Terry Starbucker

JUNE 21, 2015

I obtained my CPA certificate, rose quickly through the ranks and within 5 years I was a Manager on the fast track to partner. My best advice, however, is to not wait the 5 years. I remember the day I knew I really wanted to be a leader. Funny thing was, it was 5 years after I “accidentally” became one.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 26, 2014

Since that time, I’ve continued to follow my father’s advice and grown my business into a billion dollar company. “If He was employed as a Tax Supervisor for a national CPA firm, established his own law firm, then founded a commercial real estate company in 1968 that now owns over one billion dollars in real estate.

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Real Estate CPA Travel Competitive Advantage 86

Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

The complexity and intricacies of the financial world need experts to exploit them to their full advantage, and if you try and go it alone without seeking their advice, you’ll lose a lot of time on research, and you could well make the wrong choices. Most importantly, your CPA should be more than just a number cruncher.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 22, 2012

If Canon had followed that advice in the early 1970s, it would have never taken on Xerox. I did my chartered accountancy degree in India (the equivalent of a CPA), got my doctorate in accounting at HBS, and was teaching financial and managerial accounting at Dartmouth's Tuck School of Business when I read the "Strategic Intent" article.

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Terry Starbucker

MARCH 28, 2010

If I was to offer you any advice, it would be to do the same thing – get as much relevant information and supporting detail on those papers as you can. I know that’s not good, so I have to fight that tendency, especially in the business world. Colleen, you have it exactly right, just like I noted to Christie.

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Eric Jacobson

JULY 19, 2016

Debbie Laskey is one of my go-to experts when I seek advice about a number of business topics, including marketing, social media, and nonprofit marketing and leadership. So, it's my privilege to share today some of Debbie's insights on all these topics.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 29, 2018

While this advice is somewhat standard among financial advisers, aim for the higher end of that spectrum to give you some breathing room, just in case your transition doesn’t go as planned. Building or adding to an existing emergency fund will help ease the stress and worry of beginning a new career.

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Miles Anthony Smith

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

The biggest bonus is that these 65 experts also shared their greatest content marketing tips and advice, including some common myths. Any other content marketing advice you recommend? Another piece of advice is to set measurable goals. The single best piece of content marketing advice is to not copy your competitors.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 30, 2015

According to the 2015 CPA-Zicklin Index of Corporate Political Disclosure and Accountability, half of the companies in the S&P 500 Index disclose some or all of their contributions of corporate funds to candidates, parties, and committees or have policies not to make such contributions.

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