Management

Ask the Accountant… Question: I am thinking of hiring a bookkeeper who knows QuickBooks Online, but I use QuickBooks Premier. Are they the same, only one is online? Answer: No, QuickBooks Online and QB Premier are very different programs. They do not look alike at all and have very different functionalities. When hiring a bookkeeper,…

Proforma, Cleveland, Ohio, hosted its annual leadership meeting during the week of Nov. 1, 2021. This meeting featured Proforma’s key executives as they focused on the strategic vision, mission, and objectives of Proforma in the months and years ahead. “Proforma is committed to industry leadership through distributor support and empowerment, technology, and ongoing education,” said…

For the overall Formula 1 brand and its individual race teams, success comes down to a four factors: customers first, showcasing teams over drivers, highlighting the importance of quickly adapting to change, and displaying how critical it is to isolate issues swiftly. These all apply to running a successful business, too...

The "Big Quit" is affecting us personally and professionally. We are all experiencing the downsizing of service levels and resources as consumers and sellers. But, as with most challenges, there can be rewards. Organizational voids are an opportunity to dig deeper into accounts and offer more assistance and value to inexperienced and overtaxed buyers...

Stran & Company Inc. today announced the pricing of its upsized initial public offering of 4,337,349 units, each consisting of one share of common stock and a warrant to purchase one share of common stock, at a public offering price of $4.15 per unit, for aggregate gross proceeds of approximately $18.0 million...

Custom Ink announced today that it has acquired Swag.com, a branded merchandise and corporate gifting company whose tech-enabled "swag distribution" model is similar to that of the gifting-as-a-service companies we've seen recently. Swag.com founders Jeremy Parker and Josh Orbach will stay on staff leading the company within the Custom Ink umbrella...

Bretton Woods Group Inc., Kansas City, Missouri, is expanding its investment in the premium incentive segment by adding Top Brands Inc. to its portfolio of companies. Top Brands will team up with Computer Incentives LLC to offer a wide variety of products to the premium incentive and corporate gifting channel...

Geiger, Lewiston, Maine, has opened a new sales office in Dusseldorf, Germany, to work in coordination with its German distribution facility in nearby Nettetal. This office is part of Geiger's overall strategic plan for global expansion to better serve its customers' international shipping and distribution needs...

Goldstar continues to follow through with its growth initiatives by announcing two new members of its management team and changes to the inside sales team. Megan Hernandez joins as South-Central region sales manager, Salina Brill joins as North American marketing manager and Ricardo Vieira has been promoted to inside sales manager...

Over the years, I have met many people, many of whom are very successful, who lack self-confidence and self-esteem because they do not have a college degree. I call this the Scarecrow Effect. You remember the Scarecrow in "The Wizard of Oz." He felt he was not smart. He even sang a song called “If I Only Had a Brain."...