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...
Pierre Langlois: · April 30, 2026
Most of the tax mistakes we see are not obvious. They are the subtle, recurring oversights that quietly erode a business owner's bottom line. These...
The Kaizen Team: · April 23, 2026
Choosing the right business structure sounds simple until you’re the one making the call. You hear “you should be an S corp,” but no one really...
Pierre Langlois: · April 16, 2026
Tax season has a way of making things feel urgent, but by the time April rolls around, the decisions that drive your tax bill are already in the...
The Kaizen Team: · April 10, 2026
Accounting has changed a lot over the last 30 years. The tools are faster, cleaner, and far more connected than they used to be. But the real value...
