Your employees are happy, right? They’re never going to leave you ... right?They’re not looking for another Longview job ... uh ... right?You know what the answers are: Maybe, wrong, and I sure hope not.Sooner or later, the advantage will swing back to you, the boss...

Are you watching your COGS these days?(I, ahem, hope you know what those letters stand for, because if not ... well, then we should DEFINITELY talk. calendly.com/kimberlybagleycpa )Has it gone up?You're probably not alone given what kind of signals the economy is...

You’ve likely heard the inflation numbers of late. Prices are going up.In fact, consumer prices increased more than 5% between May 2020 and May 2021.Given the Federal Reserve’s 2% inflation target, that’s a pretty steep increase.Have you taken a look at your own cost...

Remember when the monster cargo ship Ever Given jammed the Suez Canal? After the Given had been stuck just five days, almost 400 other freighters were backed up waiting to pass through the Canal. Experts began predicting temporary shortages of everything from exercise...

There is a LOT of smoke emanating from Congress right now. As usual, with Congress, there are always rumors and mutterings -- what matters is what is actually signed into law.And we'll keep you up to date on what you might need to know.But speaking of Congressional...

The past year and a half has been stressful for everybody in Longview. And I would argue it’s been doubly so for Longview business owners.The thing is though, these things happen. Quite regularly. Maybe not global pandemics, but disasters in general.So, as the person...

You’ve put in the years, labored long days, sweat the bad times, and high-fived in the good as your business grew. Now, it looks like it’s time to step away into the next life stage, slay the next dragon. It’s time to sell. (You think.)Whether you’re headed to another...

The phone rings in the middle of the night and a voice says your office is on fire. Early on a long weekend, that old pipe in the back finally bursts and no one will see the water for days. Or suddenly the Weather Channel’s saying a hurricane is barreling in your...

In the olden days, Longview business owners kept track of their records by hand in the old reliable notebook or ledger. So what an innovation it must have seemed to move business information to a floppy disk that could plug into a computer.The disks got smaller (and a...