A sports coach pushes an athlete to achieve optimum performance, provides support when exhausted, and teaches the athlete to execute plays that the competition does not anticipate. A sporting coach will have you run more laps than you feel like. A sporting coach will tell it like it is. And, a [...]
Many of my clients have inquired recently about the Use Tax letters they have been receiving from the California State Board of Equalization. They want to know what is and how should they respond. What is the California Use Tax? In recent years, more and more purchases of all kinds by businesses and individuals are [...]
Over the years, I have seen a wide variety of mistakes, some of which were very costly to business owners. The IRS and state tax code and regulations are very complex and many modifications are made each year. The complexity and frequent changes in tax code creates big challenges for business owners if they don't [...]
That time of year is upon us again. As 2009 taxes are prepared, it is a yearly ritual to see if there is anything you can do differently to optimize your returns for the next year. If you, like many, haven’t heard of California Enterprise Zones, I have great news for [...]
Startups are the fuel that powers the global economy with over half a million new businesses created each year. However, 50% of these startups fail within the first 4 years – a harsh statistic that weighs on any entrepreneur. What can you do as an entrepreneur to keep your startup [...]
In business, meeting tactics and strategy have been raised to an art form. However, while volumes have been written on meeting best practices, we can forget that the success or failure of a meeting starts before the first attendee even arrives. 1. Find The Right Meeting Room Ever held a meeting at Starbucks? I [...]
Writing a good press release may be a Fine Art, but it also isn’t Rocket Surgery. Any seasoned PR professional will tell you that the real key is to approach the press release process from the point of view of a journalist. The journalist’s world is commonly filled with short [...]
There is a secret new blog addiction amongst some of us at Pacific Business Centers … Trizle.com. If you are looking for a high-minded academic or stuffy resource … this is not the blog for you. BUT, this style is actually one of the best things about their site. [...]
Values Based Initiatives Inc. is an unusual company I came across in a recent trip to upstate New York. In this trip I met with local leaders who share a vision of building a physical, technological, and educational infrastructure designed to accommodate The Future of Work in the Adirondacks Mountains [...]
The secret isn’t really a secret at all – it boils down to Business 101. What makes the difference between businesses that just survive and those that thrive is really an application of strategic business principles. The two core principles that bear the fruit of success – even in difficult [...]
