Testimonials
As an owner of 5 small businesses, you can imagine the accounting nightmare I faced every day. I want to thank you sincerely for your great course. It has enabled me to climb out of the detail and really see what has been going. I now can talk with my accountant and really know what she is saying.
John Carchio
Carchio Development Corporation
Lakeville MA
As the business manager of a law firm in addition to being an attorney, Dr. Pedersen’s course has enabled me to make so much more sense out of our financials. I have actually restructured our accounting so it is much more efficient and more importantly, has cut my time down considerably.
William Mayer, Esq.
Mayer, Antollis, Jachowicz, and Galvani
Framingham MA
The course took a lot of angst out of the learning process, and now I have a better picture of the fundamental health of my business.
Rob Newton
North Shore Business Owner
Accounting is an enigma – seemingly simple to do, but also hard to comprehend at the same time. The Dude! Where’s My Profit? course was vital in helping me understand the basics of accounting and more importantly, how to apply and use them.
Ben Ng
Freelance Designer
Even after working in various fields of finance and accounting for more than 20 years, the Dude! Where’s My Profit? course gave me my first “Aha!” moment of finally understanding the way all the information gets processed and comes together. I realize now that managing any finances without understanding how each aspect affects the others is like driving around when you’re lost and not stopping to ask directions – you may get there eventually but there is undoubtedly a better, more efficient and more productive way to go.
Carol Wolf
Loan Officer, Retail Mortgager Lending
National City Bank
I work with small business owners and those who hope to be every day. The feedback I get from those who have experienced the Dude! Where’s My Profit? course is that it has been very helpful to them as they grow their businesses.
Susan Gately
Executive Director
Blackstone Valley Chamber of Commerce Education Foundation
As a result of this course, I have a clearer understanding of accounting. It has been explained to me before but this is the first time I actually understood the information and how it relates to my business.
Joyce Parlapiano
High Note Realty
I have been using Dr. Pedersen’s Matrix in my Introductory Accounting classes for five years. My students would be lost with out it. With it, they can really understand and “see” the effects of dollars moving in and out of a business.
Professor Carol Murphy
Professor of Accounting
Quinsigamond Community College
Dr. Pedersen is an outstanding presenter with an outstanding course. He makes basic accounting easy to learn and fun to use. For most non-accounting business owners, his course is an ideal and “painless“ way to pick up the needed skills.
Larry Marsh
Director of the Small Business Development Center
Clark University
Dude! Where’s My Profit? made learning accounting so easy for me. Whenever I became confused, I quickly sketched the Matrix, which allowed me to see how what I was working on fit into the big picture. I can’t imagine learning accounting any other way.
Barbara Zabka
Administrative Assistant to the Academic Dean
Quinsigamond Community College
I use Dude! Where’s My Profit? as an instructional text in teaching Financial Accounting I. The students love it. It is an effective, enjoyable method for teaching and learning the basics.
Jane Joyce
Adjunct Professor/College Accountant
Quinsigamond Community College
Dr. Pedersen’s course was outstanding. His big-picture approach really helped me gain a thorough understanding of the accounting process. I can’t imagine learning accounting any other way.
Liz Hanlon
Administrative Assistant to the Dean
Quinsigamond Community College
My students rave about Dude! Where’s My Profit? It introduces key concepts; has easy to follow instructions; provides hands-on applications of concepts; and students can produce financial statements faster and easier than traditional methods of textbook teaching.
Mike Araujo
Accounting faculty
Quinsigamond Community College
The Pedersen Matrix was a wonderful method of learning accounting. Being able to see how each step and process affected the entire business picture helped me grasp a more through understanding of how the accounting principles affected my everyday job. It helped me to apply concepts learned to my business almost immediately.
Melissa Hope
QCC Student
Dr. Pedersen has served as a premier Accounting Professor at Quinsigamond Community College for many years. His success, and the success of the course he has developed, have grown directly from his passion for his subject and his concern to make accounting real for all who wish to master it. He is a master professor with a master course.
Sandra L. Kurtinitis Ph. D.
Former President
Quinsigamond Community College; Chancellor, Community College of Baltimore County
Entrepreneur Fact
Of 7.7 million owners of employer businesses, 71 percent are male and 26 percent female (3 percent do not report gender). More than 80% of small businesses use some sort of financing to grow their business.