Fine Point Clients Start Up New Business, Draw Media Coverage

Longtime Fine Point friend and successful entrepreneur Toni Sikes is in the news again for starting up yet another business. Sikes, an experienced entrepreneur who played roles in the start-up phases of  several online businesses and co-founded Calumet Venture Fund, and her business partner Terry Maxwell, an angel investor and UW-Madison finance professor, plan to launch
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How To Get More Out Of Your Interview Questions

Simply put, traditional interviewing and interview questions can be an ineffective ways to measure a potential employee’s ability to do his or her job. Folks who are good interviewees may not be good employees and vice versa. Inc.com’s Jeff Haden recently sat down with John Younger, CEO of recruiting company Accolo, who conducts interviews so
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6 Ways To Find The Right Kind Of Employees

Especially if you’re a small business owner or entrepreneur that’s trying to scale, there’s no greater asset for your business than employing extraordinary people. If your employees are able to master their roles and the day-to-day workflow, you’ll be able to focus your attention on the big picture. Of course, these types of employees can
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Use Rolling Forecasts and Waterfall Reporting For A More Accurate Look Your Company's Financial Future

Even in stable environments, it can be extremely difficult to forecast the future for your business. And yet, running a business without a plan can be disastrous. At best, you may be leaving opportunities on the table. At worst, you may not see a catastrophe looming until it’s too late to change course. Our advice
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3 Real Cases Of Fraud And How To Avoid Falling Victim To Them

Many business owners that work with an outsourced accounting firm like ours will probably tell you they did it to save themselves the time and inconvenience of handling it themselves or saving on the cost it would take to hire someone to do it internally. But the benefits of doing so stretch far beyond those
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