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If you’re benchmarking or experiencing performance problems in your React apps, make sure you’re testing with the minified production build.
Cash is King, But Not Everything in Succession Planning
We have all heard the expression “Cash is King”. Cash flow, especially for a small business early in the life cycle, can make or break the business. My own experience as Vice President and General Manager of a manufacturing facility where we quickly grew the revenue...
MLK: Running the Risk
This post first appeared in the January 14, 2017 edition of the Bristol Herald Courier On Monday, banks will be closed. The mail will not run. A lot of students will get the day off, although some school systems (like BTCS) will use the day for a teacher in-service....
Why we do what we do
Most of us like to think of ourselves as logical individuals acting in our own best interests and hopefully to benefit others. Why then do we see so many people, some very well educated people, act in an almost self destructive manor? More importantly how can we stop...
Can You Answer These Questions?
Early last week, I was invited by one of our other team members to have lunch with a husband and wife team who own an exciting small business. The couple literally started their business in their garage, and now with around five employees, their business is perched on...
Don’t (Just) Show Them the Money
If you have ever been in a leadership position of any type of organization, then it is a safe bet that at some point you have been frustrated or disappointed in the commitment of people whom you are trying to lead. Depending on the circumstances, your immediate...
Employee Engagement – What is it and Why Should I Care?
Introduction Businesses are formed to meet a defined need in the marketplace, in the form of products and services. Those who meet that need, including passing the “wallet test”, in an efficient and effective way, often are profitable and sustainable. Businesses hire...
Five Things That Many Business Owners Are Overlooking in the New Overtime Regulations
The Department of Labor finally issued its long-anticipated final rules for the upcoming changes to overtime regulations, or as I like to call it, Christmas in May. Granted, as an employer I will have to worry about compliance just like everyone else, but as a CPA who...
Sharing Your Dream: Three Crucial Questions That Leaders Must Answer
It was around 10 PM one snowy February night, on a desolate road somewhere between Chicago and Iowa, that it finally registered with me why it can be a challenge to get business leaders excited about my favorite professional topic. I was scheduled to be speaking at a...