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How Outsourced Accounting Can Help your Business

Strategy Driven

For many businesses, taking advantage of local CPA & accounting services can be a great option. These services, such as Gelinas & Pratte CPA Tax And Quickbook Accounting , can offer a variety of benefits to any organization. As your business grows, your accounting needs will grow as well.

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Calibrated Trust: The Undeniable Value of Professional Skepticism

Terry Starbucker

Fortunately, (way, way back in 1982) I started my career as a CPA and auditor, and I learned about this thing called “ Professional Skepticism “. There were some things that just weren’t “material” enough to make a difference – i.e., I didn’t have to spend a day tracking down that one or two dollar difference in my bank reconciliation.

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Raising Capital Through Angel Investors

Women on Business

Many businesses today that would have traditionally sought after bank financing are turning to other solutions. For example if you are expanding and need to purchase $300,000 in new equipment a bank would traditionally finance this type of purchase. If so this may be a cheaper and quicker option for you.

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Why it Pays to be a Contrarian

Strategy Driven

Where others saw an economic boom, I saw only the exponential risk of some $500 trillion in promises that banks and insurers didn’t have the reserves to keep. But my father taught me well, and I decided to take the road less travelled. He has university degrees in accounting, law, education, and professional writing.

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How I Made the Transition from the Corporate World To Ministry World

Ron Edmondson

I got it last week from a man who is a practicing CPA and a successful entrepreneur, but feels something is missing in his life. I had no guarantee of a paycheck – and we didn’t have a large “nest egg” in the bank. It’s probably the question I get asked most often. I didn’t have a position or title.

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Why We Need to Update Financial Reporting for the Digital Era

Harvard Business Review

Since then, we interviewed several chief financial officers (CFOs) of leading technology companies and senior analysts of investment banks who follow technology companies. In our recent HBR article , we argued that financial statements fail to capture the value created by modern digital companies.

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The Undeniable Value of Professional Skepticism

Terry Starbucker

I eventually figured out that this “ BS Meter &# had to be more carefully calibrated – for example, there were some things that just weren’t “material&# enough to make a difference – i.e., I didn’t have to spend a day tracking down that one or two dollar difference in my bank reconciliation.

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