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Intellectual Property (IP) can be the most important asset to your corporation Just ask Kodak, whose management sat on its intellectual property for years. They never knew what it was worth! The question now becomes how you protect your IP. First, you need to determine whether it will be worth something, to some investor down […]

Moving to QuickBooks If you’ve been using QuickBooks for a while you probably know that the desktop version is very limiting. Even if you “graduate” to QB Pro or make the mistake of going on-line, you still had many technical issues (although credit to Intuit for fixing many, but not all of them). And if […]

So you are looking for an Investor or Exit Business owners, both young and old (by both their age and the age of their businesses) always have an eye on either new investor(s) or a buyer for an exit from the business. Obviously, in any case the business needs to be attractive. The value proposition […]

It’s Tax Season… It has always amazed me how people complain about paying taxes but are more than happy to give loans to the government interest free loans. I really wish people and banks did the same for me, interest free loans. Interest Free you say? The US Government requires individuals to pay by January […]

Course Link: ÂGAP Analysis: A Practical Approach Course Reviews GAP Analysis This follow-up course to Business Process Mapping provides an in depth look at the actual performance of system and process GAP Analysis and how the results of this strategy can provide benefits in addition to assisting in laying out the requirements for a new […]

Course Link:  Business Process Mapping: A Prelude to System & Process GAP Analysis Course Reviews GAP Analysis requires a comparison between the existing system(s) and/or process(es) and those that an organization aspires to achieve; this course will provide a “best practice” to achieve the goal of mapping current processes. While mapping your business process sounds […]

 Course Link: War Stories – Enterprise System Implementation Wars Course Reviews This course provides you with perspectives that help you to successfully select, purchase and implement your next accounting, ERP or CRM system – or, for that matter, any type of major enterprise system. By describing real life case studies and the lessons derived […]

Course Link:  Before You Buy That Accounting, ERP, or CRM System… Course Reviews Many of the questions asked when selecting corporate software (and the focus of this course, buying an accounting system) are asked in this fashion: What is the best software for [Fill-in type]. This is the wrong question; whose answers will invariably yield […]

Lesson Learned: Dummy Vendors and a Cover-up By: Robert F Cummings Consulting CFO, Connecticut SBA * Consulting LTD Internal controls are not for big business only. I learned the hard way. I was the Controller CFO for multi-site property management firm. Our net revenues were approximately $4 million. Our project revenues were in excess of […]