Happy Holidays
[caption id="attachment_57" align="alignleft" width="392" caption="Outside my office window"][/caption] 12/22/08. This was the view from my office window today. With 15" of fresh snow, winter has officially arrived!
I want unlimited free training…
but I'm charging my client Ok, this one just totally drives me "INSANE"! We come into contact with some ProAdvisors and the like that have never dealt with a commercial construction client and know absolutely nothing about certified payroll, aia billing, or using QuickBooks in the commercial construction industry. Ok, so I know that there isn't much in the way of QuickBooks training out their for this kind of situation - what I know I learned the hard way with lots of long, hard unbillable hours....but PLEASE don't call us up wanting free training and for us to teach you everything we know for FREE while you bill your customer for your "training time"! That is just so wrong! If you want to become knowledgeable about using QuickBooks in the…
Playing games….
Most Certified QuickBooks ProAdvisors (CQA), Intuit Solutions Providers (ISP), Enterprise Solutions Providers (ESP), Certified Public Accountants (CPA), what-have-you's are really decent people---but the ones that drive me crazy are the ones that "play games". What do I mean by playing games? Good question, let me explain! On our main website I'm pretty clear (ok BLUNT) about "How Sunburst Works with ProAdvisors, CPA's, etc."; as a matter of fact sometimes I feel I've been pretty harsh and really need to tone it down a bit. Well every time I get to feeling like this, something like this happens: Ben, Linda, or I get an email or a phone call from one of these folks asking for a commission or referral fee for recommending our software. We go through the "sorry, we…
Owning your own business…
Owning your own business is great, but there are drawbacks: You can't fire yourself because you own the business. When you are the boss, nobody will fire you (even if they might like to!) If you could fire yourself, you wouldn't be able to collect unemployment (at least not here in Vermont). Your business consumes you, you think about it, talk about it, work on it, 24 hours a day/7days a week. Your customers think they own you, and that's just not right! You no longer have a life, just a business.