Carlos Samaniego

Field Notes

Stories, observations, and lessons.

Things I’m learning, noticing, questioning, and figuring out along the way.

Carlos Samaniego’s Field Notes notebook beside a cup of coffee.

I’ve always carried a notebook. Sometimes it’s for work. Sometimes it’s an idea I don’t want to lose. Sometimes it’s something I noticed sitting by a creek, drinking coffee, traveling, reading, or just thinking about life.

These are my field notes.

Some will be about business, taxes, and building something that lasts. Others will be about family, books, travel, creativity, resilience, and the things I’m still trying to understand.

They’re not meant to be polished essays. They’re observations from the field.

Small Business Owners – You Can’t Afford To Ignore this

Field NoteFrom the archive

Small Business Owners – You Can’t Afford To Ignore this

Not every day is a good day to be in business. The taxes we have been dealing with for years can make it difficult and stressful, but there are ways around them if you know what they all mean! A little preparation could save your company from an audit or worse – legal trouble later…

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Why Wait? – CarlosSamaniego.com

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Why Wait? – CarlosSamaniego.com

It’s time to take some kind of action. You’ve been cooped up from COVID, you’ve had to deal with downsizing, layoffs, “essential workers” (or the lack thereof), and, quite frankly, like a LOT of us, I’ll bet you’re sick of it. So no matter how this last year affected you, what are you waiting on? …

May 3, 2021 · 2 min read

Staying Positive!

GoalsFrom the archive

Staying Positive!

The “power of positive thinking” is a popular concept, and sometimes it can feel a little cliché. But the physical and mental benefits of positive thinking have been demonstrated by multiple scientific studies. Positive thinking can give you more confidence, improve your mood, and even reduce the likelihood of developing conditions such as hypertension, depression and other stress-related disorder

November 16, 2018 · 3 min read

199AFrom the archive

Thinking about getting into the cannabis business?

You won’t get a Section 199A tax deduction for your cannabis business. But some of the other tax reform changes may make the C corporation a more attractive choice of entity than before (yes, really!). Let’s look at an example. Say the cannabis business has the following financials: Cash Tax Gross Receipts $500,000 $500,000…

November 12, 2018 · 2 min read

BusinesssFrom the archive

Building a Company or Building a Job?

This month, we’ve spent a lot of time developing the ideas of entrepreneurship versus small business ownership and I wanted to ask you to play a little game with me for the next two weeks. It’s really simple and won’t take more than a few minutes each day to do. I want you to track…

June 1, 2018 · 2 min read

EntrepreneursFrom the archive

What Kind of an Entrepreneur Are You?

There’s a veritable gold mine for companies that study and collate information about small business owners and entrepreneurs. After all, every one of them is a likely source of either good news or bad news and many – if not all – of them are looking for an edge in their own operations. As a…

April 15, 2018 · 6 min read

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