2017s
Referring link: The Role of the Entrepreneur
Happy to announce my first post to the VeraSage blog, entitled: “The Role of the Entrepreneur”.
My aim is to give courage to entrepreneurs ready to make business models changes that come from value pricing, by showing them the heritage and place of entrepreneurs in the human ecology.
(Full post to appear on this blog in six months.)
VeraSage Symposium 2017
I was pleased to give a DET Talk at the VeraSage Symposium 2017 hosted in Allen, Texas, and chose two topics to focus on: “Variations on The Neinbach” and “Assisted Valuation”.
The first relates to different pricing heuristics I adapted from the Neinbach pricing model as a quick shorthand and to also aid purchasing decisions. The second is a method and worksheet I developed from material by Blair Enns, Ron Baker, and Mahan Khalsa that I use in my own firm’s Value Conversations.
Below are my slides, and hope you enjoy!
The Soul of Enterprise: 2017 VeraSage Symposium
It’s always a treat to gather with other Fellows and Founders at the bi-annual VeraSage Symposium for good wine (in the true spirit of a symposium) and great conversation with revolutionary thinkers. One highlights of the event this year was a live broadcast of Ron and Ed’s radio show, The Soul of Enterprise, which featured many of the Fellows present plus additional guests. It’s jam packed with great revelations and insights (as well as laughs), and highly recommend you give it a listen.
You can catch the audio right from the page for Episode 167 (you’ll hear me starting at 6:27), as well as subscribe to their podcast in iTunes.
And don’t forget to check out The Soul of Enterprise’s website, their VoiceAmerica internet radio page, and the VeraSage website for more great resources. (Note: You can keep your eyes posted on the VeraSage website for the next VeraSage Symposium, currently anticipated to be in late 2019 in Australia.)
Live Xero Advisor Certification
My colleague and friend Barrett Young and I taught the first non-Xero sponsored Live Advisor Certification on October 23 in Columbia, MD under the Maryland Association of CPA’s banner.
The MACPA location worked great, and we covered the basics any accountant/bookkeeper looking to start working on the advanced Xero platform needs to know: the Xero accountant tools, setting new Xero customer files, how to record everyday income and expense transactions, plus how to use Xero’s strong reporting tools.
I expect additional Live Certification opportunities to present themselves, and will keep you posted here!
Apps for Accounting & Tax Practices
On October 3, 2017, I gave a presentation in Columbia, MDÂ for the Maryland Society of Accounting & Tax Professionals entitled “Apps for Accounting & Tax Practices”.
My goal was to share what I see as the evolving definition of what an app is, plus demo a selection of apps I use in the categories of accounting, tax, communication, general business, and travel. I closed out by providing an approach to discover and deploy new apps.
Below are the slides I used for your reference too!
Soul of Enterprise: On Value
Two of my great mentors are Ron Baker and Ed Kless, from whom I’ve learned so much about how to think about business (not to mention they’re fun people to be around). It was a pleasure to be on their internet radio show Soul of Enterprise (and whose name I suspect is connected to a talk they once suggested I read called The Soul of Silicon by George Gilder, and which blew me away).
In this episode, we chatted about a book I had started reading, entitled An Austrian Perspective on the History of Economic Thought by Murray N. Rothbard. (2 volumes) I’m actually still in the midst of reading the book since it’s so densely packed with history and insights, but we chatted about the origins of economics, the different theories of where value comes from over the years, how ideas and thought influence action, how value and accounting mix, and more.
You can listen to the audio right from page for Episode 145, as well as subscribe to their podcast in iTunes.
And don’t forget to check out The Soul of Enterprise’s website, their VoiceAmerica internet radio page, and the VeraSage website for more great resources.