Every now and then someone who has known me for a long time tells me about their tax problems and asks my advice. I have to remind then that I haven't been a tax adviser for well over 12 years now. I had already stopped giving tax advice before I created the Tax
The inaugural meeting of The Inner Circle for Accountants was evidently a success last week. I have summarised below some of the key takeaways. We met at Soho House in London and Members clearly valued the mix of shared peer-led insights together with, as one said, "the independent common sense you always get from Mark
I rarely use this blog to advertise my business activities. But this is a special occasion. The Inner Circle helps accountants build a more successful practice. Priorities --> Progress --> Profits Over the last few years I have spent much time participating in and facilitating groups of tax experts and of entrepreneurs. In fact, when
I learned long ago about the value of focusing on a niche and have shared my thoughts on how this can work for accountants in previous posts on this blog. I've also mentioned it in a number of my talks. From my own perspective it took a business mentor to point out that I was
Last month I received what appears to be a genuine endorsement of all my work to make this blog useful, relevant, commercial and valuable to ambitious accountants. I was initially a tad cynical but this blog really is the fourth in a list of the Top 30 Accounting and Finance Blogs of 2012. The note I received last week from
I've been asked why I have a number of different blogs and websites. It's not something I would encourage many people to do so perhaps it's worth explaining my thinking. I accept it could be flawed, but bear with me. Firstly let me stress that in all of my writings for professional advisers (eg: on
Twitter seems a bizarre concept. In theory you post brief messages (up to 140 characters at a time) about what you’re doing and these are seen by your ‘followers’. Equally you can read what other people who you’re following say they’re doing. In practice ‘tweets’ are far more varied than some of the media would
It's been two weeks since my last post on this blog and that's probably the longest gap between posts since I first started blogging almost 3 years ago. There are well over 250 items here and I continue to enjoy writing and sharing ideas, tips and advice both for ambitious accountants who are building their
I'm not one for making annual new year resolutions - or indeed 'predictions'. Indeed, rather than risk 'predictions' for 2008 I offer instead three of my hopes for the new year, that Accountants will: 1 - earn more money by advising their clients about their menu pricing models - so that clients know they'll pay
I'd welcome feedback on this new webcast that both introduces me to candidates for my mentoring services and explains how it all works.
