A Few Words
Allow Me
To introduce myself...
My Business Background
Over the years, I've done a few things!
In every one of these businesses, I did my own bookkeeping...except 1 (See why read the next section!)
A restaurant owner… I opened my first restaurant in 1981. It was VERY successful from a customer standpoint, but financially not so much. (See why below!)
Computer trainer and author… For 13 years, I taught computer usage. At the time, I wrote the most popular training manual in use at the time for a graphics program called CorelDRAW.
A restaurant owner again… I opened my second restaurant. This was built on the shoulders (and learning) of the first restaurant. Happily, this time it was successful both customer-wise and financially. Victory’s Banner Restaurant was consistently rated one of the top breakfast houses in Chicago!
Flower Shop owner… Here I just did the books and payroll while my dear friend ran the business.
Bookkeeping Services
Lesson learned: Accurate Record Keeping Is a Key Component to the Success of Your Business.
I am grateful to be successful in all of my business endeavors save for that first restaurant. So why did the first restaurant flop? Because I never got my books together. It was actually too busy. I was overstaffed, underpriced and under-managed which is a terrible combination in the restaurant business.
But, I learned my lesson. In fact, as I have counseled many others in opening businesses, I always tell them, “Get your books set up first thing!”
Your bookkeeping is more than just paying your bills and taxes on time. More importantly, it serves as a roadmap to evaluate your business. Without good books, you’re groping in the dark.
BUSINESS + COMPUTERS
So add up the pieces, computer expert plus a lot of business know-how.
In doing my own books, I became quite expert in both Excel and Quickbooks
For most small business, Quickbooks is a defacto standard. Excel is also an excellent software to keep track of auxiliary aspects of a business. And if you know both of these programs, that you have some good tools.
And that’s where I come in. A business-person is better off running his/her business rather than spending time in front of a computer. So, if I can provide these services at a reasonable rate, then it’s really beneficial to you. And that’s what I try to do, always.
My Life of meditation
One more thing I'd like you to know.
My meditation is the cornerstone of my life. All these other things are my "fund-raisers"!
I have been a student of meditation for more than 50 years. Specifically, I am a student of Indian spiritual Master Sri Chinmoy. It was he who gave me the name “Pradhan”.
In this capacity, I have had the incredible experience of traveling and lecturing in some 50+ countries. I have also written a book called, “A Twenty-first Century Seeker”. Everything done in the way of meditation teaching is always offered free of charge.
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Call me about anything. Really. Bookkeeping, Payroll, Meditation, Coffee..
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Contact Details
Address
2135 W Roscoe St -1S
Chicago, IL 60618
Phone Number
+1(872)-268-8666
pradhan@retlab-ghg.com
