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This Friday, Ron and Ed will profile Ludwig von Mises, an economist, author, and one of the founders of the "neo-Austrian school" of economics. Mises told his future wife: "If you want a rich man, don't marry me. I am not interested in earning money. I am writing about money, but will never have much of my own." The focus of our conversation will be around the works published in the free eBook ent...

There are only three pricing strategies: Skim, penetration and neutral. Price can be an effective way to compete for some companies. Think of Wal-Mart, Southwest Airlines, Costco, Dell Computers, or Timex watches, all use a penetration pricing strategy. All of these companies have used price as an effective competitive differentiation and have relentlessly driven out needless costs from their oper...

The last Friday of every month Ed and Ron will do "Free-Rider Friday." Most of our shows are "topic" driven, where we dive deep into one subject. Free-Rider Fridays are designed to be "event" driven, whatever issues are in the news that we (or you) find worthy of commentary. In economics, free riding means reaping the benefits from the actions of others and consequently refusing to bear the full c...

Do you know anyone who was motivated going into, or coming out of, their annual performance appraisal? Most organizations and employees are dissatisfied with the performance appraisal process, so it remains a curiosity why this methodology continues to exist. Performance appraisals don't improve performance and they don't drive careers; they are an incidental effect of other dynamic systems. In es...

Ron and Ed are thrilled to be interviewing Gary and Jim Boomer, the father/son team at the head of Boomer Consulting. Both are recognized as among the most influential people in the accounting profession. L. Gary Boomer is the Visionary & Strategist of Boomer Consulting, Inc., an organization that provides consulting services and peer communities to leading accounting firms. BCI's vision is to mak...

Ed and I will discuss some of our favorite guests and memorable show topics from 2016, along with our selection of best books that we read during the year. We'll also comment on the notable people who we lost in 2016 as well as some other topics.

The last Friday of every month Ed and Ron will do "Free-Rider Friday." Most of our shows are "topic" driven, where we dive deep into one subject. Free-Rider Fridays are designed to be "event" driven, whatever issues are in the news that we (or you) find worthy of commentary. In economics, free riding means reaping the benefits from the actions of others and consequently refusing to bear the full c...

Ron and Ed are honored to have Kirk Bowman as a Guest this week. Kirk began his journey to value pricing as a naysayer, but like many converts, he has now become a leading voice in the value pricing movement. Kirk founded and is the Visionary of Value for both MightyData and Art of Value. The latter is one of the top rated podcasts on value and pricing. More information on both Kirk and his podcas...

This episode will be dedicated to the possibility that all organizations can create and execute meaningful strategic plans. Creating a well defined strategy is hard work and not for everyone, as it requires us to begin to say no to stuff we usually say yes to. Rona and Ed will have a dialogue about the MOASQ - mother of all strategy questions. They will explore the difference between budgeting and...

Ed and Ron will interview Accounting Profession Thought Leader Joe Woodard. Joe and his company has adopted a powerful vision: "To transform small business through small business advisors." Its purpose is an extension of its vision – a single statement that shapes every task Woodard performs to achieve its vision: "We empower small business advisors." We will discuss the current and future state o...

The last Friday of every month Ed and Ron will do "Free-Rider Friday." Most of our shows are "topic" driven, where we dive deep into one subject. Free-Rider Fridays are designed to be "event" driven, whatever issues are in the news that we (or you) find worthy of commentary. In economics, free riding means reaping the benefits from the actions of others and consequently refusing to bear the full c...

Ron and Ed are thrilled to have as a Guest this week, the self described anarchist-anachronist-economist David Friedman. David is an American economist, physicist, legal scholar, and libertarian theorist. He is known for his writings in market anarchist theory, which is the subject of his most popular book, The Machinery of Freedom. Join us as we talk to him about that work and much more including...

We interview pricing expert Tim Smith, a fellow Professional Pricing Society faculty member and author of two fantastic pricing books, Pricing Done Right: Pricing Framework Proven Successful by the World s Most Profitable Companies, which was identified by chief executives as "Essential reading…While many books cover the concepts of pricing, Pricing Done Right goes the additional step of applying...

The last Friday of every month Ed and Ron will do "Free-Rider Friday." Most of our shows are "topic" driven, where we dive deep into one subject. Free-Rider Fridays are designed to be "event" driven, whatever issues are in the news that we -or you- find worthy of commentary. In economics, free riding means reaping the benefits from the actions of others and consequently refusing to bear the full c...

On Monday and Tuesday, Ed and Ron facilitated a workshop in Niagara Falls on The Post-Professional Society. Might there be entirely new ways of organizing professional work that's more accessible, affordable, and better quality than the traditional approach? Does it follow that all the work that our professionals currently do can only be undertaken by licensed experts? To what extent do we actuall...

Timothy Chou has been lucky enough to have a career spanning academia, successful -and not so successful- startups and large corporations. He was one of only a few people to hold the President title at Oracle. As President of Oracle On Demand he grew the cloud business from it's very beginning. Today that business is over 2 Billion. He wrote about the move of applications to the cloud in 2004 in h...

We are pleased to have the chance to interview Dr. Reginald Lee, author of 'Lies, Damned Lies, and Cost Accounting: How Capacity Management Enables Improved Cost and Cash Flow Management,' and the founder of the Cash Flow Innovation Lab. Companies need cash flow to sustain themselves and to grow. Cost accounting was created to help determine the cost of products, services, and activities. For opti...

Live Broadcast at the The IPBC IGNITE Conference. IPBC IGNITE is the Business Advisor education event of the year! You will have access to experts and thought leaders in key areas of professional business practices that will ignite your business, your employees, and your life! Our conference is a unique opportunity to collaborate, network and educate yourself in the most critical aspects of your p...

Live Broadcast at the The IPBC IGNITE Conference. IPBC IGNITE is the Business Advisor education event of the year! You will have access to experts and thought leaders in key areas of professional business practices that will ignite your business, your employees, and your life! Our conference is a unique opportunity to collaborate, network and educate yourself in the most critical aspects of your p...

Live Broadcast at the The IPBC IGNITE Conference. IPBC IGNITE is the Business Advisor education event of the year! You will have access to experts and thought leaders in key areas of professional business practices that will ignite your business, your employees, and your life! Our conference is a unique opportunity to collaborate, network and educate yourself in the most critical aspects of your p...

Live Broadcast at the The IPBC IGNITE Conference. IPBC IGNITE is the Business Advisor education event of the year! You will have access to experts and thought leaders in key areas of professional business practices that will ignite your business, your employees, and your life! Our conference is a unique opportunity to collaborate, network and educate yourself in the most critical aspects of your p...

Live Broadcast at the The IPBC IGNITE Conference. IPBC IGNITE is the Business Advisor education event of the year! You will have access to experts and thought leaders in key areas of professional business practices that will ignite your business, your employees, and your life! Our conference is a unique opportunity to collaborate, network and educate yourself in the most critical aspects of your p...

Live Broadcast at the The IPBC IGNITE Conference. IPBC IGNITE is the Business Advisor education event of the year! You will have access to experts and thought leaders in key areas of professional business practices that will ignite your business, your employees, and your life! Our conference is a unique opportunity to collaborate, network and educate yourself in the most critical aspects of your p...

Live Broadcast at the The IPBC IGNITE Conference. IPBC IGNITE is the Business Advisor education event of the year! You will have access to experts and thought leaders in key areas of professional business practices that will ignite your business, your employees, and your life! Our conference is a unique opportunity to collaborate, network and educate yourself in the most critical aspects of your p...