The Price You Pay Still Matters
Many of us love long-term investing because it sounds clean: buy good assets, ignore the noise, and let time do the work. I believe in that. Tall oaks are not grown by checking the soil every...
Technology Problems Cost More Than You Think: Why Managed IT Services Are Essential for Today’s Small Business
Managed IT services have quickly become one of the most valuable solutions for small to midsized businesses (SMBs). By outsourcing IT management to a Managed Technology Services Provider (MTSP),...
Why More Businesses Are Leaving Old Servers Behind and Moving to the Cloud
For many small to mid-sized businesses (SMBs), technology decisions have centered around buying and maintaining on-premise servers. It was the standard approach for decades: purchase the hardware,...
Why “Just Enough” Coverage May Not Be Enough
If you are like me, you miss the lower prices of 2019. Since almost everything costs more, replacing it also costs more. Car repairs? More. Medical bills? More. Rental cars? More. The tiny plastic...
The Genius of AND: Living in the Present AND in Retirement
As humans, we often default to compromise. We tend to think in terms of “or.” Yet problem solving and thriving are more commonly the result of implementing the “genius of and.” A former FBI hostage...
MDR, The Human Component to Cybersecurity
As the owner of Preston Office Solutions, I spend a lot of time talking with business owners about cybersecurity. One thing I hear often is, “We’re a small business in a small city. Are we really at...