Books & The Biz

[00:00:07.540] - Dan Paulson Hello and happy New Year. It is now 2024, and Books in the biz is back for season two. Rich, can you believe it? We are going for season two. There are a couple of fools that have no business doing this. Let's just be honest with that. So you got 20 some seasons under our belt the first time, and as many of you noticed, while we've continued to make improvement...

[00:00:04.740] - Rich Veltre Hello.   [00:00:08.340] - Rich Veltre Sports fans, and welcome again to another episode of Books and the biz. I'm here with my good friend, Dan Paulson. Dan, how are you doing?   [00:00:19.530] - Dan Paulson I am great, Rich. I'm in the festiveive mood today. I can see that. After all it is between the holidays here, it's between Christmas and New...

[00:00:00.540] - Rich Veltre All right. Hello, everybody. Welcome to another episode of Books and the biz. I'm Rich Valtry, and I am here with my Superman operations cohort guy, Dan Paulson.   [00:00:21.820] - Dan Paulson Hey, Rich, how are you?   [00:00:24.050] - Rich Veltre I am doing fabulous. Doing absolutely fabulous. I am really happy that we are talking today because I had som...

[00:00:00.000] - Dan Paulson Good morning, and welcome to Books and the biz. We are back again. I'm here with my good friend Rich. Rich, how are you doing?   [00:00:06.230] - Rich Veltre I'm good. How are you?   [00:00:07.830] - Dan Paulson I am doing excellent. I'm doing even better now that I'm talking to you. Hey, we're going to continue our trend on reviewing arti...

[00:00:04.720] - Dan Paulson Hello, and welcome back to Books and the biz. We are here for another exciting episode. Rich, how are you doing?   [00:00:13.590] - Rich Veltre I'm doing great, Dan. How are you?   [00:00:15.320] - Dan Paulson I am doing wonderfully. It is a cool Wisconsin day, but I am indoors, so I'm going to enjoy that. So I came across something. It's another...

[00:00:04.420] - Dan Paulson Good.   [00:00:06.150] - Dan Paulson Day, and welcome to Books and the biz. I am back here with my good friend Rich Veltre. Rich, how are you doing today?   [00:00:12.540] - Rich Veltre I am doing fabulous.   [00:00:14.620] - Dan Paulson So we've been reading stuff, and I thought this would be a pretty good article I'd send to you to talk about s...

[00:00:04.020] - Dan Paulson Hello.   [00:00:04.750] - Dan Paulson And welcome to this special holiday edition of Books and the biz. We are not on Thursday this week because I don't know how many people are going to watch today, Rich, but I'm pretty sure when it comes to Thanksgiving, we're probably going to get beat out by a turkey. I don't think anyone's going to pay att...

[00:00:08.340] - Rich Veltre All right, sports fans, welcome back to another episode of Books and the biz. I'm Rich Valtry and I am here with my good friend, Dan Paulson. Hey, Dan, how are you doing?   [00:00:22.160] - Dan Paulson Hey, Rich, I am doing wonderfully. That is an excellent announcement, by the way.   [00:00:28.790] - Rich Veltre I try every once in a while. Like I said,...

[00:00:07.500] - Dan Paulson Hello.   [00:00:08.890] - Dan Paulson And welcome back to Books and the biz. We are back here with Rich Veltre. Rich, how are you today?   [00:00:16.560] - Rich Veltre I am great, Dan. How are you?   [00:00:19.340] - Dan Paulson I am wonderful. If I was any better, I would be you.   [00:00:22.440] - Rich Veltre I love it.   [00:00:27.200] - Dan...

[00:00:00.880] - Rich Veltre Hey, everyone. Welcome to another episode of Books and the biz. I'm Rich Veltre, and I'm here with my good friend Dan Paulson, and we are here to talk to you about things that cross over from the books to the biz. Hey, Dan, how are you doing?   [00:00:26.820] - Dan Paulson I'm doing good, Rich. How are you doing?   [00:00:28.830] - Rich Veltre I&#...

[00:00:07.500] - Dan Paulson Hi, everybody. Welcome to Books and the biz. We are back again. Hi, Rich. How are you doing?   [00:00:14.030] - Rich Veltre I am good, Dan.   [00:00:14.790] - Dan Paulson I am doing wonderfully. Well, today is another extension of our five questions. We've pretty much been working down our list of the different questions you need to ask yourself if you&#3...

