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Gratitude for Teachers, and Career Advice to High Schoolers
Today I was asked to present to a math class at a local high school how my career had developed, and some advice on how they might think about college and future work. Perhaps [...]
The Three Books of Bookkeeping
Luca Pacioli described three books to be used in bookkeeping in his 1494 treaties: The Day Book, the Journal, and the Ledger. All three of these "books" typically exist in modern financial systems. The Day [...]
Pacioli Starts Bookkeeping with an Inventory
Luca Pacioli started the bookkeeping process by describing how to take an inventory of things. This is because financial reporting begins with the Balance Sheet. Although earnings gets all the attention in financial analysis, earnings [...]
Think Differently About Ledgers
Choose your level or subject area, and consider ledgers–the foundation of all business systems–in a new light

















