CFOwise Inaugural Annual Meeting a Huge Success
Unparalleled training offered by and to all Partners and CFOs of growing CFO Services firm
Pleasant Grove, Utah, February 5th, 2010 – Marking another milestone in its young but growing history, CFOwise completed its first inaugural Annual Meeting with a dinner for all of its associates and partners and their [...]
Imagine swimming from one end of the pool to another in 30 seconds. Is that good or bad? How do we determine how we are doing, what is going well, and what we should try and improve? It primarily has to do with comparing our performance to ourselves and others.
Staying with the swimming analogy, what [...]
I recently came across an article in the Harvard Business Review that I found to be very interesting. They did a survey among managers to rank the impact on employee motivation among workplace factors which were considered most significant: recognition, incentives, interpersonal support, support for making progress and clear goals. The managers [...]
Read More...This post is going to be more personal than most…I hope you never feel this pain.
A few weeks ago I woke up not feeling well. I could not ignore an annoying pain in the left side of my back. I prepared for and began my day hoping it would quickly pass (no pun intended…you’ll get [...]
Most businesses have at least some seasonality to them. Perhaps the first quarter of every calendar year is always slow, or your business comes to a stand-still every November through December. Here is an example of a business that slows dramatically ever summer:
Notice the valley from June to August between the peaks of April and October. [...]
Read More...I have long suspected that most business people cannot give a simple definition for the common term of “business model.” It seems to be a nebulous and vague term that escapes most. Most people think they know what it means, but when you ask them to define it, they usually can’t come close to verbalizing it. [...]
Read More...Business partnerships are one of the most unique and trying relationships we will ever enter. Some work, but most fail. I did a quick test. I searched Google for “business partner problems” and found about 169 million results. Compared to only 143 million results for what I assumed would be the more common term of [...]
Read More...Based on total number of unique visitors to each of our blog posts through the year, here are our top ten blog posts of 2009. Enjoy!
1. TOP TEN 2010 TRENDS FOR ENTREPRENEURS - We received a lot of very positive feedback on this blog post as well as a radio interview request. Listen to Ken Kaufman’s [...]
CFO WISE founder, Ken Kaufman, discusses his Top Ten 2010 Trends for Entrepreneurs with Kenneth Darryl Brown
PLEASANT GROVE, Utah, Dec 30, 2009 – CFO wise founder, Kenneth A Kaufman, was interviewed as a guest by Kenneth Darryl Brown on his Blog Talk Radio Show that aired on December 30, 2009 at 10:00am MST. Mr Brown [...]
I created my Twitter account (CFOwise) on December 26th, 2008. After one full year, this is what I have learned:
Twitter is like every other form of connecting with people (yes, I’m excluding all non-person driven Twitter accounts). Whether it be face-to-face, over-the-phone, through social networking, or via some other medium, connecting with people professionally and [...]
With 2009 coming to a close, we look ahead to what we can expect and should plan for in 2010. Here is my list of the top ten trends founders, CEOs, and entrepreneurs of start-up, emerging, and medium-sized businesses should consider as they prepare for the new year.
1. The recession will not end, regardless what [...]
Did you have a business plan in 2009 or if you had, have you looked at your 2009 business plan throughout the year to see if your goals and strategies were on track? If you are like most businesses, chances are that 2009 have been a very challenging year implementing those goals and strategies. When [...]
Read More...I have a number of clients come to year-end and realize they have been profitable, have cash on hard, and want to reduce taxes. Their question is always, “What can I do to minimize my tax liability?”
Although sympathetic to their plight, I have to respond, there isn’t a whole lot we can do at [...]
As I think about the last 18-24 months, if any of you are like me, we may be all thinking, “Why plan for 2010? With all that has happened in the economy, the unknowns out there, and the downturn that we have experienced, there is no way one can predict what will happen over [...]
Read More...As I sat trying to explain the deal points of a transaction for one of my clients to a business attorney, I was amazed at how he began every sentence with: “The problem is…” He spent my entire time with him explaining all the problems with the deal, so I invited him to share some [...]
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