, which provided a good recap of the rates and due dates for 2018 and 2019 tax filers. The year 2018 ushered in seismic tax-code changes that you’re likely to see reflected on your 2018 return: notably,...
Jan 4, 2019 | Controller for Rent™, Entrepreneurs and Business Owners, Exit Strategies, Finance Mentoring |
We’ve been reading a lot about the aerospace industry lately – strong demand for product from airlines, defense, technology. Difficulty hiring enough qualified workers to fill the orders. What a former boss of mine would have called a high class problem....
