Brian Bride: · September 04, 2026
If you run an auto repair shop, there's a good chance you already pay your technicians on flag rate, also called flat rate. It's the standard pay...
Brian Bride: · September 03, 2026
Employee handbooks and the posters in the break room get lumped together a lot. Paperwork. Compliance stuff. Something you set up once and forget...
Brian Bride: · August 20, 2026
A lot of people hear "AI" and picture something that runs on its own. In payroll, that's not what's happening, and it's not what should be happening.
Pierre Langlois: · August 13, 2026
Most S corp owners are chasing the same thing every year: get taxable income down to zero. If there's no tax due, it feels like a win. I understand...
Pierre Langlois: · August 06, 2026
A lot of shop owners treat a price increase like something they have to justify to themselves before they can justify it to a customer. So they wait....
Clay Hamlin: · July 30, 2026
Give someone twenty minutes to do a job, and they'll take twenty minutes. It doesn't matter if the job could realistically be finished in fifteen...
Clay Hamlin: · July 23, 2026
Valuation sounds like it should be a fixed number. Run the calculation, get the answer, move on. It doesn't work that way. Value is subjective. It...
Clay Hamlin: · July 16, 2026
I played hockey growing up, and every team I was on had a coach. That coach never played in games. He wasn't scoring goals or making the big save....
Henry Joern: · July 09, 2026
Every business, including yours, moves through stages. Someone learns a skill, gets good enough to sell it, and at some point makes the leap from...
Henry Joern: · July 09, 2026
A lot of people ask me some version of the same question lately: is now still a good time to be in the auto repair business? The short answer is yes....
Henry Joern: · June 25, 2026
You probably know two people who go to the gym the same number of days a week, eat similar meals, and still end up in completely different shape. One...
Henry Joern: · June 18, 2026
Prices have gone up almost everywhere over the last few years. Groceries, gas, insurance, the parts and materials that go into whatever you make or...
Brian Bride: · June 12, 2026
Unemployment tax is one of those payroll costs that quietly adds up, and most employers have no idea they have any control over it. You do. Your rate...
Brian Bride: · June 09, 2026
Most business owners know they're supposed to collect an I-9 when they hire someone. What a lot of them don't realize is how easy it is to get it...
Clay Hamlin: · May 21, 2026
Most business owners picture growth as a straight line. Work hard, get results, keep climbing. But that's not really how it plays out in practice. ...
Brian Bride: · May 14, 2026
I am sitting here looking at a standard piece of 8.5 by 11-inch white paper. To most people, it is just a tool for notes. But in the world of...
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The Kaizen Team: · May 14, 2026
There’s no perfect number of employees for a business. You can run lean and maximize profit. You can staff heavier and create breathing room. Most...
Clay Hamlin: · May 07, 2026
Given a choice between a great idea and a great pitch, most of us would say we want the great idea. That is the right instinct. But in practice, it...
