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Not every business starts out big like a blue whale. Let me explain.
"All great things have small beginnings" - Peter Senge A famous line by the renowned American systems scientist and author, Peter Senge....
Brian R. Schobel, CPA
Feb 13, 2023


Brian R. Schobel, CPA
Feb 23, 2022


Understanding Your Chart of Accounts
Before you can start recording any financial transactions, you’ll need to create a chart of accounts for your company. This is the...
Brian R. Schobel, CPA
Feb 15, 2022


Choosing Your Business Structure in 2022
If you are thinking about opening a business in 2022 the first thing to do on the list is choosing a business structure. Since everything...
Brian R. Schobel, CPA
Feb 8, 2022


Work life Balance
Balance is a condition in which different elements are equal or in the correct proportions. As a business owner and as humans, it is...
Brian R. Schobel, CPA
Oct 28, 2021


Self-Discipline
Self-control, an aspect of inhibitory control, is the ability to regulate one's emotions, thoughts, and behavior in the face of...
Brian R. Schobel, CPA
Oct 14, 2021


How to build trust in a relationship
Often when I meet with a prospect the issue of trust comes into the conversation. It is a difficult topic to discuss. When someone asks...
Brian R. Schobel, CPA
Oct 8, 2021


Dream boards
What is a dream board or vision board? It is a board, physical, digital, large, or small, depicted through words and or pictures, that...
Brian R. Schobel, CPA
Sep 30, 2021


Restorative Rest
An extremely important component to operating a small business is getting enough restorative rest. Without rest, most processes become...
Brian R. Schobel, CPA
Sep 24, 2021


Why write a business plan?
“If you fail to plan, you are planning to fail.” Ben Franklin The second thought that comes to mind when preparing a business plan for me...
Brian R. Schobel, CPA
Sep 16, 2021

Virginia State Sales & Use Tax
There might be a good chance your business should be collecting sales and use taxes. All sales, leases, and rentals of tangible personal...
Brian R. Schobel, CPA
Sep 9, 2021


Business Insurance
One of the many tasks we complete when taking on a new bookkeeping client is making sure they have proper insurance coverage. Not having...
Brian R. Schobel, CPA
Sep 2, 2021


Create a system
Systems can be simple such as writing and posting to your blog each week. Or they can be complex like those found in your automobile. New...
Brian R. Schobel, CPA
Aug 27, 2021


Important Nonprofit Compliance Requirements
Nonprofit Form 990 Filing Requirements Organizations with annual revenue of $50,000 or more and required to file as an exempt...
Brian R. Schobel, CPA
Aug 18, 2021


What do you do best?
Become the best at one thing before expanding into other areas of expertise. We all have special talents. Hopefully you are passionate...
Brian R. Schobel, CPA
Jul 29, 2021


Bookkeeper
What English word has three consecutive double letters? Bookkeeping or Bookkeeper Bookkeeping is the recording of financial transactions...
Brian R. Schobel, CPA
Jul 15, 2021


Financial Statements
Our primary objective with taking on any new bookkeeping client is producing financial statements. The two most important are the balance...
Brian R. Schobel, CPA
Jul 8, 2021


Outsourcing for growth!
Outsourcing is the act of gathering human resources to work for your company on a contract basis. Often people think of a customer...
Brian R. Schobel, CPA
Jul 2, 2021


Digital Accounting. What is digital accounting?
Digital accounting is what we do! It is the creation, representation, and transfer of financial information in electronic format. Paper...
Brian R. Schobel, CPA
Jun 24, 2021


Continue Networking to Grow Your Business
The purpose of network marketing is to explain to as many people the product you sell. You hope as you explain to the person sitting...
Brian R. Schobel, CPA
Jun 9, 2021
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