Alain Guillot

Life, Leadership, and Money Matters

  • Alexander Graham Bell: The Telephone and a Patent Race

    Alexander Graham Bell: The Telephone and a Patent Race

    Discover how Alexander Graham Bell won the telephone patent race and built a business empire from a contested idea.

  • Stop Treating Year-End Accounting as an Afterthought

    Stop Treating Year-End Accounting as an Afterthought

    Year-end accounting problems usually begin months before the final tax deadline. Missing receipts, uncategorized payments and outdated records can turn a routine filing into an expensive scramble. They can also hide cash flow problems that deserve attention much sooner. A consistent accounting process gives you cleaner tax records and a…

  • Stock Market Recap — October 23, 2026

    Stock Market Recap — October 23, 2026

    Friday | Dow plunges 600 points, cybersecurity stocks rally, and oil tops $116 Wall Street ended another volatile week on a negative note Friday as selling pressure spread beyond artificial intelligence stocks and rising oil prices renewed concerns about inflation. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell more than 600 points,…

  • Financial Comparison: Use It to Build Wealth

    Financial Comparison: Use It to Build Wealth

    Financial comparison can help you build wealth, set realistic goals, and improve your financial future. Learn how to compare wisely and take the next step.

  • An Office Refurbishment Checklist for Keeping Your Business Running

    An Office Refurbishment Checklist for Keeping Your Business Running

    A refurb should keep avoidable disruption to a minimum, even when temporary shutdowns are necessary. The real test is whether teams can keep doing their jobs as far as possible while walls, wiring, air systems and lighting change around them. That takes a clear brief, the right permissions, thorough surveys…

  • Part-Time Work in Retirement: Money and Purpose

    Part-Time Work in Retirement: Money and Purpose

    Most people think of retirement as the moment they finally stop working. But what if part-time work in retirement could make your life richer, not just financially, but socially, emotionally, and intellectually? We spend decades saving and investing so that one day we can afford to stop working. Yet when…