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Gene Marks, CPA

Gene Marks is a former columnist for The New York Times and The Washington Post. He now writes weekly on the economy, business and technology for The Guardian, The Hill, The Washington Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Forbes and Entrepreneur.com. Gene, a certified public accountant, is the author of five books on business management and provides commentary regularly on Fox News, Fox Business, ABC Radio's John Batchelor Show and for the Wharton School's Business Channel on Sirius XM. Gene is also the host of two popular business podcasts for The Hartford and Paychex.

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On this episode of The Right Byte, Gene Marks offers some insider tips on how to make your outside CPA a true business partner! Marks recommends finding someone who is…

On this episode of The Right Byte, Gene Marks provides tips on how to protect your data at the airport! Marks recommends to never use the airport’s Wi-Fi. Learn more…

If you’re like my company – and so many of our clients – you probably subscribe to Microsoft Office (the most popular version among our clients is Office 365 Business…

On this episode of The Right Byte, Gene Marks provides insight on how to speed up vendor payments! Marks recommends offering discounts specifically to the customers who usually pay a…

On this episode of The Right Byte, Gene Marks will fill you in on the three biggest mistakes small businesses can make! These mistakes include not outsourcing, not maintaining a…

On this episode of The Right Byte, Gene Marks highlights the top trends in accounting technology that cannot be ignored! He recommends that you run your application in the cloud…

On this episode of The Right Byte, Gene Marks provides some tips for choosing the right accounting software for your specific needs! Marks highlights the three things you should consider…

On this episode of The Right Byte, Gene Marks recommends best podcasts for your business! Podcasts are a great tool for learning new approaches and perspectives related to running your…

The Human Resources software industry – which include popular cloud-based applications such as Zenefits, Namely, BambooHR and Gusto (as well as those provided by big payroll service companies like Paychex…

My company has implemented hundreds of customer relationship management systems over the past twenty years and, without question, the biggest challenge that the greatest majority have is getting everyone in…

I’m a tech guy. I run a 10-person technology firm near Philadelphia. We do a lot of tech work, but we mostly implement accounting and customer relationship management systems for…

As a CPA one of the biggest complaints I hear about others in my profession is one of complacency. “My accountant doesn’t seem to know my business,” one business owner…