Accounting

Almost everyone hates doing the accounts (except accountants, I suppose). While you may still want to hire an accountant to help with year-ends and filing taxes, you can easily do invoices, enter receipts, keep track of HST, and more on your own. The best solution I have found is Freshbooks, a cloud system that is simple to use but can be extended in many ways, and has fabulous support. 

Holy Crap!

Well, why not start this journal off with a bang? 

Ever heard of Hapi Foods Breakfast Cereal? Probably not. But when a happy customer shouted, "Holy crap, this tastes amazing!" and the British Columbia couple who developed the cereal called the next batch "Holy Crap," sales increased by 1000% overnight. Marketing genius, I say! Read the details at http://tinyurl.com/a49u4uk. The lesson is: BE BOLD in your thinking.