#5 Business Pitfall to Avoid: Losing Money on Jobs

#5 Business Pitfall to Avoid: Losing Money on Jobs

Have you swiped your debit card at the grocery store and said a prayer at the same time? This happens when you don’t have a budget, and you’re not watching your money come and go. This same truth applies to small business owners, especially those with...
#2 Business Pitfall to Avoid: Not Paying Required Travel Time

#2 Business Pitfall to Avoid: Not Paying Required Travel Time

Do you pay your employees to travel between work sites? Let’s talk before the Department of Labor knocks on your door. The U.S. Department of Labor requires employers to pay for travel time. The DOL’s website says, “Time spent traveling during normal...
Are Your Numbers As Good As You Think?

Are Your Numbers As Good As You Think?

I beat my son on Wii Golf the other day 40-47 on 9 holes. At first glance, one might think that my son is awful, while I am the next Rory McIlroy. The numbers are convincing. On average I beat him by a stroke on almost every hole. I could market this version of the...
Solutions for Remote Time Tracking

Solutions for Remote Time Tracking

Finding real solutions to your business problems can be like raising teenagers. You walk into the kitchen and on top of the counter sits a stack of used paper towels,  paper plates and food wrappers. Right there just about 12 inches above the waste basket. So close to...

Managing Remote Employees: Automated Job Budgets

Spreadsheets are powerful, but lifeless. A spreadsheet can have fabulous pivot tables, line charts and colored graphs to provide vital information as long as human hands are entering the data…and keep entering the data.  The information spreadsheets provide...