[00:00:09.040] - Rich Veltre Hey, everybody. Welcome to another episode of Books and the Biz. I'm Rich Veltry, and I'm here having a conversation with my buddy Dan Paulson. Hey, Dan, how are you today?   [00:00:21.750] - Dan Paulson I am wonderful, thank you, Rich.   [00:00:24.130] - Rich Veltre That's awesome. Very cool. So I'm starting off today because had this convers...

[00:00:06.480] - Dan Paulson Hello.   [00:00:07.800] - Dan Paulson And welcome to Books and the biz. We are back for another exciting episode. Mystery, intrigue, romance. Well, no romance. Lots of numbers, though. Financial, operational. Welcome back, Rich. How are you?   [00:00:23.230] - Rich Veltre I am good. How are you?   [00:00:25.020] - Dan Paulson I am wonderful. Recently, we...

[00:00:00.500] - Dan Hello again, and welcome to Books and the biz. Rich, how are you doing?   [00:00:11.750] - Rich I'm good, Dan. How are you?   [00:00:13.500] - Dan I am very good. Though I think my wages are getting cut, because that's what we're here to talk about today, is are wages actually going down? Let me pull this up. We'll just jump right into it today. I wil...

[00:00:00.900] - Dan Hello, and welcome to Books and the biz. We are back again. Rich, how are you doing?   [00:00:13.420] - Rich I am good. How are you?   [00:00:15.120] - Dan I am wonderful. Today we are in Rich's world. I get to play in Rich's mind for the next half hour or so, as we are talking about finances. So here's what prompted us, I guess, to talk about this. So Ri...

[00:00:07.760] - Dan Hey. [00:00:08.760] - Dan Welcome to Books and the biz. Rich, what do you think of a new intro for those watching a video? I love it. That's great. That makes us look so professional at this point. It's almost like we know what we're doing, but our listeners probably know better by now. Well, welcome again to Books in the biz. I am here with my good friend Rich Val...

They say cash is king. That is especially true in business finance and operations. It's how a company can have excellent sales numbers, but barely enough to pay their employees. So often businesses fall behind when they fail to keep up on collections. In this episode, Rich and Dan will break down the impact of collections on business and what you need to do to stay in the money.

From the memories of our client experiences, we share examples of clients that chose to hire us only to do their own thing.   Every professional service provider is hired to share their knowledge and solve the problem their client is facing.  So why is it then that some clients choose not to listen to the consultant? Whe share our stories of some who learned and others who didn'...

A recent WSJ article has economists pulling back fears of a recession. After the free money of 2020, the inflation of 2021-22, and continued interest rate hikes, experts are expecting a soft landing.  How is this possible as we have the highest rates in years?

During the pandemic many office jobs and schools moved to virtual.  We saw the rise of Zoom meetings, people relocating to other parts of the country, or world, in order to reduce costs and improve quality of life.  It seemed like virtual work was here to stay as corporations shuttered office space around the nation.  Now the trends seem to be shifting.  Employers concerned abo...

Casa Bonita is a long standing institution in Denver, CO.  It’s been made famous by Trey Parker and Matt Stone in their South Park series. (You may want to check it out.) In 2021, Casa Bonita went bankrupt.   That summer, Trey and Matt bought the restaurant out of bankruptcy and have been refurbishing ever since.  In May, they announced that they were almost ready to reopen wi...

Is healthcare the biggest issue facing your company? Finding good coverage is difficult for many smaller companies, and very costly for large. Employees may look past your business if you are unable to provide insurance. What can you do?

Barbie has hit the theaters and is now tops in the box office. Books and Biz digs into the history of Barbie, its marketing and what companies should learn about not following the crowd.

Communication is often the problem when we work with businesses. Many people do not know how to communicate effectively which leads to higher costs for the company. We will dive into how communication can impact the finances as well as the processes to get work done while providing you some solutions to improve how your team works together.

Is it wise to let your best producers go?  Recently ESPN laid off 20 of their top on-air talent.  Is that a wise move when they are the very reason why people watch?  Companies have to make difficult choices when it comes to letting people go.  Sometimes it makes sense to find other alternatives.  In other cases, letting a top performer go is necessary because they aren&#3...