Gretchen Roberts

CEO, Red Bike Advisors
BIO

Gretchen Roberts is CEO of Red Bike Advisors, formerly Adam Shay CPA PLLC. We believe that strategic financial advice is a value driver, not a cost center. We work with you to achieve your business goals, whether that's growing re  

...Read Entire BIO
Financial
May 1, 2024

Are You Protected from Employee Theft?

Employee theft is the reason for more than 30% of small business bankruptcies, according to the Better Business Bureau.    And that's not even counting the businesses that are stolen f ...

Financial
Apr 9, 2024

5 Finance Topics Every Small Business Owner Should Master

Cash is king, and profit is queen. With 82% of small business failure due to poor cash flow management (Business.com), it's no wonder business owners lie awake at night wondering if they're g ...

Financial
Mar 9, 2024

7 Secrets the IRS Doesn’t Want You to Know

It’s tax time, and for most people it’s a frenzy of paperwork and filings. But for anyone who’s fallen behind on their taxes, or is starting to get notices from the IRS or the North ...

Other
Feb 9, 2024

New Requirements for Small Businesses: Beneficial Ownership Information Reporting

Welp, the government has gone and done it again. In an effort to crack down on money laundering, financing terrorism, tax fraud, and other illegal acts via sketchy shell companies, Congress has enacte ...

Other
Jan 31, 2024

7 Reasons Your Messy Books are Hurting Your Business

Clean books and regular reviews are the foundation of a strong financial position for your business. Here are seven ways messy books are holding back your business growth: 1. Risky Business Risk ...

Financial
Nov 13, 2023

Show Me the Money: How to Put Profit First

“A budget is telling your money where to go instead of wondering where it went.”    –John C. Maxwell   There’s nothing worse than getting to the end of the y ...

Other
Oct 19, 2023

ERC Audits On the Rise: Are You On the IRS’s Radar?

If you’re anything like most small business owners we work with, you’ve got better things to do than scroll Google for news about the IRS and what it’s been up to lately.  &nbs ...

Other
Sep 5, 2023

Financial Page-Turners: 3 Business Finance Books to Conquer Cash Flow and Turn a Healthy Profit

"Revenue is vanity, profit is sanity, but cash is king."  — Unknown Many business owners are what serial entrepreneur Roland Frasier calls “accidental entr ...

Financial
Aug 17, 2023

Will ChatGPT Do My Taxes Next Year?

We have a Google Home at my house, and sometimes Google just can’t get it straight. It will set a timer when we’ve asked it to play a song on Spotify, or listen in on our conversation and ...

Redbikeadvisors block
Ico insights

INSIGHTS

SPONSORS' CONTENT
Mcwhorter 0005

So, You Have an Idea for an Amazing, Life-Changing Company... Now What?

Heather McWhorter - UNCW Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Untitleddesign4

Paving the Way to Better City Streets

Tony Caudle - City of Wilmington
Jane

It’s Child’s Play

Jane Morrow - Smart Start of New Hanover County

Trending News

Beverage Manufacturer To Occupy Former Tru Colors Facility In Wilmington

Audrey Elsberry - May 6, 2024

Wilmington Leaders To Consider Skyline Center Lease, Debt Payment

Emma Dill - May 6, 2024

In The Current Issue

Novant Health Adds new AFib Treatment

Novant Health Heart & Vascular Institute has incorporated a recent FDA-approved treatment for AFib, or atrial fibrillation, as an option for...


CEA Retail & Hospitality Winner: Expanding A Taco Brand

When two Surf City dudes, Cody Leutgens and Steve Christian, realized the community they loved had a shortage of good, casual restaurants, t...


Passenger Rail Study Picks Eastern Route

It’s been more than 50 years since passenger rail linked Wilmington and Raleigh, but there’s a renewed push to bring back a passenger route...

Book On Business

The 2024 WilmingtonBiz: Book on Business is an annual publication showcasing the Wilmington region as a center of business.

Order Your Copy Today!


Galleries

Videos

2024 Power Breakfast: The Next Season