IQPC 3rd Pricing & Revenue Optimization Summit
I am proud to be speaking at the 3rd Pricing & Revenue Optimization Summit on July 30th, being held in Chicago. The workshop I am leading is titled “Behavioral Economics: A Look at the First and...
View ArticleDETalk–John Chisholm–Ron Baker Does Oz
In this DETalk, VeraSage Senior Fellow John Chisholm of John Chisholm Consulting regales us with the true story of what really goes on when Ron Baker visits him in Australia. Related posts:...
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Book Review: Negotiating with Backbone
Reed Holden is my mentor, so I’m extremely biased. Still, this is a great book, especially for any firm pricer who has to deal with procurement, which Reed writes is the new normal. The final frontier...
View ArticleWhy the Consultants to the Professions are Whipping us into Irrelevance
The following is from one of our latest Practicing Fellows, Matthew Tol, from Australia. Apparently, the 50 Shades trilogy is one of the fastest selling books (for those with matching chromosomes)...
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Book Review: How Will You Measure Your Life?
Harvard professor Clayton Christensen is one of my favorite business thinkers, right up there with Peter Drucker, Henry Mintzberg, Gary Hamel, and a couple of others. Unlike most business writers,...
View ArticleHSD from an attorney
Yesterday was a huge HSD. I received the following email from a sole proprietor attorney who specializes in elder care and estate law: Dear Ron, I tweeted a few weeks ago that I was reading your book,...
View ArticleThe Bottom Line: Beyond the Billable Hour
I’m happy to be the cover story in this issue of the State Bar of California’s Law Practice Management and Technology Section. You can even earn an hour of MCLE reading my article (I flunked). VeraSage...
View ArticleFor Good and Evil
This is the single best book ever written on the history of taxation. Here’s my recent book review from the Minnesota Society of CPAs publication, Footnote. Also, you can watch a one hour interivew...
View ArticleHawaiian Seminar-At-Sea
Seminars-At-Sea presents “Knowledge is Profit” CPE cruise, October 26 through November 2, 2013. We will be onboard Norwegian Cruise Line’s “Pride of America.” This will be fully tax deductible and...
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William Cobb on the Cobb Value Curve
At the Sage Firm of the Future Symposium in March 2013, William Cobb, devisor of the oft cited Value Curve, was on hand to explain his concept to the attendees. The Cobb Value Curve He was kind enough...
View ArticleWhat PKFs Can Learn from Country Music
Modern country music blends the best of traditional American values of hopes and dreams with classical rock rhythms and melodies. It is difficult for even the most ardent anti-cowboy listener to avoid...
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Does this Really Work?
Ohhhh, the frustration! I recently posted about a seminar I attended last week. The feedback I have received from that post has been significant. The responses have ranged from “Oh my Lord – that’s...
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William Cobb on the Cobb Value Curve
At the Sage Firm of the Future Symposium in March 2013, William Cobb, devisor of the oft cited Value Curve, was on hand to explain his concept to the attendees. The Cobb Value Curve He was kind enough...
View ArticleWhat PKFs Can Learn from Country Music
Modern country music blends the best of traditional American values of hopes and dreams with classical rock rhythms and melodies. It is difficult for even the most ardent anti-cowboy listener to avoid...
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Does this Really Work?
Ohhhh, the frustration! I recently posted about a seminar I attended last week. The feedback I have received from that post has been significant. The responses have ranged from “Oh my Lord – that’s...
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