The professional services landscape is becoming increasingly complex and interconnected. And as more people and things connect, we’re creating vast, new digital footprints. If firms want to thrive, they must make sense of this big, fast-moving data. Data can...
According to The Access Group, capturing time/costs against projects is one of the biggest project management challenges firms face. What’s more, 80% of project management executives don’t know how their projects align with their company’s business strategy, according to...
When creating estimates, you must take into account the full spectrum of requirements, including the actual cost of employing a staff member aside from the salary the employee earns. If you don’t calculate labor burden your chance of profitability...
What could you do with an extra 120 days a year? According to this Sweating the Small Stuff report, a study that was carried out with 3000 SMEs across 11 countries, small businesses spend an average of 120 days...
BQE Guest Blogger: Bob Wolff is an accountant-turned-Channel Manager at BQE Software who helps to offer consulting and software solutions for BQE customers. He likes to share his business expertise here on the blog whenever he can. Leaking revenue, both...
52% of the Department of Defense contractors are SMBs, according to Grant Thornton’s Government Contract Survey. While government contract work can be lucrative, it can also be daunting if you aren’t up to date on Defence Contract Audit Agency...
QuickBooks has been the leader in accounting software for many years. It’s so easy to use, the company says anyone can use it. While that sounds good, it’s not really the case. Since QuickBooks was designed as a package...
500 professionals who bill by the hour revealed that they captured just 67% of their billable time, according to a survey conducted by Chrometa. You need to bill your time, but you also need to be ethical about it....
Steven Burns, FAIA spent 14 years managing the firm Burns + Beyerl Architects. After founding his own software company, Steve took his management expertise to BQE Software, where he is refining their business strategy and product development for the...
If client advice is our dog food, then we, as accounting professionals, need to be eating more of it. We are great at identifying solutions to our clients’ problems, proposing ways to improve their businesses, and advising them on...