“Behind every successful business owner is a team of supporters who helped them succeed.” I was thinking about the more outdated (and sexist) version of that quote the other day as I listened to Emily Round share her QuickBooks experience …
I spent the Thanksgiving break at one of my favorite places… at Even’ Star Farm in southern Maryland… and home of my dear friends Brett and Chris. You may have already heard the story of how we met – Brett …
For Robert Ellis, of Crooked Oak Farm, his Square device is a necessary evil of selling at the farmers’ markets. He accepts credit card payments because he’s committed to top-level customer service, and most customers prefer that payment method. But …
Over the Labor Day weekend, a black couple went to a “pick-your-own” (PYO) farm outside of Boston to savor the waning days of summer and enjoy a little farm experience. As they walked back from the orchard to the farm-store …
Dear Julia: We are talking more seriously about hiring a bookkeeper – finances just keep getting de-prioritized as on-farm work needs to get done – and wondering if you have recommendations and methodology for working with people around sensitive data …
A few years into my catering business, I started to notice a seasonal trend. I was booked from October through December; slow January to March; busy again from April to June; and then slow from July through September. Contrary to …
“When Hershel Shanks moved his family to Israel in 1972, he thought he would finally be able to write his novel. He was on sabbatical from his legal practice after a year in which he had argued a U.S. Supreme Court …
When I first wrote The Farmer’s Office, I naively thought that if farmers just understood why bookkeeping was so important, they’d be motivated to implement new business management practices. If I had thought about some of my own behaviors and …
You’ve heard the term “flip-flopper”. It’s typically used in politics and it’s a derogatory term for someone who makes an apparent change in policy or opinion. I’ve always been baffled by the idea that changing an opinion was a bad …
If you’ve raised children, or been around a five-year-old, you know how curious they can be… asking why about everything. It can be irritating to hear the incessant “whys,” especially after a long day working or a poor night’s sleep. …