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What is a TD1 Form, and Do I Need It?
Running a business is no picnic. Even for “Patty’s Picnic Planning - Where Every Day is a Picnic.” Not even Patty can escape the...

Lyle Mustard
May 65 min read
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Small Business Finance Fundamentals, Part 5—Strategy
Financial management is more than transactions and tax deductions—it is one of the key pillars of your business foundation. A good...

Lyle Mustard
Apr 124 min read
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Small Business Finance Fundamentals, Part 4—Taxes
Taxes! Taxes?! Tax time is a dreadful season for everybody, let alone small business owners. Even charities and nonprofits are on the...

Lyle Mustard
Mar 253 min read
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Small Business Finance Fundamentals, Part 3—Charities and Nonprofits
Running a not-for-profit is a dream for you if social return on investment is your greatest value. It can be the most rewarding...

Lyle Mustard
Mar 43 min read
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Small Business Finance Fundamentals, Part 2—Cash Flow
Cash Flow: It's not Magic, But It Feels Like It So you've made a sale. You've made a lot of sales. Your income is starting to look like...

Lyle Mustard
Feb 193 min read
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Small Business Finance Fundamentals, Part 1—Bookkeeping
Bookkeeping: The Art of Not Screwing Yourself Over Let's be honest—nobody starts a business because they love bookkeeping. Except for us...

Lyle Mustard
Feb 173 min read
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How to Stay Sane while Dealing with Difficult People
Life is full of difficult people. People who are full of it, some may say. They don’t have any regard for the trouble that they cause...

Lyle Mustard
Aug 13, 20244 min read
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Stop Stopping and Get It Done!
Don’t let perfectionism keep you from completing your project Do you find it difficult to get your work done? Sitting there, grinding...

Lyle Mustard
Jul 26, 20244 min read
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Specialization Empowers Your Business
Would you use a toilet plunger to make your morning coffee? I know, right?? Who would do that? Nobody. I just wanted to get your...

Lyle Mustard
Jul 23, 20243 min read
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Every Business Needs a Bookkeeper, Just Like Every Root Canal Needs a Dentist
When you’re a business owner, your most valuable resource is time. No matter what you do, there is never enough. The problem grows as...

Lyle Mustard
May 22, 20244 min read
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Get Catch-Up Stains Out Of Your Finances
How to accept getting behind without falling behind, and how to catch up. There is only one way to avoid a stain — don’t spill anything....

Lyle Mustard
May 9, 20243 min read
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Hurry Up, Slowly
Take a moment to think about your to-do list. How long do you think it would take to grind through that entire workload? When was the...

Lyle Mustard
Nov 11, 20233 min read
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Make The Risk and Take The Plunge — Is It Worth It?
Photo by Lyle Mustard Have you heard the story of the woman who travelled around the world to find herself? She crossed cities,...

Lyle Mustard
Nov 3, 20233 min read
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How to Bring Your Client Avatar to Life
Photo by Tanbir Mahmud To get the right customer to answer your knock at the door, you need to first know upon which door you would like...

Lyle Mustard
Mar 27, 20234 min read
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Even A Lone Wolf Doesn’t Work Alone
Photo Credit: Yannick Menard So, you want to build a business, and you want to do it all by yourself. Why not? After all, you have...

Lyle Mustard
Mar 27, 20233 min read
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6 Steps to a Stress-Free Tax Season
Tax season is a bittersweet time for all of us. But it is one of two certainties in life, so sooner or later you’ll have to bear down and...

Stacy Stanley Young
Jan 7, 20233 min read
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Not The Jock!
Photo credit: Brett Bourne I recently did an exercise where I asked people to describe me. It was a great boost for the ego! I heard...

Stacy Stanley Young
Nov 9, 20212 min read
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