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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 provides insight into how to protect yourself from Ransomware! A defensive technique Marks recommends is getting online backup software. For more…

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…

[et_pb_section][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text] The economy’s good. Interest rates are still relatively low. Tax rates are attractive. Baby boomers are eyeing retirement. So it’s not surprising that a lot of partners of…

Intuit recently released QuickBooks 2019 (QB2019) with lots of new and powerful features. If you – like me – are a fan and a user then you’re going to be…

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…

A short history of self service in accounting. Ready?   1978: A small business owner has her bookkeeper log cash transactions in a One-Write manual entry system. Payroll is done…

Pete has been a good friend of mine for many years.  We used to go to summer camp together and we kept in touch. Now he’s an attorney in Philadelphia…

Hopefully, your tax season went 100 percent smooth. No deadlines were missed. No mistakes were made. All of your employees were happy and found plenty of time to spend with…

If you’re running a business, like me, there are some applications that are crucial to help you with productivity, management, and operations. Here are some great examples. Avalara If you’re…

Collecting money. Dealing with regulations. Responding to complaints. Handling employee demands.  Did I mention collecting money? These are just a few of the challenges we all face as business owners. …