Small Business Conversations with PKJ

Born and raised in Detroit Michigan, I am a graduate of Detroit Public Schools. Obtained a Bachelors degree at Eastern Michigan University in Accounting. Member of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc.

Owner and Tax Accountant at Advocate Tax Services, a tax preparation and small business consulting firm.

Owner and podcaster at the ICE Podcast Network. Co-host of the Iron Sharpens Iron Podcast.

Five years as a tax professional with experience in audit, bookkeeping, quickbooks, fixed asset management and depreciation in internal, GAAP, and property tax.

Discovering your Passion..Utilizing your.Knowledge and going on your Journey..to start and grow your business .this is the purpose of my podcast. To inspire others to take the leap and go after their dreams whether it’s while working a full time job or simply leaving the corporate 9 to 5 behind...and today...I have the pleasure of interviewing someone who did just that. Not only did she leave, she also interviewed 50 others who did the same thing whether it was in the form of simply becoming a freelancer, consultant, starting a brand new business, or going in a different direction such as working in the non profit sector.
Anna Lundberg is the founder of One Step Outside, where she helps people around the world build businesses and create a lifestyle that allows them an unimagined sense of freedom, flexibility and fulfillment. She built her professional career in beauty and luxury marketing, working with big brands such as Dolce & Gabbana, Hugo Boss and Burberry. Today, she continues to write, consult and train businesses on how to build powerful brands and effective marketing strategies, and how best to implement these in their organisation. Since leaving her corporate job in 2013, she’s now reimagining what success looks like and she’s passionate about inspiring and supporting others to do the same. Anna is the author of Leaving the Corporate 9 to 5: Stories from people who’ve done it (and how you can too!).

Are you tired of letting another year go by where you don’t meet your goals? We all have the best intentions; however, life can get in the way, we can lose motivation, and we can lose focus. 2019 is the year to take a focused, organized approach to your goals and accomplishing them! Creating a vision board can serve as a visual representation of the goals you set to accomplish in the new year and help you stay on track all year long! Listen to this podcast where Lauren of Wondrous Occasions and I discuss Vision Boards!

Tandee Salter a native of Columbus, GA who is a Certified Life and Master Business Success Coach. She the #1 Amazon Best Selling Author of Inhale Confidence 21 Days of Affirmations for the Millennial Woman and co-author of best selling book 20 Beautiful Women Volume 2. Tandee holds degrees in paralegal studies, sociology, and public administration.
While having achieved many things, Tandee has battled with grief and depression, gone through a divorce, and felt unworthy of success. However she has overcome those obstacles and more. She now uses her education and experience to pour into other women so they can reach their highest potential.
Tandee has been featured on a plethora of platforms including Huffington post,
Get Out of Your Own Damn Way Podcast, Evolutionary Woman Radio, On the Rise Radio, Essence Magazine, Courageous Woman Magazine and more!

Shauna Armitage got the Moxie to follow her passion and start her own company called Making Moxie. Making Moxie is a community for female entrepreneurs to share their stories and insights while guiding one another in growing successful businesses.

Shauna is also the mother of one boy and two little girls with one on the way. She is Making Moxie in life and in business so her children will see they have the power to make an impact with a little grit and a lot of determination.
Shauna is a business strategist for solopreneurs and small business owners who are ready to grow. She acts as lead strategist or part-time CMO, working closely with brand leaders to strategize for growth while working closely with them on execution and accountability.

Podcaster….Business Coach...Owner of a Facebook Group...YouTuber….Blogger...Mother...Traveler...Volunteer...Sounds like a lot of titles right? How does someone manage it all? Do you have to pick just one? Well anyone who knows me well enough knows that my answer is NO. I’m a full believer in trying to do anything you put your mind too and today we have a guest who has the same mindset. You see all of those titles I named earlier belong to our guest for today Samantha Siffring!
Samantha is a business coach and the host of the Badass Mother Podcast. She started as a coach after struggling to find her identity after becoming a mother and now is very passionate about helping other moms build businesses from home and balance entrepreneurship with motherhood. She is a mom of 3, an over-volunteer-er, and a travel lover like myself. She and her husband met while studying abroad in college and loves taking her kids on epic adventures. So today we are going to learn more about her journey and how she dived into everything that she is doing.

How many times have you heard as an entrepreneur or small business that you need QUICKBOOKS? that 50% of businesses fail in the first 5 years due to not tracking their finances, or as an entrepreneur you need to know where your money is being allocated. Have you ever been turned away from a company loan because you couldn’t produce financials?

We all have heard about QuickBooks and how it’s the largest accounting software but most of us who aren’t accounting professionals aren’t sure as to all of the benefits and uses that we can do with the software. Today we will discuss the benefits of QuickBooks!!!

IRS Episode: Ever get one of those dread IRS Letters?!? Guess what? Even as a Tax Professional, I have too! Ever wonder what happens on the other side of the desk by an IRS professional?! Do you know how to handle IRS issues as a Small Business? Well guess what...on this episode we have a special guest who worked at the IRS for almost 30 years!

When we hear the word BLOGGING...what’s the first thing that comes to mind? Is it someone who sits in a corner with their computer writing for hours a day? Is it some foreign concept that you know you are supposed to have for your business and website but don’t know where to start? Or is it something enjoyable where you get to spending time writing and sharing with others so that they can learn and grow? Well on this podcast, we learn from a Blogging Expert - Karen Johnson!

Have you ever wondered why we have so many labels when it comes to business...there’s self employed, small business owner, independent contractor, entrepreneur, and much more. What does it all really mean? Can you be one and not the other? I consideder myself to be a small business owner but also self employed and an entrepreneur. Does the label make a different? Ultimately, the title doesn’t matter as long as you are happy with the path that you are on. To me, all of these are people who are on their own journey and can make their own rules like today’s guest- Shante’ Martin, a self employed accountant, who wanted to have the balance between motherhood and her career.