Restaurant Impossible and… Accounting?
Last week, I accidentally stumbled upon Food Network’s Restaurant Impossible and was immediately intrigued by a scene I saw. For those of you, like me, who don’t watch TV often – Restaurant Impossible is a show where Chef Robert Irvine is given the mission to save failing restaurants through various means in just two days […]
Don’t Be Caught Up With the Accounting Software You Use
Yo! Our first video blog post here – chatting about how entrepreneurs should focus on the big picture when building their accounting system then slowly work their way down to the details of selecting the right software that fits. Small business accounting software is the worst Let it rip in the comments to let us […]
DeepSky’s W. Michael Hsu Honored as CPA Practice Advisor’s 40 Under 40 2nd Year In a Row
40 Under 40 We are stoked! Each year, CPA Practice Advisor gets tons of nominations from all around the country for “young leaders who are helping to positively shape the accounting and tax profession.” I was honored and humbled to be selected for the first time last year and am totally stoked that I made it again this year […]
Price of Knowledge
An anecdote tells you the price of knowledge This is a version of a story that I’ve heard a long time ago. A plumber is called to a home to fix the clog of the pipes in the old house. He carefully inspects each pipe for a few minutes, then takes out a hammer and bangs […]
“Be Unreasonable” as Editor’s Choice on Accounting Today
Whoa. Yesterday was an exciting day for us as my good friend, Kim Hogan from Fujitsu, pointed out that our co-authored piece Be Unreasonable (originally seen in Accounting Today’s July 2011 issue) made it as the Editor’s Choice in Accounting Today (now featured on their front-page.) Be Unreasonable Be Unreasonable is a piece that was originally inspired […]
Is It Worth Lowering Prices to Get More Customers? Part 1
Should I lower price to get customers? I seemed to be getting this question more often than ever in the last few months; so I figured it may provide some value to entrepreneurs out there who have the similar question by discussing it here. For starters, I don’t like the idea of lowering prices in […]
How Valuable is Your Business?
A few weeks ago, we were shopping for a business service that we thought could help our processes. We found a good company and decided to arrange a meeting to learn more about what they can do for us. A few rounds of uninteresting meetings later (it didn’t provide us with new insights into the […]
It All Starts With One Simple Question
“Why are you doing it?” There are a lot of noise in my industry right now as CPAs flock (okay, maybe not all at once, but there certainly are noticeable movements) to the attempted practice of “client accounting services” while utilizing the latest “cloud technology” and adopting a “monthly fixed fee” approach – information they’ve […]
Skype at Work
Hi! Skype Skype isn’t just for catching up with far away friends and carrying out long-distance relationships. For those of you who do not already know, Skype is software application that allows users to make video and voice calls over the internet. The service has also recently branched over to the mobile world and now […]
The New Accounting “Inbox”
DeepSky and ScanSnap Ollo. We are excited to announce that we’ve contributed a story about how we delivered a little happiness (and an HSD – High Satisfaction Day) to one of our newer customer on Fujitsu’s ScanSnap Community website. I wouldn’t exactly call it a “case study,” but it is a small peek into the […]
