Diane Kennedy, CPA “The Loopholes Queen”

Do You Really Know Who You Are Investing in?

Story
A $1 .2-million-dollar private investment in a start-up entity was stopped four days before closing after the attorney advising two private investors involved in the deal insisted on a background review.
It turned out that two of the start-up p…

Being an Entrepreneur Requires Flexibility

THE STORY
I am a software consultant. I had an appointment with my client at his house to teach his wife how to use my software.
They were about an hour’s drive away from my house and I had a general idea of where they were located. I left an hour a…

Quick Tricks to Track Expenses

If you have a business and travel you know what I’m talking about. Receipts. Piles of receipts. What do you do with them and at the end of the year, how to put them all into your accounting so you get the write-offs you should?
We’ve been compiling a list of some of ...

Know How to Market Yourself

Stupid Business Story:
The saying on the Internet these days is that “Content is king” which is true but people also have to be able to access it!
I know a really smart lawyer who can write brilliant books about Intellectual Property. But no one e…

Businesses Change With Time: We Have To Keep Up

Stupid Business Story:
One of my clients was a real estate broker when the real estate market crash happened. He had a big office, lots of staff, fancy cars and a bunch of property – all leveraged to the hilt.
It’s a familiar story to many…