“Exit strategies should be a part of any business plan and founders should create agreements about what will happen in this case before getting too far into doing business together,” explains Crystal Stranger, president of 1st Tax and author of The Small Business Tax Guide. “Sit down as early as possible to divide up assets Read more about How to Handle a Business Breakup- The Network Journal[]

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Excerpt: Have airlines gone too far? Have they cut service to the point that no one wants to fly anymore? Some travelers say yes. Crystal Stranger, an accountant from Honolulu, reached her breaking point when United Airlines which she describes as the worst airline ever for traveling with small children first charged for Read more about Have Air Travelers Reached Their Breaking Point Yet? Huffington Post[]

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Excerpt: Crystal Stranger, an accountant from Honolulu, reached her breaking point when United Airlines — which she describes as “the worst airline ever for traveling with small children” — first charged for her checked stroller and then dinged her for overweight baggage as well. “We had to take all our bags apart and re-pack” for Read more about Gripes about air travel have some people swearing off certain carriers- Washington Post[]

Excerpt: Crystal Stranger, president of tax firm 1st Tax, sees a major strategic benefit to the call for big businesses to be more transparent. “If they are listing how much their pay scales are for employees with varying levels of seniority, it becomes easier to determine pay scales and raise schedules,” Stranger explains. “This is Read more about What You Should Know About Pay Transparency AmericanExpress.com[]