by Tony Arena | Aug 13, 2026 | Blogs, Develop a Business, Grow and Sell a Business, Selling a Business
The Biggest Cyber Risk to Your Accounting Firm Isn’t a Hacker. It’s Someone Pretending to Be You. For an accounting firm, trust is one of your greatest assets. Clients trust your advice, your financial reports, your payment instructions and, importantly, that every...
by Tony Arena | Aug 10, 2026 | Blogs, Develop a Business, Grow and Sell a Business, Selling a Business
AI Has Changed What It Means to Be an Expert The old “3-Book Rule” suggested that if you read three good books on a subject, each written by a different author, you would know more than 99% of people. For years, it was a useful shortcut. Books gave you access to...
by Tony Arena | Sep 20, 2023 | Develop a Business, Value a Business
When it comes to professional service businesses, like Dental and Medical Practices, Accounting and Law Firms, Mortgage Broking, Engineering Consulting Companies, Real Estate, and Architecture Companies, there are unique factors that set them apart from other...
by Tony Arena | Sep 9, 2020 | Develop a Business, News
T = Tony Arena. K = Karen Tisdell. T: Karen Tisdell – great to see you. K: Great to see you too tony T: Thanks for coming along for the interview. To the BCI offices. Karen you describe yourself as a Linkedin profile writer. Tell us about that K: So when i...
by Tony Arena | May 8, 2019 | Blogs, Business Plan, Develop a Business
The problem with a business plan is you don’t stick to it. They are too difficult, they become imposing problems, they stay on the shelf, they eventually talk you out of using them. Around 20% of businesses have them, and half of those don’t refer to them....
by Tony Arena | Feb 6, 2019 | Blogs, Develop a Business, Value a Business
Many business owners keep putting off the rest of their life while they wait for the business to make more money or increase in value. Then they will have that wonderful retirement, plan that world cruise, have the experiences they have been dreaming of, spend that...
