Today I read in the New York Post’s real estate section about Atelier, a building in Midtown that will let buyers put their down payment for their condo on a American Express credit card. But they let him put his $90,000-plus down payment on his American Express card, which gave him all the bonus points [...]

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } You’re Only Lost if You Stop – MDPNY20070516, originally uploaded by mdpNY. If you are getting organized for tax filing, don’t get stressed out! Keep it simple. Your money is coming [...]

I am now the organizer of Just Start Meetup Group in New York City. What’s Just Start? A meetup of people who want to start a business, have been a business for a year and need a little help, or for people who specialize in providing services to small businesses.   Created by Intuit, this is [...]

Wind Powered: After writing about Con Edison Green Solutions that Little Cupcake Bake Shop uses, I wanted to provide a link in case other small businesses want to learn about it. Filtered: Check out the Sproutwire (Beta) which is a new site that cherry picks rather than just aggregates small business news for you. Sorted: [...]

Crocs in Parma, originally uploaded by Zé Eduardo…. When I read this morning that shares of Crocs have fallen about 10%, I secretly cheered in my seat on the subway. I am not a fan of the rubber shoes on anyone other than a chef or a five year old. [Some six years old make [...]

Today, I met with a client and her husband to work on setting up Quickbooks. Since they have a business together, but also do freelance work, I needed to figure out whether it was necessary to set up a separate Quickbooks file for each. That got me thinking about how married couples should file their [...]

At Home Deposits: It can be a great way to manage cash for home-based businesses. via PSFK Shoeboxed: The company that will scan your receipts also offers a Quicken Export option. Billing: GoTo Billing is an invoicing solution for online businesses. It allows for businesses to issue gift cards to customers.

Catching Calls: At the Small Biz Technology conference, I met a representative from GotVMail which is a great virtual phone system solution for entrepreneurs and freelancers. Getting Insurance:  Shifting Careers has a great round-up of health insurance options for freelancers and small business people. Mainlining:  Check out new blog, MainStreet, which is a mix of [...]

Here’s an excellent reason to hire me…  clipped from www.mercurynews.com For the time-pressed or disorganized owner, the solution is to get some help. “Just outsource the bookkeeping function,” said Jeffrey Berdahl, a certified public accountant with Berdahl & Co. in Center Valley, Pa. “There are a lot of competent bookkeepers out there that you can [...]

Today I found this article on CNNMoney about ways to finance a startup. Though the ways of financing is familiar, I would guess that many entrepreneurs don’t know how to record this accurately in the books. It could be classified as an aset, investment, owner’s equity or loan. Here are the seven ways, and I [...]

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NOW is the time to put the people who regularly work for on payroll to avoid fines. Classify them as employees not as independent contractors. You can use Paychex for payroll service, and the payroll can be automatically debited from a business checking account.  clipped from www.crainsnewyork.com State Labor Commissioner M. Patricia Smith said a [...]

Create: Publish your company’s electronic press kit, pdf or zine for free using Issuu. Career Path Drawn: Check out Jessica Hagy’s Change This Manifesto. Card: Even if you work online, business cards are important for branding. Take a look at some cool business card designs.

Katie McCaskey from Geezeo interviewed me, and I talk about bookkeeping, budgeting and being creative.