Last April, our office secretary retired after thirty-seven years on the job. I had been around as department manager for the last fifteen of them, and I knew we were going to have an impossible time replacing her. She was unbelievable, to say the least. My impression of her was that God himself would have been jealous of her organizational skills. She had slowed down a bit as we all do after so many years in the same position, but she knew the ins and outs of our office so well that she was able to make her very complicated job seem effortless.

Nearly half of all small businesses fail within the first two years of operation. The number one reason for business failure is inadequate planning. The second reason is under-capitalization.

The next revolution in the accounting industry, after the advent of computers and software, has some strange characteristics. This revolution could kill quite a few accounting practices while create fortunes for those that survive. Many accountants are quite unaware of this coming revolution while they alert ones are taking advantage of it and running ahead with it. Very soon they will be way ahead and out of reach for others to catch on.

Driving a vehicle is probably the most overlooked safety event in one�s life. Personal vehicles are driven to have employees arrive at work, to take kids to soccer practice, and even to deliver goods to customers. Basic precautions take a few moments to check. Millions of people are killed each year.

I now understand the importance of holding. No, I'm not talking about two lovers caressing each other tightly in front of a fireplace (although that is also certainly important, fireplace or not). I'm talking about being put on hold when doing business over the phone.

Small business plays a vital role in today�s economy. How does your small business finance its expenses? Learn how to save money and build your business with a credit card.

Factoring is one of the oldest business practices known. We know that it was used at least as long ago as the time of the Ancient Roman Empire, when merchants would enlist the help of collectors in order to settle trade debts. The primary reason for factoring�s long history is that it addresses a very fundamental problem in business itself: cash flow.

The Christmas Place in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee celebrates its 20th anniversary and announces the opening of "The Inn at Christmas Place".

A fairly recent addition to business terminology, outsourcing in a business is the delegation of certain non-core operations to other separate entities that specialize in those operations. Put very simply, outsourcing means giving away certain tasks which though imperative to the actual business, can be better managed by another industry which specializes in that task.

As an entrepreneur, who are thinking of going into business, or who is already conducting business, you have to start learning about the basic concepts of Accounting because they are the concepts that are used in reporting your business activities to the government come tax time. It is time you must know about one of the most fundamental concepts in accounting.