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...
Jul 13, 2018 | Controller for Rent™, Entrepreneurs and Business Owners, Finance Mentoring, Non-Profits |
In a recent presentation by an economist from the Federal Reserve Bank in San Francisco, I learned their carefully studied view of the economy over the next couple years, particularly as it impacts your ability to hire and keep good workers. The news was not great for...
Apr 30, 2018 | Controller for Rent™, Entrepreneurs and Business Owners, Non-Profits |
For employers who don’t regularly check on updates to California’s ever-changing labor law landscape, here are some areas where recent changes to the law may affect your hiring/management practices: 1. ICE job site inspection constraints – AB450 2....
Nov 22, 2017 | Controller for Rent™, Entrepreneurs and Business Owners, Exit Strategies, Finance Mentoring, Non-Profits, Uncategorized |
Mark Olson, one of our seasoned CFO contractors and an experienced CPA, had a horrible experience recently when his ID was duplicated and used to defraud him out of thousands of dollars. How his long-time bank, Wells Fargo, dealt with it was so wrong and so...
Oct 10, 2017 | Non-Profits |
Every not-for-profit board I have been privileged to serve on had term limits in place when I left the board, if not so when I joined. That has been a strong position of mine for many years, and for good reasons, as my own experience amply demonstrated. The last board...
