Tuesday, July 22, 2008

Hello, [Firstname].

It’s the dog days of summer. This is a great time to kick back with a cold glass of lemonade and the latest copy of GrowthForce eNews. In this issue, we bring you a case study on how GrowthForce took over the accounting department at Homewood Suites hotel, news from the Houston CPA Society, upcoming events and a QuickBooks tip. Enjoy our newsletter... and your lemonade.

Suite Results

One of the things that makes GrowthForce a "best place to work" is the satisfaction helping small businesses and non-profits make better management decisions. Homewood Suites at Kingwood Parc is an example of how outsourcing the accounting department to GrowthForce helped one franchise owner see significant improvement to his bottom line and his cash flow.

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GrowthForce CEO Recognized by Houston CPA Society

GrowthForce founder and CEO Stephen King received the Outstanding Committee Award at the 2007-2008 Houston CPA Society Recognition Awards held May 15. Nancy Rutledge, Executive Director, reported that the Northeast Satellite committee has spearheaded several initiatives in the Kingwood, Humble and Atascocita area. They created an internship program for Kingwood High School accounting students and gave out three $500 scholarships to senior accounting students last year.

King developed a partnership with Lone Star College – Kingwood in which the Dean of Business, Technology and Social Science has become an active participant, attending Northeast Satellite meetings. The group is also working with the Humble ISD to qualify accounting as an Advanced Placement course.

Awards Committee Chair Pat Durio, left, and Society President Mike Hilliard, right, congratulate Steve King, chair of the Northeast Satellite, on the award for 2007-2008 Outstanding Committee.

QuickBooks Tip
New Way to Retrieve an Accountant’s Copy

QuickBooks 2008 has simplified the process of how businesses can supply an Accountant’s Copy of a report or document prepared in QuickBooks. A business using QuickBooks 2008 can now send an Accountant's Copy directly to their accountant using an Intuit Web server. Using this feature, they never again have to save the Accountant's Copy file a local disk and manually deliver the Accountant's Copy. The Accountant's Copy file is automatically sent to an Intuit server. The accountant then receives an e-mail with a link that automatically downloads the Accountant's Copy file. The result: numbers in next to no time!

We Proudly Welcome Our Newest Clients!
The Months of May and June Brought 33 Exceptional Companies to GrowthForce Services

1-800 Got Junk
3 Men Movers
Advance Pharmacy
Azzarelli’s
Baseline Resolutions
Beyond Beaute
CITOC
Community Family Centers
Cronus Technology
E Flex Resources
Employer Flexible PEO
Grant Golf LLC
Gripping Eyewear
Hann Custom Builders, Ltd.
Ippolita
Kingwood Montessori
MC Byrd and 401K Shop
Morrell Masonry
Parrish School
Precision Custom Homes
Rachael’s Hallmark
Renaissance Art
Rent A Husband
S4Consultants
SBHNA
Texas Ohio Energy
Texas State Optical - TSO
Theratech Pathways
Turf and Putting Greens
VLAC
VMonitor
Vossler Plumbing
Workmark Associates

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TRAINING & SEMINARS

QuickBooks Training Class taught by GrowthForce Senior Manager Accounting Systems Margaret F. Gow, CPA on Tues., Aug. 26, 2008 from 8 a.m.- 5 p.m. at EMPLOYER FLEXIBLE PEO, 7904 North Sam Houston Pkwy. West, Houston.

This introduction to the QuickBooks system offers everything a novice user of QuickBooks needs to know to get started. They’ll learn about creating Lists – Chart of Account, Items, Centers; bank account and balance sheet activities; selling and paying for goods and services; reporting results, tracking time and designing forms and letters. The cost is just $299 per person.

“Best Practices for Selling Your CPA Firm”
Houston CPA Society Northeast Satellite
Speaker: Gary Homes, CPA
Wed., July 23, 2008
4-6 p.m.
Homewood Suites at Kingwood Parc, 23320 Hwy. 59 N., Kingwood
Even if a for sale sign is not in your immediate future, this presentation will provide a road map on how to arrive at a fair value for your CPA practice and address potential road blocks along the way. 2 CPE credits.

“Work Flow 101”
Humble Area Chamber of Commerce seminar
Trainers: Tiffany Bauer and Jeff Timpanaro
Thurs., July 31, 2008
11 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Homewood Suites at Kingwood Parc, 23320 Hwy. 59 N., Kingwood
Learn how to simplify your work life and focus on what matters most to your business through maximizing your existing technology.

“Rainmaking Strategies for Success”
Association for Accounting Marketing Houston Chapter
Speaker: Ed Robinson, “The Rainmaker”
Tues., Aug. 19
11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Del Frisco’s, Houston
Discover strategies for business growth that will make you the rainmaker - client developer in your organization. The not-to-be-missed motivational speaker is a renowned business coach and author of the book,” The Million $ Rainmaker.”

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