by Michael Best | Aug 2, 2022 | Articles and excerpts
(First posted in 2017 and subsequently published by Soundview Magazine. Now repeated because the message is timeless and warrants revisiting). I was recently dismayed to discover that my favourite art supply store was no longer offering free cookies. My first stop in...
by Michael Best | Jul 31, 2022 | Articles and excerpts
Picture yourself in a cottage in the woods. The sound of the lake lapping the sandy shore drifts in through the screen door on the warm, loamy forest air. A chipmunk scurries about on the wooden deck and beyond that, a solitary fisherman sits in a small aluminum...
by Michael Best | Jul 30, 2022 | Articles and excerpts
If you’ve not yet experienced business banking, you might be wondering whether it’s an exaggeration to suggest that bankers and small business owners dwell in different worlds. Be assured, it’s not. Bankers live in a nine-to-five bureaucratic world of policies and...
by Michael Best | Jul 29, 2022 | Articles and excerpts
The vexing issue of discounting Any accountant in public practice can tell you about small business owners who make decisions on everyday business matters influenced more by what everyone else is doing rather than by the impact the decision will have on their...
by Michael Best | Jul 28, 2022 | Articles and excerpts
On the day of the hearing David and I were seated in awkward silence in a courtroom awaiting the judge’s arrival. The judge entered, introduced herself, settled down behind an elevated bench and stared down at us over the top of reading glasses perched on the tip of...
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