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Steve Boucher Broken Hoop, Broken Heart

Dear Huffy Sports,

How did it come to this? When I bought a basketball hoop from you ten years ago, we were the best of friends, two kindred souls indulging in our love of the game. You were so responsive to me, beckoning me with an attractive sale price, a wide eyed account representative and a product that would stand the test of time.

Now, flash forward to 2010 and you've finally responded to my calls and emails after a mere 47 days of waiting. All I needed wa

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Added by Steve Boucher on July 28, 2010 at 12:31pm — 1 Comment

Cindy Kibbe July 30 NHBR Preview

The push for green businesses is on, and a new business incubator is helping fledging companies with novel sustainable concepts grow. Michael McCord takes us on a tour of the Seacoast Sustainable Energy Technology Incubator inside Brayton Energy in Hampton. Jim Kesseli, founder and president, has a unique turbine engine that may revolutionize the trucking industry – and is supporting other green companies in the incubator with Brayton’s resources at the same time.

Pay-for-perfo

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Added by Cindy Kibbe on July 28, 2010 at 9:04am — No Comments

Steven Feinberg, CPA Do you know the ratios in your New Hampshire small business?



Understanding your company's financial statements is critical to becoming a successful small business owner. Most owners have a pretty good handle on trad
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Added by Steven Feinberg, CPA on July 27, 2010 at 10:00am — No Comments

Cindy Kibbe Dead jellyfish stings 100 at Rye beach, no effect on N.H. biz

Ah, summertime and the livin’ is easy. Or in the case of us news types, boring.

I wear about eight different hats at NHBR. Part of what I do is troll headlines from the Internet for any interesting mentions of New Hampshire that I can turn in even more interesting articles, or at least fodder for Flotsam.

Often a hot news story about New Hampshire will get repeated across the country with some desperate headline knacker trying to come up with something different other

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Added by Cindy Kibbe on July 23, 2010 at 4:15pm — No Comments

Steven Feinberg, CPA To save taxes, should you get married now or later?



Are wedding bells in your future? Well, be sure you are informed about the tax changes that go along with those wedding bells! For starters, your tax filing status will change.… Continue

Added by Steven Feinberg, CPA on July 22, 2010 at 10:00am — No Comments

Steve Boucher I Saw Your Sign and It's Lacking

Some people see signs in the darndest things - the Lord Almighty's face in a lifeguard flag, an evil premonition brought on by temporary stomach upset or the appearance of a black cat, a stiffening in the legs at the slightest onset of inclement weather...but nooooooooo, not me. I'm one of those weirdos who just see signs in....well...signs.

Over the last few weeks, I've been blessed enough to see enough mind jarring signs to fill an enti

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Added by Steve Boucher on July 20, 2010 at 4:16pm — 2 Comments

Steven Feinberg, CPA 3214 Pounds of paper 482 dollars in Disposal fees a New break room for the staff priceless

Thinking of going paperless? I’ll share an office story with you!

As many of you know, we are 90% paperless. Basically, if you hand us paper, we’ll scan it and hand it back. All our cli… Continue

Added by Steven Feinberg, CPA on July 16, 2010 at 10:00am — No Comments

Debra LeClair Letting Go of Busy

Transitioning to a lifestyle that is less busy and less stressful can be a bit disorienting, and frankly stressful in and of itself. However, for those of you that have truly committed to having more peace and quiet in your life, you may have found that it is a struggle to give up the “busy-ness”. Having less to do can feel like you have less importance– and that maybe life has less meaning. These feelings are often part of the process, where we have to undo our current ideas a

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Added by Debra LeClair on July 14, 2010 at 1:30pm — No Comments

Cindy Kibbe July 16 NHBR Preview

Our upcoming July 16 issue of NHBR focuses on education. Jeff Woodburn, an educator himself, takes a closer look at the New Hampshire Scholars Initiative, which seeks to encourage Granite State high school students to take more challenging classes, especially in math and science. Experts say those completing such courses may be better prepared for college and the workforce.

