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    What Every Small Business Owner Needs To Know
    Laura Bedal
    • May 20
    • 4 min

    What Every Small Business Owner Needs To Know

    Entrepreneurs who try to “do it all”: This blog gives a base understanding of taxes to help planning and communicating with accountants.
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    How Fraudsters Will Use Your Accountant to Get to You
    Laura Bedal
    • Mar 10
    • 5 min

    How Fraudsters Will Use Your Accountant to Get to You

    Fraudsters get your money by imitating you to your accounting professionals. Learn how to protect your business.
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    Another Tax Season: Tips to Help You Survive
    Laura Bedal
    • Feb 6
    • 6 min

    Another Tax Season: Tips to Help You Survive

    Some helpful advice from a CPA who wants you to have all the tax tips you need.
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    2020 Reflection
    Laura Bedal
    • Dec 28, 2020
    • 4 min

    2020 Reflection

    It may be a cliche, but it is important to pick a time to reflect on your goals. End of year is as good a time as any!
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    Scarier Than Halloween
    Laura Bedal
    • Oct 31, 2020
    • 4 min

    Scarier Than Halloween

    Whether starting anything new, the lessons from Halloween may be the key to your success.
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    What I Am Grateful For
    Laura Bedal
    • Oct 12, 2020
    • 3 min

    What I Am Grateful For

    For someone who was going to blog weekly about her business journey, I have been laxed. But I'm grateful to have the chance to slack!
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    Networking Is Working For Me
    Laura Bedal
    • Aug 19, 2020
    • 3 min

    Networking Is Working For Me

    In a world of social media and social distancing, navigating how to get clients isn't as foreign as I expected.
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    My Top 3 Tips For Startup Businesses
    Laura Bedal
    • Aug 12, 2020
    • 2 min

    My Top 3 Tips For Startup Businesses

    Some quick tips for startup businesses in Canada. Quick read. Lots to think about!
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    Outsourcing Your Accounting
    Laura Bedal
    • Jul 29, 2020
    • 4 min

    Outsourcing Your Accounting

    So many new businesses try and do their own accounting. You may be shortchanging your business.
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    Family Business: Trusting Advisors
    Laura Bedal
    • Jul 22, 2020
    • 3 min

    Family Business: Trusting Advisors

    Being #authentic, is the only way to build #trust for family businesses. Being me is success even if business fails!
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    Common Accounting Words:  Translated So You Can Understand Your Bean Counter!
    Laura Bedal
    • Jul 15, 2020
    • 4 min

    Common Accounting Words: Translated So You Can Understand Your Bean Counter!

    Your accountant must explain things in your business' language. But it is just as important for you to know some accountant jargon!
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    Learned Extroversion
    Laura Bedal
    • Jul 8, 2020
    • 3 min

    Learned Extroversion

    Being shy, I once thought was a barrier in my life to overcome, now I see that it is part of my toolkit.
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    Choosing Your Accounting Partner
    Laura Bedal
    • Jun 30, 2020
    • 3 min

    Choosing Your Accounting Partner

    Choosing an accountant is similar to choosing a life partner. Someone with you trust, honesty and passion outweighs technical experience.
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    My Top 5 Quickbooks Tips and Tricks
    Laura Bedal
    • Jun 24, 2020
    • 3 min

    My Top 5 Quickbooks Tips and Tricks

    Top 5 Tips and Tricks for Quickbooks. Whether or not you use a ProAdvisor, these will ease your QBO experience.
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    The Language of Numbers.  Are You Financially Illiterate or Is The Message In The Wrong Language?
    Laura Bedal
    • Jun 16, 2020
    • 3 min

    The Language of Numbers. Are You Financially Illiterate or Is The Message In The Wrong Language?

    Traditional accountants use numbers as their alphabet. Today's accountant needs to translate to the language in which the reader is fluent.
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    Aren't Accountants Supposed to be Risk Adverse?  What am I doing?
    Laura Bedal
    • Jun 14, 2020
    • 3 min

    Aren't Accountants Supposed to be Risk Adverse? What am I doing?

    My career has been spent helping people mitigate risk. Now I am taking a risky move. Starting a business right in the middle of a pandemic!
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