Don’t you love tax-time? No? Just us? Not feeling it? We get it. We’re bookkeepers… We know we love tax-time prep, and we know that we may be alone in that sentiment. Despite the year we’ve had, there is some good tax-time news. Any stimulus payments you received in 2020 won’t impact your tax refund. READ MORE
Author: Jennifer Scott
Bookkeeper As Advisors, And Why You Should Care
Bookkeepers As Advisors If you’re like most small business owners, you are looking for ways to drive strategic business growth and maximize efficiency. You want a unique, scalable combination of financial services and tech resources that make your lives easier. You want help – sort of like a business partner in your back pocket to READ MORE
Cybersecurity: Where Your Business Is Vulnerable and What You Can Do About It
Cyber attacks are a growing threat for small businesses, and so by definition, the U.S. economy. According to the FBI’s Internet Crime Report, the cost of cyber attacks reached $2.7 billion in 2018 alone. And Small Business Trends reported that 43% of cyber-attacks targeted small businesses in 2019. From phishing scams to data breaches, the READ MORE
Lead Like A Woman
Thanks to a networking opportunity for alumni of the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses program, I had the opportunity for an interview on the Lead Like A Woman podcast. As part of this lively conversation, Andrea, asked me what advice I would give to aspiring entrepreneurs. Frankly, my answer is excellent advice for anyone. It came from someone who READ MORE
AI-assisted Data Analysis is Awesome, but You Still Need Humans
AI-assisted Data Analysis Artificial Intelligence (AI) resources and AI-assisted Data Analysis tools have become indispensable to today’s businesses. The 2019 CIO Agenda Survey by Gartner shows that in the last four years, the use of AI has increased by 270%. In the last year alone, the number of organizations that have deployed AI has more READ MORE
Enter the Age of Bookkeeping Automation
Remember The Jetsons? George Jetson’s job consisted of sitting behind a desk and pushing a single button while his computer handled the rest. Automation – It seemed so out there at the time. Welcome to 2020, where you can automate a lot of administrative small business tasks that weren’t possible even ten years ago. The less manual administration you READ MORE