5 lessons learned from the closing of a historic candy company

NECCO Wafers are one of America’s most historic candies. Union soldiers carried them in the Civil War. Arctic explorer Donald MacMillan stocked them on his voyage to northern Greenland in [...]

Taming your to-do list

“Until we can manage time, we can manage nothing else.” ~Peter Drucker Two things trip up most leaders’ attempts at managing their time. The first is the fact that the best [...]

5 podcasts for your summer road trip

Taking a family road trip is one of the rites of passage that we all go through during summer. The kids have their iPads and books, the dog has his bone, and that just leaves the adults to find [...]

Summer reading list

It’s that time of year: trips are being planned, office cubes seem emptier than normal and social media is flooded with pictures of vacation spots. But, nothing says summer to me like [...]

8 tips to help recent grads establish financial independence

Schools out for summer! And, for some, school is out for good. In honor America declaring their independence, here are 8 tips from the American Institute of CPA’s National CPA Financial [...]

Ones and zeros aren’t always heroes

In 1984, an entire profession that had survived more or less intact for 600 years found itself facing a monumental, earth-shattering change. It was that year Apple Computer released the [...]

Goooooooooal: Planning your way to financial victory

Have you ever been to the gym the first week in January? It’s usually packed with folks looking to improve their health. Many of these newcomers are there as part of their New Year’s [...]

AICPA to IRS: we need guidance on virtual currencies

More and more people are investing in virtual currencies (also known as “cryptocurrencies”), such as Bitcoin. A recent study says that one in ten Americans owns some kind of virtual [...]

7 risks small businesses need to consider

Except for an expanding waistline, what could be risky about ice cream? Ask the small business owners overseeing an ice cream shop on the boardwalk that caters to summertime beach crowds. [...]

4 tips to smart budgeting for new graduates

What if you put together a budget but forgot about income taxes that would be deducted from each paycheck? That’s what happened to me when I graduated from college, so I can tell you: It [...]