Kimberly DeCarrera, Fractional General Counsel and Fractional CFO

Preventing Fraud in Your Business

As you grow your business, you have to delegate to employees to handle critical areas of the business. There's no other way to scale - you cannot micro-manage all the departments as you continue to get bigger and bigger. The

Corporate Transparency Act: A New Reporting Requirement for Small Businesses

Breaking News Update: February 18: A District Court in Texas stayed their nationwide injunction regarding the enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act and the associated reporting requirement discussed herein. More details below. Beginning on January 1, 2024, small businesses will

Why EBITDA is Crap

Stick around the business world long enough and you'll hear people talk about EBITDA. And by long enough, I mean two minutes or so. But I'm here to tell you that EBITDA is a made up, crap financial metric for

Cancel Culture: FTC Wants to Make it Easier for Consumers to Cancel Subscriptions

Ever tried to cancel a gym membership and found it impossible? Maybe you had to go down to the gym to do it in person, so you could be shamed by not going to work out. But that would be

Don’t Greenwash Your Company this Earth Day

Tuesday, April 22, 2025 is Earth Day. As we celebrate Mother Nature and our planet, many companies are joining in with their marketing showing how environmentally friendly they are. And it's good business as many consumers consider how environmentally friendly

Contracts and Courses That We Love Bundle

I have just launched my introduction to contracts course - Contracts Create Confident Creators. For $49, you get lessons to teach you about contracts and practical tips on how you can use contracts in your online business. This course teaches

Spring Cleaning Your Business

Q1 is over. That means we are a quarter of the way through the year already. Time flies when you are having fun, right? Definitely when you are building and running a business. While you are enjoying the nicer weather,

SVB: What To Do When Your Bank Fails

On Thursday, people started to panic about their money sitting in Silicon Valley Bank accounts, starting a bank run to withdraw their deposits. When the bank didn't have enough money to fulfill requests, the FDIC stepped in and closed the

Business Cards in the Digital Age

As you launch your new business, it is easy to get distracted by all the administrative things. Especially the marketing pretty things. But when you first start your bootstrapped business, you do not have a lot of cash to put

FTC Proposes Ban on Non-Competes

Does your business use non-competes to stop (former) employees from leaving and starting or joining a business that competes directly against you? Do you want to hire an employee that is covered by a non-compete? What if you have a