Author: Mike Taylor (Retired)

Many people have heard of private equity firms, but that doesn’t mean they know what they are or how they operate. Read on to learn private equity firm basics, and find out whether they could benefit your business.

Recently, I’ve had a number of conversations with business owners about employee turnover and the difficulty of hiring replacements. It’s no secret that there’s a shortage of qualified people at almost every level of our workforce. As our economy grows and business continues to expand, that problem will continue to get worse. So, here’s the … Continued

Have you watched the popular television show Mythbusters? The hosts of that show blow stuff up and disprove conspiracy theories. They never cover financial myths, yet these untruths may be just as easy to believe. So we’re going to bust common financial myths that many small business owners fall for. The Myth: When I’m choosing … Continued

A recent article in the Journal of Accountancy caught my attention. The article, “Restoring Fiscal Sanity” by David M. Walker, CPA (a former comptroller general of the United States), deals with the current sad state of affairs of the deficit spending that our elected representatives in Washington are perpetrating on all of us. It is … Continued