I drove the N2 early this morning. Not the bumper to bumper 1 km/h incoming side towards Cape Town. I was en route to Somerset West. “No traffic in that direction,” my host said last night, “so you can take a slow drive at 7am”. I left at 6am anyway. Nothing like being on the … Read more

We each live 8760 hours each year. Every fourth year we get a bonus of another 24 hours. Your biblical lifetime in hours is 613200. (Your three score and ten…) Into that we fit our childhood, our teenage years, about 50 years of work, and that’s the biblical bundle. Lets look at those work years. … Read more

You may recall me offering a webinar last year about building an online business? One of the first students, Clare, launched her first online course last week. I am so proud of her effort I wanted to share it with you.  She guides students like me through some of the big challenges of beautiful hair.  … Read more

When I closed the doors eight years into my first real business in June 1992 I felt like the biggest klutz on earth. As I tried to find out where I went wrong, I learned how only four out of every 100 startups survive 10 years.  As I dug deeper into these stats I saw … Read more

Hell, but I struggled to write this. It exposed my own weaknesses. And all my biases. It’s based on 60 heartfelt responses from business owners. And 16 sincere responses from accountants. About each others’ roles. I hope it helps you: To better understand your relationship with each other.  To agree on what services you expect … Read more

I asked you about the relationship between small business owners and accountants. That was a few weeks ago. I’m almost sorry I asked because I promised you some feedback. Offering feedback is easy when you get 10 responses of a few words each. It’s a lot harder when you get 70 responses, some the size … Read more

Young Miss Carruthers brought some homework to me yesterday. I was to ask her some questions about her school day, her friends, and her classes. Danielle is shy. As I was when I first started this public speaking gig. Terror better describes my feelings. I knew someone would tell me I was talking utter shyte. … Read more

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Welcome to 2019. Heinz Kabutz suggested I read a book. He is the worlds leading Java trainer. When he suggests I do something, I do it fast. Movies portray coders as unwashed youngsters that work through the night. That’s close to the truth. And this made the book even more compelling for me. (I spent my … Read more

Cashflow challenges are complex. And very distracting. My tech support division began to eat cash in my first computer business. National surveys showed our clients ranked our client support as equal to IBM & HP. But the division was losing R400K each month. (In todays money). My technical director told me the cost was there … Read more