RawTec Consulting

To many folks who have a typical corporate job, the life of a small business owner looks pretty attractive. In their minds, it’s the perfect situation because self-employment means you don’t have a boss to report to, no one forcing you to fill out endless reports or work on weekends, and everything gets done their way. Ask any small or medium sized business owner though, and they can give you a number of reasons why the grass may not be as green as many traditionally employed folks think it is.

Over the past year, there has been an increase in scammers that pose as company executives in an attempt to get wire transfers for a good sum of money.

These scammers do their homework and usually target the financial employees of a company, usually the one in charge of making payments, pretending to be the CEO or other high ranking company official that has authority to request payments.

If you are like many business owners, the end of the calendar year is the time to assess the overall state of your company. What areas were the most successful? Which areas could use improvement? What is on the horizon for the upcoming year? How can we most effectively facilitate growth going forward?