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Business Tax Credits and Tax Preparation: Business Cheat Sheets

Download the PDF of the tax credits and preparation cheat sheet here.

Taxes are an inevitable part of life for the successful business owner. Once your company is built and operational and bringing profits, Uncle Sam is going to come knocking at your door to take his share. You want to make sure you pay all of the taxes you are legally obligated to or you will find yourself in prison or paying huge fees at a high interest.… read more “Business Tax Credits and Tax Preparation: Business Cheat Sheets”

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How To Avoid Scams: Business Cheat Sheets

Download the PDF of the Avoiding Scams Cheat Sheet here.

Business owners are constantly pitched on a wide variety of products and services. Unfortunately, many of these are scams and a business owner needs to be able to tell how to avoid scams to stay in business. You may have an excellent business model, lots of revenue and success, but if someone scams you that can set you back or possibly even cause you to go out of business. … read more “How To Avoid Scams: Business Cheat Sheets”

Beating The Grind: Business Cheat Sheets

The day is only just beginning but you find yourself staying at your computer in a funk of despair. Sitting down and doing a full day of work seems impossible. You can’t get any tasks started, you find the people around you annoying, you feel tired and beat down. You just want to go home and cry.… read more “Beating The Grind: Business Cheat Sheets”

Operant Conditioning For Employees: Business Cheat Sheets

Download the cheat sheet PDF for operant conditioning here.

An employee who started with a good attitude working at Coalition had his performance degrade over time. As his work performance became worse and worse, I came down on him harder and harder. I spent at least twenty minutes a day in special meetings with him trying to tell him what he was doing wrong and what he should be doing instead.… read more “Operant Conditioning For Employees: Business Cheat Sheets”

126 Hours Worked Over Last 12 Days

A sample of the life of an entrepreneur:

I have worked 126 hours over the last 12 days. This is on the conservative side as this is time spent in my chair at my desk or in meetings.

How To Write A Business Contract – Business Cheat Sheets

Please note before I begin that I am not a lawyer and these tips on how to write a business contract are not legal advice. Download PDF file of image below here.

Are you just getting your business started and want to avoid spending thousands of dollars on a lawyer but are afraid to write legalese yourself?… read more “How To Write A Business Contract – Business Cheat Sheets”

Lindsay Lohan Should Not Be Sent to Jail

Surprise, surprise. I am actually going to defend Lindsay Lohan on my blog.

Lindsay Lohan was arrested in 2007 after getting caught drunk driving twice. Much more recently, her alcohol detecting bracelet determined that she had been drinking. The circumstances surrounding this incident are incriminating: she had just attended parties after the MTV Music Awards.

I have had experience with alcohol detecting devices, including ones that use the same technology as Lindsay Lohan’s alcohol detecting bracelet. … read more “Lindsay Lohan Should Not Be Sent to Jail”

Management Retreat

We had our management retreat last weekend and got a ton of work done. We met all day Saturday and Sunday – about 7-8 hours of meeting each day. We had fun though too since we drove down to San Diego and went to a Padres game and a nice dinner.

American Healthcare Rips Off Patients

Due to a lack of customer knowledge (because customers don’t get the direct bills, insurance companies do which just spread cost out over time), the American health care system is very badly broken. Read about this guys $68,000 acl surgery including $376 per minute hospital room.