Those of you who know me personally know that I am a film buff, and classic comedy historian and collector. I’ve been a member of The Sons of the Desert, the international Laurel and Hardy organization, since I was 15 years old, and I founded the Cleveland, Ohio, branch of that organization in 1973.
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Most everyone wants the latest and greatest upgrade to technology, especially when it’s a free update, like Windows 10 or IOS 9. Even enterprise software users desire the latest upgrade.
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Most of us learned the four-letter words we shouldn’t say when we were in school. We heard the words in school. We learned that we shouldn’t say those words when we repeated them in front of our parents.
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Question: Do I have to collect sales tax for out-of-state sales? It depends, and it’s complicated. State governments would like to collect as much sales tax as possible and, with declining revenues over the last several years, are looking to every possible source.
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Since I recently wrote a commentary titled ‘Are You Too Old To Rock,’ I thought I would share another thought from the world of music.
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Are you afraid to fail? Or are you afraid to get started because you might fail? The late TV preacher Robert Schuler famously said, “What would you try to do, if you couldn’t fail?” Do you dare to dream big? Your realities can only be as big as your dreams.
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Each Power Box has its own personality. Power Box 1 is really into dubstep music. He raves hard all weekend long. On weekdays, he wakes up around noon and hits the gym with his Resistor Strip from Ad Bands. No, he’s not a college student. He graduated with a bachelor’s degree in marketing, and works from home on a variety of social media campaigns for upcoming movies. Although he’s not the boss, he makes his own hours because he’s cool like that.
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My son did something wrong, and I want him to learn so he doesn’t repeat the same mistake. I hear parents say, “Think about what you did,” and send kids to time out or to their rooms. I’ve done this too. But, as I get wiser, I am realizing this is counterproductive.
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Question: When I try to enter a payment from a customer, it ends up in “undeposited funds” and not my checking account in QuickBooks. How do I fix that?
Perhaps this title grabbed your attention? Business is done through building relationships that we build through personal connections. These connections happen when being involved in our community and in our industry. They are created by being engaged with others. Relationships can be built while drinking the beverage of your choice.
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