Well, here’s to wishing you all a happy Black Friday! What is that you ask? Black Friday is the Friday after US Thanksgiving and is considered the busiest shopping day of the year. Hopefully it is also the beginning of when retailers enter into the ‘black’ (e.g. making a profit).
It will be interesting to see [...]
Entries from November 2008 ↓
black friday
November 27th, 2008 — sales & marketing
planning raises in 2009?
November 25th, 2008 — general & admin
As I was working with a client this week on their 2009 operating plans, one of the executives casually included a standard of living increase of 4.5% for staff. I have to say I really struggled with this.
Is it appropriate for small companies to be planning for raises in 2009 during a global recession?
In a [...]
reasonable directors fees?
November 20th, 2008 — general & admin
Most small companies I work with have a board of directors that is comprised of the CEO, some interested shareholders (e.g. venture capitalists) and independents. Better corporate governance and stronger due diligence have required all the directors to get way more involved with the companies they govern. It is not unheard of for a [...]
SAD? SUD? What?
November 18th, 2008 — general & admin
Well, I just finished up delivering audited financial statements to a client of mine. When I reminded the Controller that she needed to book the SAD entries in the financial system so that the books matched the printed audited financial statements she asked:
What does SAD stand for?
Hah! It’s been so long even I had to [...]
