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The wage is the smallest number in the calculation and the only one most owners run. The rest of it decides whether the hire works.
Continue reading The first hire has to pay for themselves. Working out what that actually takes
Most small operations know their total for the year and nothing about which work produced it. The difference between those two facts is usually a whole category of job.
Continue reading Which jobs actually made money last year? Build a costing sheet in one evening
The decision is usually made weeks before the conversation happens. What separates a clean parting from a lasting problem is what is prepared beforehand.
Continue reading Six things to have ready before you let somebody go, and one to skip entirely
These three come up in nearly every conversation about business expenses, and the general answer to all of them is no, with narrow and specific exceptions.
Continue reading Commuting, lunch, and work clothes. The three costs people assume are deductible
A backup nobody has ever restored from is not a backup. It is a belief, and the difference only becomes visible on the worst possible day.
Continue reading The drive was backing up for two years. Nothing on it could be restored