by Lea Strickland | Jul 29, 2014 | Business Articles, Perspectives
How short our memories are! It has been a little over ten years since the Enron scandal and the fall of Arthur Andersen, the audit firm that was “minding the store.” More recently, MF Global seems to be the new “poster child” for what organizations can get away with....
by Lea Strickland | Jun 24, 2014 | Perspectives
You own several small businesses with less than 50 employees, so you might think your businesses are each individually exempt from the provisions of the Affordable Healthcare Act, often referred to as “Obamacare.” Wrong! Within the Obamacare regulations is...
by Lea Strickland | Sep 28, 2009 | Perspectives
Beware the False Not-for-Profit Unfortunately in the day and age in which we live, it is far too easy for individuals and groups to create the image of being a valid not-for-profit entity. The ability to pop up a website and capture images that lend credibility to...
by Lea Strickland | Sep 28, 2009 | Business Articles, Perspectives
Be Wary of “Open Forums” Sometimes when you look at all of the messages which bombard us on a daily basis, it is hard to separate the “gems” from the clutter. The messages all begin to blend together like a higher form of white noise and nothing is distinguishable....
by Lea Strickland | Sep 28, 2009 | Business Articles, Funding, Perspectives
Hand Out or Hand Up The opportunities for small business funding abound. But like any other market, competition for funding is fierce and goes to the innovative, the viable, the visible, the capable, and the credible. It doesn’t go to those with an “entitlement”...
by Lea Strickland | Sep 28, 2009 | Business Articles, Perspectives, Small Business
Congress Settles the Debate Venture and Institutional Backed Firms are Small Businesses With the passage of the new legislation in Congress venture backed firms (and with other institutional investors) will continue to be classified as small businesses. The battle...
