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Have you become an Excel ninja trying to marry up data from QuickBooks and other business systems you use? Do you spend countless hours trying to match up hours, expenses, customer info, and sales info? And have you ever tried to integrate data using the QuickBooks IIF format? I went through it all. And while [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Believe it or not, it’s the end of the year again. Time to not only see where we have been, but to think about where we are going. Our clients look to us at this time of year to help them plan for next year’s technology initiatives and budget. This is an important [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Without a doubt, the answer to the above question is THE BUSINESS! But it’s amazing how often we forget this when looking at new technology to implement in a business. Far too often, a cool new technology noticed by a business owner or the desire of their IT company to play with a new technology [...]
Read the rest of this entry »A quick reminder for business owners that we’re nearing the deadline to purchase and install new hardware and software and qualify for the Section 179 deduction.
Read the rest of this entry »Great question. Maybe you shouldn’t? We talk to clients about this all of the time and have counseled many businesses into and out of replacing network equipment currently in place. Often the issue if forced when there is an outage of an aging server but in our network support model we try to be more [...]
Read the rest of this entry »As many people in the business community are trying very hard to make the most out of a year when all the cards seemed to be stacked against us, it is easy to put off the task of figuring out what we will spend next year to move our businesses forward again. While budgeting for [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Being in a service business providing computer support and web development, our product is our people’s time. As our technical staff work on many projects and clients within a week, time planning for their weekly schedule is critical to ensure the best possible use of their time as well as the proper availability for emergencies [...]
Read the rest of this entry »As I am finishing out my Executive MBA program at the University of Connecticut School of Business, I have started thinking of themes for 2009 that I will employ to fill up all of my newly found “free time”. One theme is “learn how to be a father to my first born daughter”, now 4 [...]
Read the rest of this entry »For 12 years in business I managed to avoid using an outsourced payroll service. I simply used QuickBooks for processing my payroll and while it was a little more costly per person than a large payroll house like ADP or Paychex, it was simple and all in one place.
As ForeSite has grown I decided I [...]
In a time when it seems the government is giving cash to every large mis-managed business in the country, it is frustrating as a small business CEO trying to get more breathing room on our credit line and are told no because the credit markets are in disarray. We didn’t create this problem, but [...]
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