IRS flagged me as deceased. Institutions acted on it. Closed accounts. Condolence letters. Clerical error at local office it was deemed. No culprit. No repair action.
Took 2 years of bonkers discussions with copious notes and pain on a biweekly follow-up basis to resolve.
You are the only one who can fix your problems with a spaghetti mess like this. You must lead it to the finish line.
LIKE THIS: we use Upserve for our restaurant POS’s. We have had a new support lead every few months since the original team and CEO, Angus, left. Since then, the product has been sold several times and the product hasn’t changed, and more and more standard functions fail. Then you get on support and wait 90 min and the queue shuts down when everyone goes to line. It’s shameful. We’ll be leaving for another provider soon - just need to confirm credit card pre authorizations.
I recently (pre-COVID19) sold all my Amazon and replaced it with Apple due to these issues. I feel Apple Pay, and the fast followers, will drive shopping to more platforms than Amazon by reducing friction for customers of independent websites (supported by USPS, UPS, Fedex... which Amazon has decided not to compete with anymore). With the Amazon COVID19 shipping delays, I’ve established many new shopping relationships online, and I hope that is the experience for many others, changing the market. The CEO of Shopify gives great talks about the important of this, so I do support that platform at this point.
I cannot go back to 27” - ultrawide is game-changing for me.
Basically, it comes down to working on 3 interfaces seamlessly, versus two with a single screen. Think REFERENCE, ACTION, SOURCE/DESTINATION.
Couple that with using Spectacles (for Mac) to move windows in position with the keyboard, and Mouseless App to master keyboard shortcuts, and you’re flying.
I considered ditching my ultrawide to buy the new iMac 5K 27”, but it was more geared to 2 interfaces, not 3, so I couldn’t. Even though I prefer the hardware over my MacBook Air 11” 2015 - maxed out.
I love my LG 34UC80-B 34-Inch 21:9 Curved UltraWide. The Sceptre C305W-2560UN 30-inch 21:9 Super Curved Ultrawide is a great budget option.
I found these comments on 1) Getting Started 2) Focusing on What You Really Want to Achieve 3) Avoiding What You Really Want to Achieve by Wasting Time / Not Getting Started as the most important and most challenging for me on this message thread.
Regarding the question... As a solopreneur, it is important that I create my own strong structure and discipline - I use a combination of methods to track my personal goals/habits.
First, it's the Coach.me App to track my daily habits/ritual - the core of all progress. I'll execute tasks that are routine for me, and its a reminder to focus on habits I am struggling with or striving to build. These change overtime depending on my goals (next piece).
Second, it's a series of planning documents that include a) mission, b) long-term goals/focus, c) short-term goals/focus and d) maxims/principles to live and work by. I keep all these in a folder in my desk below my pile of weekly business bills called: 'Focus / Structure'. I review it periodically on different levels of focus, and if I notice I am struggling with something, I'll keep a duplicate copy of the specific item that needs focus on my desk alongside my day-to-day work.
After factoring in industry wide targets of 25% direct food costs, 25-35% staff costs, and 25% overhead - why give the whole profit margin to Seamless?
As an owner of a restaurant and beer garden - experiencing first hand their unreliable technology, driver dispatch, and support staff - I dropped them after a few months.
We also added notes in all our deliveries as a disclaimer that we did not hire the drivers - and that customers could call us directly for future orders - bypassing Seamless - to help support their beloved local business.
Fuck them. Move on. You are perpetuating this mess.
Businesses do periodically change banks or account numbers if their account has been compromised by fraud. (This recently happened to my family's business bank account...
fraudulent checks were produced - so we created a new checking account.)
You can re-automate all your payments within a day or two on your new account with your NEW BANK. The silver lining is you can assess all these monthly charges - and possibly cut some unneeded services - or upgrade some which you would benefit from.
MOST IMPORTANTLY - Find a bank that is headquartered locally - so you can go see the people who work at the bank occasionally - build relationships - and avoid this type of abuse. If the local bank is sold to a bigger bank - jump ship again.
This sounds like a toxic business relationship and your only TEMPORARY loss is the cash they are holding in your account. You should have access to emergency funds in another bank account - and if you don't - learn that lesson now.
You are ultimately responsible for everything and service providers are just that - service providers. Learn to fire and hire them as often as needed.
Bloomberg is 100% right.