David Wizard

11/23/2015

5 tips from The Wall Street Journal for keeping a alive for generations http://ow.ly/UZxi9

Five steps that will keep a family business alive—and entrepreneurial—for generations.

11/19/2015

10 Great questions to ask potential employees.

http://ow.ly/UR9KT

What's the most important question to ask during a job interview? These startup pros weigh in and explain why.

11/18/2015

6 Lessons a failed business taught this entrepreneur. http://ow.ly/UO7dS

I had a great idea, passion and talent, but that wasn't enough. I learned these lessons the hard way so that you don't have to.

11/17/2015

in is no easy task http://ow.ly/UM0TT

Patrick C. Coughlan, Esq., of Conflict Solutions discusses their expert process behind family business dispute resolution and how they resolve conflicts.

11/16/2015

Invoice reminders can help you save time chasing money you're owed. http://ow.ly/UICri

11/13/2015

Having trouble working with a difficult person? Take a look at this video from Harvard Business Review

http://ow.ly/UD5NE

You can't avoid them.

11/12/2015

Check out these 7 secrets to handling to-do lists!

http://ow.ly/UAoty

Experts share their top tips for banishing procrastination.

11/10/2015

USA TODAY published an interactive tool ranking the 50 states on government corruption. Check it out:

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2015/11/09/center-integrity-corruption-grades-interactive/75033060/

State governments are ranked for corruption and conflicts of interest

11/09/2015

Insurance consultant helps a young boy fight for his life. http://ow.ly/Urz19

Have you ever had a personal or professional challenge and felt like there was nowhere to turn? In the darkest moments, is there someone in your corner who

11/05/2015

You almost always gain insight when you look at the qualities that make influencers. What other habits have you noticed in influential people?

http://www.forbes.com/sites/travisbradberry/2015/11/03/9-habits-of-profoundly-influential-people/

Influential people have a profound impact on everyone they encounter. Yet, they achieve this only because they exert so much influence inside, on themselves. We see only their outside. We see them innovate, speak their mind, and propel themselves forward toward bigger and better things. And, yet, we…

11/03/2015

A great example of why fraud (or other kinds of crime) doesn't pay!

https://davidwizard.com/forensic-accountant-coin-op-fraud-family-business/

In Case 18, the Wizard tells the story of a family-owned coin-op laundry business owner who tries (and fails) to hide the proceeds from his business.

11/02/2015

The inside story on Smarties® , everyone's favorite candy that also happens to be made by a family business.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/01/nyregion/smarties-a-halloween-favorite-maintains-a-sweet-family-business.html?_r=0

The Smarties Candy Company, founded by Edward Dee in Union, N.J., is one of the few family-owned mass-production confectionery companies left in the United States.