Tom Raffio, president and CEO of Northeast Delta Dental, has some words of wisdom for today's students an

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Added by Cindy Kibbe on July 14, 2010 at 9:11am — No Comments

Bill Ryan The Need to Maintain an Online Presence

I'm 57 years old and can remember a time when one could live in relative obscurity. People were more community and/or workplace based. There was nearby family, of course, but one's network didn't expand nearly as far as it does now. And if you're thinking nostalgically that in 2010 your presence and position in the world is only as wide as you want it to be, i.e. just keeping an inner circle of family and friends, then you're limiting not just the scope of your social life, but also of career

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Added by Bill Ryan on July 12, 2010 at 7:42am — No Comments

Steven Feinberg, CPA Credit Card processors will now be issuing 1099's to merchants




Making it a little harder for small businesses, the Internal Revenue Service has issued proposed regulations, starting with transactions in calendar y… Continue

Added by Steven Feinberg, CPA on July 8, 2010 at 10:00am — No Comments

Michelle Dunn Mosquito Marketing for Authors is now available!

I wanted to share my good news with all of you. My newest book, in my “Mosquito Marketing Series” titled “Mosquito Marketing for Authors, create and maintain a buzz that cannot be repelled!” is now for sale on amazon.com

I have had some success marketing my businesses and books and people are always asking me how I self-published an award winning book that is a consistent best seller in its category, so I decided to write a book about it. The different between publicity and marketing i… Continue

Added by Michelle Dunn on July 4, 2010 at 4:26pm — No Comments

Vincent Chestnut Are there more readers of the blog post versus forum post?

I often wonder about the difference between blogs and forums, and which one folks would go to first.
On this site there are both. Which one do you go to first?
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Added by Vincent Chestnut on July 3, 2010 at 10:13am — No Comments

Jason Harvey New Hampshire women at higher risk for arthritis

Women living in the northeastern United States are more likely to develop rheumatoid arthritis, which suggests a link between the autoimmune disease and vitamin D deficiency, says a new study led by a Boston University School of Public Health researcher. Because northern states like New Hampshire experience less sunlight, this can result in a vitamin

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Added by Jason Harvey on July 1, 2010 at 1:30pm — No Comments

Chuck Sink Think Gratitude Before Eating Your Own Message!

The following incident happened a while ago but the lesson remains with me - I'll never do that again! When an excellent client sent me some work, I mistook it as an information overload to sift through and figure out. In reality, after studying the contents, it was clear enough to handle with relative ease. But what did I do first? I replied with a couple of "suggestions" to make things easier. Easier for whom? The client predictably and rightfully expressed "concern" about my initial response.… Continue

Added by Chuck Sink on June 30, 2010 at 1:03pm — No Comments

Steven Feinberg, CPA Avoid hiring mistakes with your New Hampshire small business

As the economy starts to pick up, many New Hampshire businesses eye hiring new staff.

Challenges that merely annoy an established firm often capsize a start-up company.

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Added by Steven Feinberg, CPA on June 30, 2010 at 10:00am — No Comments

Steve Boucher The Loneliness of a High Volume Eater

Approximately twenty-four years ago, I snuck backstage at a Cheap Trick concert at MIT in Boston. It actually wasn't that hard as I portrayed a harried roadie and burst past a college frat boy security guard who was daydreaming about co-eds, keg parties and his bitchin' Camaro.....certainly not about algorhytms, numerical coefficients or Newton's Three Laws of Motion.

As I confidently entered the sanctity of the rock & roll nirvana be

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Added by Steve Boucher on June 29, 2010 at 10:35am — 1 Comment

Deb Titus Snap out of it! Be Guy #2.

What? It's a choice to develop business relationships? Absolutely YES. Picture this: You observe two guys talking about their business and the revenue they are generating.

Guy #1: "How's it going?"

Guy #2: "Pretty good; I can't complain. My pipeli

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Added by Deb Titus on June 28, 2010 at 8:00am — No Comments

Bill Ryan Building the Right Kinds of Capital

Progressing in your career no longer means simply getting better and better at some skill or becoming more knowledgeable about a particular topic, so that your employer benefits. You expand your expertise so that you can become more professional to position yourself to offer your intrinsic talents to employers who need them at just the right time. In today’s employment world you improve what you do and know, because ultimately what you have to rely on is your own ability to offer needed profe

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Added by Bill Ryan on June 27, 2010 at 3:01pm — No Comments

Jason Harvey Can bathing be dangerous for your health?

Think for a minute about all you go through to take a bath.

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Added by Jason Harvey on June 25, 2010 at 1:00pm — No Comments

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