We’re all waiting and watching (and hoping) to see if federal interest rates will be dropping soon. But the outcome of the August jobs report could also have a big impact on stock market prices. What does this mean for you as a small business...

Ever finished a meeting and thought That could have been an email? Yeah, I get that. Work meetings are one of those necessary evils that too often end up being time wasters rather than savers.But you can’t simply wave a magic wand and eliminate them (though, in...

You might have seen some rumors on this already, but I wanted to help make everything clear for you...A few weeks back I told you that there were some tax professional rumors circulating about “automatic PPP loan forgiveness” for loans under $150K. Remember that?Well,...

From making sure that nobody is doing Zoom calls in their bathrobe to ensuring that work actually gets done on time, you’ve got a few extra things to worry about as a San Luis Obispo business owner these days.Chief among those new concerns, however, should be...

Remembering and honoring Martin Luther King this week has me thinking once again about being a voice. It’s hard not to get inspired listening to the iconic words of the famous I Have a Dream speech (if you’ve never listened to the entire speech, it’s worth...

Everybody keeps saying we’re slowly leaving the pandemic behind – and for San Luis Obispo businesses, that means that pandemic tax relief is disappearing, too. But can you still qualify for one of the most popular of the Covid-related federal breaks: the Employee...

Prepare, prepare, prepare. As a recession is bearing down on us all, figuring out how to prepare for economic downturns is something you should be concerned with in your San Luis Obispo business. I know I am.Now, while you and I can’t prepare for every eventuality, we...

You might remember this little story from last year when an ex-IRS contractor pleaded guilty to leaking President Trump’s private taxpayer information along with many other wealthy individuals. It brought the IRS’s ability to secure taxpayer data into question...

Seeing what has happened in our nation's fourth-largest city has been a sobering reminder of the fragility of life, and business. It's helpful to be reminded that threats and disasters can (and do) strike from directions that you might least expect. And while this is...

 Unless you’ve been living in a cave like this woman, you know that business ownership is a tough gig right now — it’s nearly an Olympic sport to keep things running and moving ahead. But, despite all that, being a business owner is also pretty great....