What Is a Living Wage and Does It Actually Work?

A living wage is an hourly pay rate intended to allow a worker to meet a basic standard of living within their community. While the goal of reducing poverty is one most people share, the question worth examining is whether setting an artificial wage floor is the most...

Should I Use an Outsourced CFO?

Consider these scenarios: Your business needs an independent advisor, free of internal politics and biases, to recommend and implement policy, procedure, and system changes for the betterment of the entire organization. Your internal accountant/bookkeeper requires...

Key Factors in Starting a New Business

With the increased unemployment, more people are deciding to venture out on their own or with partners to startup a new business.  However, the success rate of new startups is not very good. “The impact of the national recession is evident in the business survival...