Just because you might be the best accountant, plumber, or chef in town doesn’t necessarily mean that you have all the skills you need to open a business. In fact, leadership itself is a skill – a set of behaviors that can be learned and improved upon. Since we can learn as much from mistakes as we can from successes, … Read More
Flower Mound CPAs: Starting New Business On A Shoestring
For those of you who want to start your own small business on the cheap, but are worried about seemingly insufficient funds, here are a few ways you can become a successful entrepreneur despite an almost non-existent budget. 1. Start With Home. With Apple and Facebook leading the pack, almost all small business owners begin by working from home. A … Read More
DFW CPAs Share Tips For New Businesses
Whether it’s ensuring your customers are happy or it’s perfecting your products and services, you’ll need to keep pushing on with a new business. With that said, there’s one area that’s often overlooked by small business owners: accounting. Even if you aren’t a financial expert, it’s absolutely necessary that you have some basic accounting knowledge so you can keep your … Read More
Small Business Coach: Summer Reading List
The right words of advice can get you closer to a goal. They can also inspire you to be a better leader. Josh Linkner is the author of the best-selling “The Road to Reinvention,” which urges businesses to go beyond the status quo for success, as well as a relatively new book, “Hacking Innovation,” which explores how insights from computer hackers can … Read More
Small Business Consulting: Finding the Why
Surely you had an inspiration when you decided to start your business. Was it to provide a service or product better, faster or cheaper than what was currently available? Was it to fill a gap in the marketplace? Perhaps you were inspired to run a business that people enjoyed working for? Or maybe to have one that had environmentally and … Read More
CPA Business Consultant Asks: Are you a Leader or a Manager?
Does a Small Business Need Leadership or Management? The answer is both. Have you ever heard the expression “Too many generals and not enough soldiers?” Well it can work both ways. Too many soldiers without a strong general will surely find themselves fighting the wrong battles. Businesses with too many leaders fail from their inability to manage. Likewise companies with … Read More
Small Business Consulting: Restore Your Energy After Taxes
Looking for a few tips to revitalize your personal energy after the tax season is over and get ready for the summer? Some of these small business consulting tips are so easy and simple you might think they won’t do anything for you. As you read, check to see which ones have slipped from your current daily routine. 5 Tips to … Read More
Our New Website Helps Business Owners
Beth Williams, co-owner of Flower Mound, TX accounting firm Williams & Kunkel, CPAs, explains the new directions our business is taking. As part of our commitment to serving small business owners, we’ve spiffed up our website and outlined our mission. Take a look. We think you’ll find as inspiring and informative as we do! Call Williams & Kunkel CPA today in Flower Mound … Read More
A Business Coach on the Power of Accountability
How important is accountability to the success of a company? Without it, a company cannot improve its performance. If each team member feels invested in the success of the business they are a part of, the sky is truly the limit. As part of our business coach advice, let’s point out five clear benefits where accountability is implemented in a … Read More
Small Business CPA Advice
Some hair salon owners worked with their CPA to create an effective low-cost marketing campaign which targeted lapsed and new customers to increase sales. The campaign was traditional but still very effective, another example of how small business CPA advice really can improve growth. About The Client They run a small hair salon in New York. After years of running … Read More