Independent / Small Business Owners

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Quote of the Month:
“About the time we can make the ends meet, somebody moves the ends.”
— Herbert Hoover, 31st American President (1874-1964)

Natalie Barrett, CPA, is passionate about accounting. “Accounting chose me,” she said of her career. She did her first tax return at age 14 and for Christmas that year she received an executive-style desk with a drawer that pulled out, along with a calculator with printable tape. “I was in heaven.”

Quote of the Month:
A weak [person] has doubts before a decision, a strong [one] has them afterwards.
— Karl Kraus, Austrian writer (1874-1936)

John Sipple owns Ignite Coaching and Business Consulting. Before becoming a business coach he spent 20 years in corporate work. He serves on the ethics committee of the International Coach Federation (ICF), which is headquartered in Lexington, Ky.

One of the differences between a business coach and a therapist is that therapy typically goes back to the beginning and coaching starts where you are now.

Quote of the Month:
“Research is what I’m doing when I don’t know what I’m doing.”
—Wernher von Braun, German rocket physicist (1912-1977)

Adrienne Grizzell, MPA, CAE, has a background in marketing and since 1999 has been in association management. She owns Management, Inc. She is very familiar with nonprofit organizations and suggests two sites for you to use as research tools before you donate to any nonprofit group.

http://www.GuideStar.org
http://www.CharityNavigator.org

At these sites you’ll be able to see any given organization’s 990 forms, what they pay their staff and what their expenses are. “Anything less than 25% for administrative costs is a good thing,” said Adrienne.