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Lessons In Local Leadership

By Grimbleby Coleman Team.


In August, Ian Grimbleby, a senior manager with our firm, joined Leadership Modesto. We asked him to tell us about his experience so far.
Ian, what made you want to be part of this organization?
I moved back to Modesto from Scotland and wanted to reconnect with the local business community. This program offers [Read more...]

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A Growing Advantage

By Jeff Bowman.


Almond growers know their business… thoughts from the 2011 Almond Conference.

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Get Results From Your Next Planning Meeting

By Martin Fox.


A new fad, conference, or article can suddenly prompt an executive or owner to rally the troops for a hype-filled strategic or tactical planning session. However, within a few months, weeks, or even days, the fire has died and there’s no sign of any change as a result of the efforts. Before you schedule your next planning session, think about how you’re going to implement the strategies that come out of it.

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Harvest Time!

By Jeff Bowman.


Once again the ground is shaking, dust is swirling, and lots of slow moving machinery is on the road. You don’t have to go far out of town to see corn being chopped into silage for dairies or almonds being shaken from the trees and swept into rows in the orchard. Harvest is a time [Read more...]

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On being part of something bigger

By Grimbleby Coleman .


On April 15th of this year, our firm joined the BDO Seidman Alliance, a nationwide association of independently owned local and regional accounting, consulting and service firms with similar client service goals. The Alliance gives us an opportunity to expand the services we provide our clients – without jeopardizing  our existing client relationships or our autonomy. We asked [Read more...]

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Word on the street…

By Grimbleby Coleman .


We see and talk to a lot of people at this time of year. We’ve heard a lot of different perspectives on the current year and the road ahead. New questions have come up and new requirements are being imposed by people at different points in the supply chain. All in all, most people are [Read more...]

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Bohemian Rhapsody From Your CPA?

By Martin Fox.


I didn’t start out today looking for a ukulele-version of Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody. You see, I had put the ukulele in a box labelled “For Luau Only”. What Bohemian Rhapsody is to the ukulele, our Business Profitability Service is to a CPA firm.

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2.6 Million Square Feet of Agriculture!

By Jeff Bowman.


In just two weeks from today, the World Ag Expo in Tulare, CA will be opening for its annual 3 day run from February 8th through the 10th. Touted as the world’s largest annual ag expo, the event covers 2.6 million square feet of show grounds and attracts around 100,000 visitors each day. The 1,600 [Read more...]

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Financial Resolutions for the New Year

By Grimbleby Coleman .


We polled everyone on our team for some ideas that would help our current and future clients begin 2011 on the right track. Here are the resulting suggestions.
The number one suggestion, according to our unscientific, non-secret vote, was for businesses to update their 2011 Strategic Plan and decide where they want to be financially [Read more...]

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Salvation Army Kettle Kick-Off

By Daniel Currie.


Well, the bell was passed to me and I mean this quite literally, as Liz handed me my bell. Everyone here at the office put up with my noisy practice ringing.  I’m not sure if people were giving me money for the Salvation Army or to get me to go away!
But, the Salvation Army [Read more...]

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