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Case of the $250,000 Blahs, Part II

Tom Crouser May 26, 2012 Comments Off on Case of the $250,000 Blahs, Part II

By Tom Crouser Part two of an update of an article I wrote in 1999, which proved popular. As I wrote in my last post, our first problem still is the lack of financial information. So what else is new? Here’s more on my update. Many companies of this size think they are different than […]

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Case of the $250,000 Blahs, Part I

Tom Crouser May 22, 2012 Comments Off on Case of the $250,000 Blahs, Part I

By Tom Crouser Part one of a two-part update of a 1999 article examining print shops in the $250-$300,000 sales range. What’s changed? Not much except techology … I have spent a lot of time with printing companies in the $250-$350,000 sales range since I first started full-time consulting in 1985. And in 1999, I […]

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Crouser Guides for Mac OS X

Tom Crouser May 16, 2012 Comments Off on Crouser Guides for Mac OS X

Today we are proud to announce our latest products, Crouser’s Offset Pricing for Mac OS X 10.6.9 or higher and Crouser’s Digital Pricing for Mac OS X 10.6.9 or higher is now available to download! Current subscribers can download either product from our download page at no additional charge. The products will work with your […]

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Why Net Income Doesn’t Mean Cash

Tom Crouser April 30, 2012 Comments Off on Why Net Income Doesn’t Mean Cash

By Tom Crouser Just because you made a profit doesn’t mean you created that much cash. Many of us find that out at tax time. Now some know why this is, but many don’t. So disregard if you know. However, if you’ve wondered about it, then let me share a few “whys” with you. If […]

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Why We Can’t Seem to Change Things

Tom Crouser March 21, 2012 Comments Off on Why We Can’t Seem to Change Things

What do you want to change? More than one owner has said, “I know what to change but I never do.” Hum. Why do we not do what we know we should? There’s a straightforward answer: we often want to change outcomes without being willing to change behavior in ourselves and others. We want more […]

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