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About Me:

Genevia Gee Fulbright, CPA is President/COO of Fulbright & Fulbright, CPA, PA, a business strategist, tax advisor and author of Make the Leap: Shift from Corporate Worker to Entrepreneur and most recent book Make the Leap: From Mom & Pop to Good Enough to Sell (Infinity Publishing). Visit Fulbright at www.makeleap.com.

The other day I heard several media pundits accuse corporate directors for today’s economic ills. Some accused directors of being asleep at the wheel or being unduly influenced by the very executives they were supposed to supervise.
If you understand basic economics, complexities of the corporate structure and leadership models, you realize that it is […]

We hit an exciting milestone a couple of years ago. The 20th anniversary year of our practice serving the community!
CONCERNS OVER MONEY
During our most recent strategic planning session, we spent time identifying the top four concerns that most people have about money. We came up with the following list of desires […]

Are there still deals to be made in the real estate market?
Apparently yes according to a client who builds mixed commercial/residential real estate developments up north.
According to him, not all real estate is in the dumper. He shares that as long as you have time on your side (i.e. can hold onto the properties for […]

Which service operator do you think is more successful at attracting qualified customers? The one, that when asked to describe his ideal client, states:

“We try to attract anyone interested in having a car professionally washed.”
or
“We attract clients who value their car experience and want
to extend the life of their car by having it professionally detailed.”
If […]

Joe (not his real name) lost his technology job and before he knew it his unemployment benefits ran out.
Unable to secure employment, he contemplated his options and decided to open a business and became what I would call a reluctant entrepreneur.
Are you a reluctant entrepreneur?
You are a reluctant entrepreneur if you:
[…]

Do you want to be rich or wealthy?
I enjoy the song by Calloway, “I Wanna Be Rich,” but let’s enhance this anthem by changing the last word so we can recite instead “I wanna be wealthy.”
Are some so obsessed with becoming rich in order to appear on the series “Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous” […]

I’m a financial adviser and CPA by trade.
Many years ago an associate, now deceased, lived like he would never leave this world. He had a residential construction business and significant real estate holdings, but did not maintain good records or clear title to deeds (i.e. he might have his ex-wife or one of […]