How to Start a Business with Little or No Cost

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Many future entrepreneurs are looking to start a home-based or internet business but may not have the funds necessary to get the company off the ground. We all have great ideas but few have the money to launch those ideas. Fortunately, individuals that take the time to do a little research will be pleasantly surprised by how much can be accomplished without a lot of money. The internet provides you access to a number of free or low-cost resources which can be used to help you on your journey to becoming a successful business owner. As long as can provide … Continue reading

Current and Upcoming Projects

I’ve been sitting here all day thinking about “What should I post at the One Hour Bookkeeper Blog?” and unfortunately, I’ve been coming up blank.  It’s not writer’s block, exactly…it’s more “Upcoming Project Excitement.”  There are a lot of other things I’m working on right now – things that I just realized you all might be interested in.  So, here’s what’s going on in my life: Right now, my husband and I are packing up our house and our luggage and getting ready for a trip around the world.  We are literally taking the next year of our lives and … Continue reading

BOOKKEEPING MONEY SAVER TIP # 8: Dumb Down Your Filing Cabinet

In my last BOOKKEEPING MONEY-SAVING TIP # 7: Ditch the Office Filing Cabinets I suggested that you ditch the filing cabinet all together and make your filing go completely digital. However, I am now going to be more realistic about this advice. While it is absolutely 100% possible to ditch your filing cabinet and index every receipt, invoice, bill, eBill and statement that ever crosses a bookkeeper’s desk, I am not so foolish as to actually believe that everyone will embrace this advice wholeheartedly. In fact, I fully acknowledge that ditching the filing cabinet is the one piece of advice … Continue reading

OUR EBOOK: How To Do A Year’s Worth Of Bookkeeping In One Day

Here at the OneHourBookkeeper.com, we are working hard to prove to our readers that we’re more than just another blog about bookkeeping.  We honestly believe we can help Small Businesses save money on their bookkeeping with simple tips that can save time, stop embezzlement, find discounts, etc.  In that spirit, we have written a book called “How To Do A Year’s Worth Of Bookkeeping In One Day.” With the newsletter, you will get tips that you won’t see on this blog, and you will also be offered discounts on all of our future products.  For example, we currently have a … Continue reading

One SBO’s Tale of Bookkeeper Theft

Kenneth Reid is an accountant with over 25 years experience. His blog – http://mastertype.blogspot.com – contains mostly income tax tips, but also contains some accounting and/or bookkeeping tips. During “tax season”, his blog will contain more tax tips than anything else. The rest of the year, his blog contains a combination of tax tips, accounting and bookkeeping tips, including some tips related to . _______________________________________________________________________________________ I had a client who went through a very difficult period of time a number of years ago due to a bookkeeper (and a few other employees) who were literally robbing the business blind. The … Continue reading