RACI Times

An Infotainment Newsletter for Rolando & Associates Consulting, Inc.

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WHAT IF THE MAIN MAN IS MIA?

Whether your sick, dead, maimed, going through a midlife crisis, going through a divorce, in an affair that led to the divorce, abducted by aliens, face down in an alley OD'd, or hanging out with Dave Chapelle (oh wait that's the same thing), have you thought about what happens to your business if you suddenly disappear? What if you've been running a great, well known, respected business that suddenly turns to crap and all your now ex-clients come with pitchforks to hunt you down like Frankenstein simply because you disappeared for a bit?

Are you holding all the keys? Are you the only person on earth who knows where all the bones are buried? If you're in the bone business, this is not good. Things can really fall apart quickly if the hands-on leader of any organization suddenly disappears. You think you've taken care of it but have you really, or do you think it will never happen to you? Maybe you mean to get around to it like your diet, your promises to stop smoking & drinking and every other New Years resolution that has faded into the abyss.

I don't have to explain to you why all this matters, and why it's so important but just in case you want to hear it anyway, here goes. Your wife and kids will be left with nothing but a flaming pile of headache. A perfectly good business could be destroyed and your employees will go hungry. People who don't deserve the benefits of all your years of hard work reap those exact benefits. Those Bastards!!!

WHAT CAN I DO? I HAD NO IDEA IT WAS THIS BAD!

# 1 GET AN ASSISTANT. Make sure someone you trust deeply knows where the keys and bones are. Make sure they are as informed as you are in every aspect of your business and have previously interacted with all of the key clients and vendors you deal with.

# 2 GET INSURANCE. Get a Key Man policy or any other policy that specifically covers the possibilities mentioned above. Have a risk assessment done by an insurance agent you trust to limit your exposure. Contact Mark Vernick, CFP to get this covered. Mark is a great financial planner who really knows and loves his job.

# 3 DOCUMENT EVERYTHING. Keep the best records possible of your daily activities to include client / vendor phone calls, emails, letters, faxes and meetings. Make sure your assistant knows where these records are. If you don't have one already, get a laboratory notebook available at http://www.snco.com, keep it on your desk or with you if you travel and fill it with information daily.

# 4 GET YOUR BUSINESS READY & KEEP IT READY TO SELL. Your business should be ready to sell at all times. Just as you would spruce up a house or car before selling, it is imperative you keep your business in tip top shape at all times just in case. Not to mention you might just wake up one day and decide you've had enough. Make it easier on yourself to live the Corona commercial faster.

Editorial written by Rolando J. Pozo

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GETTING TO KNOW US.

Video Interviews

As usual Rolando J. Pozo is venturing into unchartered waters to help provide yet another valuable service to his clients. He is also a big ham who likes to be the center of attention. This month the first of many Video Success Interviews is included with RACI Times. In these videos, we will be interviewing some of the most personally and businesswise successful people Rolando can get his hands on unless they don't like that.   It is our goal to uncover the mindset of people who seem to have everything going for them. In these interviews the individual answers to questions are not nearly as important as the ideology behind them. Also we feel that how a person runs a particluar business is secondary to their thought process. In other words, this will not be an infomercial for a business. If you know someone or would like to share your insight please contact Rolando at rolando@rolandoworld.net. This information is very valuable to many people. Share your knowlege!

SPOTLIGHT ON BUSINESS.

Verizon Wireless:
We recently had the pleasure, along with Bayshore Sound Co., of traveling with Verizon Wireless for 2 weeks to Boca Raton & Orlando to coordinate & operate Sound, Light & Video equipment for their bi-annual company wide trainning seminars. This company is a class act.

Santana CPA:
We have been asked by Santana P.A., CPA to redesign their website. Many new technologies have been developed and made more affordable since their initial website was built and we look forward to giving them all the bells and whistles we can sell. Thanks for the opportunity to build your website. Their new site should be posted by the next newsletter.

Vernick Financial Planners, Inc.:
Vernick Financial Planners, Inc. has recently suffered a flood in their office due to roof damage sustained in a storm. We have been asked to replace all of their office equipment and get their office back to previous working order. Thanks for the business.

COOL STUFF

TECH TIPS & TRICKS

I Want To UpGrade My Hardware Or Get Some New Programs. Can My Computer Handle It?: No! It really depends on what you're trying to do and how far it is from where you are now. As long as you know the Name Brand, Model #, Serial #, Operating System, RAM, Processor, and Hard drive space of your computer, you should be fine. Just compare that with the product you want to buy and see if it's a fit. If you have no idea what we're talking about, give us a call to help you out.

How Do I Keep My Computer Performing At It's Best?: Turn it off and keep it off. It really takes a diligent person to keep a computer running great. Make sure you have the lastest virus software and updates available. Use updated firewall, spyware, pop-up stopper, windows updates, and never download or click on something questionable. Do it on someone else's computer first.

I Want To Switch Cell Phone Companies. Do I Have To Re-Type In All My Old Phone Numbers?: Yes! Most cell phone companies have a device that will allow you to transfer all of your old info to your new phone effortlessly. If the company your moving to does not provide the service, think about another company.

ALERTS! ALWAYS GOOD FOR A FEW LAUGHS

Viruses: Basically the best advice we can give you is to shut your computer down, unplug it and leave it that way. You may still get a virus, but you won't know so it won't matter. Here are the latest little jewels to come out as defined by Symantec.com.

W32.Bratle.A is a worm that attempts to propagate by exploiting the Microsoft Windows LSASS Buffer Overrun Vulnerability (as described in Microsoft Security Bulletin MS04-011). It also opens a FTP server on the compromised computer.
DON'T GET IT! "What is propagate, is that like procreate?" - Rolando

W32.Mytob.IM@mm is a mass-mailing worm that uses its own SMTP engine to send an email to addresses that it gathers from the compromised computer. The worm also spreads through the network by exploiting the Microsoft Windows Local Security Authority Service Remote Buffer Overflow (as described in Microsoft Security Bulletin MS04-011).
DONT GET IT! "All these worms, and me without my fishing pole." - Rolando

W32.Falsu.A is a worm that spreads through file sharing networks and mIRC. DON'T GET IT! "More stupid worms!" - Rolando

Trojan.Jupillites is a Trojan horse that runs as a proxy. It also performs an Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) Denial of Service attack against a predetermined computer. DON'T GET IT! "Man there's a lot of hate here!- Rolando

PWSteal.Wowcraft is a password-stealing Trojan horse that attempts to steal the password to the "World of Warcraft" game and send it to the creator of the Trojan. DON'T GET IT! "Good thing I don't play computer games!" - Rolando

W32.Mytob.IK@mm is a mass-mailing worm that opens a back door and lowers security settings on the compromised computer. DON'T GET IT! "I'm so tired of having my back door opened!" - Rolando