CHRISTINA MOORE

entrepreneurship

12 | Its Just Work

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It is just work.

Sometimes all of the work smarter, better tools, teamwork boils down to focusing on the job and doing it. Nike says it well: Just do it! A team-building phrase that does carry sympathy and understanding and the tenderness of acknowledging, that work what we get paid to do. It is just work – with deadlines, and challenges, and tiny rewards. Ain’t no real short cuts, but I do find joy in working. Do others?

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Zen, Zen of work, motivation, WCRB, CRB, Hyatt House, Irma, Hurricane Maria, Disaster Recovery, Disaster response, Oracle, Oracle APEX, data management, programming, software development, entrepreneurship, business management, team management, team planning, crisis management, disaster recovery,

11 | PST Baby: Primary, Secondary, Tertiary

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“What could possibly go wrong?”

Around here, if there is one plan there are three plans. We’ve got to have the primary plan, then the backup plan then the other plan for when it all goes entirely wrong. PST – a reminder to start with a primary plan, a secondary plan, and a tertiary plan. Embracing failure may improve our lives, our work, and our teams.

In this episode, I explore lessons from a 2008 fire on the USS George Washington, an aircraft carrier, the crash of flight 14 FedEx, sailing in Alaska — oh, and programming with Oralce APEX. And I ask myself what I might sound like playing the piano.

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Oracle, Oracle APEX, planning, PST, primary secondary tertiary, USS George Washington, FedEx Flight 14, plane crash, data management, programming, software development, entrepreneurship, business management, team management, team planning, crisis management, disaster recovery

07 – Wayfair Wayside

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By the way, if selling on-line in the United States, you have about 11,000 potential tax payments to calculate monthly or quarterly and you probably don’t know about them.

Brava! Capitalism and democracy are a nearly impossible combination….both vying for a somewhat limited amount of money. Boils down to cleverest schemes for acquiring same. Obviously mathematical training is essential. The algorithm is emperor.
Thank you for a sunny wake up.
Lynda C

Summary

The United States Supreme Court changed the landscape of internet commerce with a 2018 ruling called “South Dakota v Wayfair Inc”. With the stroke of five pens, business had to comply with thousands of sales tax jurisdictions within the United States – up to 58 states and territories, 3,000 counties, 10s of thousands of municipalities all want revenue from internet-based sales. This determination opened businesses to new risks. It created an entirely new business venture called: interstate sales tax compliance service provider. And new phrases such as “SST” for streamlined sales tax process. It will cost small business thousands of dollars to comply. For us, compliance will cost more than the taxes we pay.

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