Small Axe Farm started off with an informational website for their farm, but soon needed a complex e-commerce platform to help manage their CSA Share (Community Support Agriculture) and wholesale orders. Their customers order exactly what they want each week and those orders are dropped off at different locations. The website needed to account for […]
I really don’t want there to be uncertainty, and yet here we are. Much of what I do as an accountant is to account for certainty. I plan for future cash flow issues, double check the processes in our systems, and reconcile accounts to verify transactions. Accounts like verification. It’s one of our principles. Confronted […]
Drift Farmstead grows organic vegetables and meat, and teaches local students with outdoor and farm-based education on their farm. They needed a simple website that could communicate the breadth of their food and educational offerings. Most of the work we did was on organizing the information in a way that makes sense for visitors to […]
Ever wonder what kind of regulations you need to follow for your food business? In partnership with the Center for An Agricultural Economy in Hardwick, I researched and developed an online tool that will help you get started with understanding regulations specific to your food product. The guidelines are specific to Vermont businesses and attempt […]
Terry Zigmund makes unique stained glass artwork at Burlington Community Glass Studio. She needed a website that demonstrates the variety of colors in her work and a complete gallery that helps customers understand what is possible. Terry’s signature work is her trees which are made from wire and she can also make windows, doors, mandalas, […]
I previously wrote an article about Bank Feeds for QuickBooks Desktop where I explained that bank feeds are great, but there are issues with Accounts Receivable (A/R). I suggested that everyone enter A/R manually, which still holds true. For QuickBooks Online Bank Feeds, I have been finding that many business owners have been confused with the automatic […]
Intuit decided to stop updating QuickBooks for Mac (QBM). Many Accountants complained about QB for Mac, and while it had its issues, it worked and was much more affordable than QuickBooks Online (QBO). The desktop edition was about $200 and only needed to be upgraded once every three years. A comparable version of QBO starts […]
John wanted to create an e-commerce website to sell his t-shirts that promote discussions on the contributions people of color have made to our country. We built a website using WordPress and WooCommerce to create a simple online store along with a Black History educational component. In the future, John has plans for more interactive […]
Tamarack Hollow Farm wanted a new website that is easy to update and provides a gallery for their customers. We built a website using WordPress and set it up for the possibility of having an e-commerce store in the future. For now, users can learn where to find them at the market or look up photographs […]
In my Small Business Management class, we were reviewing organization & staffing in a small business and we found a great deal of information on the theory of organizational management. More difficult was finding a practical, how-to guide for hiring an employee, be it in Vermont or anywhere else in the U.S. Many of my […]