Donna SooterOct 5, 2020Dream Manager and Employee RetentionI thought I would take a break from Mike Michalowicz books and read one that he recommended in his book Fix This Next. I choose The...
Donna SooterAug 22, 2020Fix This Next: The Fifth Level, LegacyCommunity Continuance – Do you clients defend, support, and help your business? Let’s face it, we have a highly charged society at the...
Donna SooterAug 7, 2020Fix This Next: The Fourth Level, ImpactA few nuggets from the chapter and then we will dive into the 5 core needs of level four – Impact. Mike says, “The impact you want to...
Donna SooterJul 9, 2020Fix this Next: The Third Level, Order and RedundancyI’ll begin with two quotes from the book that really resonated with me. “You are not a business owner if the business owns you.” And...
Donna SooterJun 12, 2020Fix This Next: The First Level, SalesThe bottom level of the BHN (Business Hierarchy of needs) is Sales. Businesses can not exist without sales. I know that start-ups can...
Donna SooterMay 28, 2020Fix This Next: The Business Hierarchy of NeedsMany of you have heard Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs. It is a triangle with 5 levels to it: Physiological, Safety, Belongingness, Esteem...
Donna SooterMay 17, 2020Getting out of the Business PurgatoryWhen you started your business, you knew there would be some administrative tasks that would need to get done. I’m sure you think of tax...
Donna SooterApr 30, 2020Getting to Know Quickbooks and their PartnersQuickBooks Online may work for you just fine as is. After all, it was designed to meet the needs of the millions of small businesses that...
Donna SooterApr 16, 2020The Importance of ClarityI’m currently reading Dare to Lead by Brene Brown and although I’m not ready to do a newsletter series on it yet, I wanted to borrow...
Donna SooterMar 7, 2020Tax Time: The Right Business EntityWhen you started your business, you may have formed a corporation to protect your personal assets from lawsuits against your company....
Donna SooterJan 23, 2020"Profit First": Obtaining Debt FreedomMike states there is a “tweak” to the Profit First system when extinguishing the battle of debt. The Profit account is disbursed as 99%...