Harvest Chocolate

Harvest Chocolate, is a bean-to-bar chocolate company that handcrafts seasonal chocolate bars and Snacking Chocolate for everyday moments. We use simple, organic ingredients, source fresh cacao seasonally, using local fruits from the season to add unique flavors to our chocolate.  

We make chocolate that anyone could enjoy, regardless of allergies or dietary restrictions and support farmers locally and abroad by using only the season's best harvest—from cacao beans to local fruits.

Co-Founder and Head Dishwasher

Pros & Content Community

Community Manager

Knotch

Leading the social strategy as part of the growth team at Knotch, an early-growth customer journey intelligence software. Including strategic planning for the go-to-market, account-based marketing, paid media, email marketing, and sales development.

Growth Marketing - Social and Community

Verint

As a Customer Experience Manager with Verint, it is my responsibility to help our clients research, develop, and execute a customer experience program that will result in customer satisfaction and loyalty, insights that can be shared organization-wide, and omni channel experience strategy and measurement.

Verint as a whole has more than two decades of experience helping more than 10,000 organizations worldwide create lasting value. A global leader in customer engagement, Verint helps businesses evolve and modernize the entire customer engagement operation while protecting legacy investments.

We are built on five core values that shape the way we do business with our customers, partners, and each other: 

⇢ INTEGRITY to do what’s right
⇢ INNOVATION to create leading solutions for real-world challenges
⇢ TRANSPARENCY that fuels mutual trust and productive, collaborative working relationships
⇢ HUMILITY to view our successes as milestones in our journey and our mistakes as opportunities for improvement
⇢ PASSION for making our customers and partners successful.

Associate Account Executive

ForeSee

As a Business Development Representative, I developed and executed an account-based marketing strategy to increase sales efficiency and accelerate new business acquisition for an integrated CX intelligence platform, which helped companies prioritize CX decisions and profit from customer feedback.

⇢ Produced an accurate and high-quality sales pipeline by researching prospective customer accounts using insight tools, creating customized outreach strategies, prospecting calls through multiple channels, and conducting exploratory calls with inbound leads, leading to $3M in pipeline growth to-date.

⇢ Partnered with the marketing team to understand the campaigns and activities with the highest response rate for validation of marketing optimization efforts.

Business Development

First Federal Bank of the Midwest

Financial Sales Manager

As a Relationship Banker, I worked with individual and small business clients to complete an assessment of financial needs and consultatively sell a full range of products such as deposit accounts, loans, and credit cards to support the overall banking center sales objectives.

⇢ Secured at least $45k of new loans each month (vs. target of $25k/month), 10 customer referrals to partners (commercial loans, insurance, merchant services and wealth management), and cross-sold  50 new products per month to existing customers.

Relationship Banker

As an Account Representative, I served as a trusted advisor to small business and personal banking clients by understanding their needs and promoting the appropriate products and services. I also identified cross-selling opportunities, surpassing a personal sales goal of referring 20 new customers per month.

Account Representative

Self-Employed

As a restaurant operations consultant, I provided an operational evaluation of an emerging restaurant and streamlined the restaurant’s ordering process, reduced food cost by negotiating with suppliers, and worked with their team to create premier events to attract top-spending clients.

Freelance Restaurant Consultant

SCM Hospitality

As a Corporate Sous Chef, I provided culinary leadership, support and expertise at celebrity chef Scott Conant’s six restaurants and corporate partnerships across North America by creating dishes featured in publications under the SCM Hospitality brand. I also mentored staff at each of the restaurants on sales techniques, menu design, and marketing strategies.

Corporate Sous Chef

Torc

As a Sous Chef with Torc, I oversaw the kitchen staff while developing and maintaining relationships with vendors to acquire high-quality products. I also served as the opening management team and contributed to the restaurant’s first-year sales goal of $2MM through enforcing quality control measures, maintaining relationships with top-spending clients, and implementing daily menu changes.

Sous Chef

Quince Restaurant

As a Sous Chef with Quince Restaurant, I managed 20 kitchen staff employees in daily production, ordering, cost control and quality assurance at a 2 Michelin Star restaurant featuring California contemporary cuisine.

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Resting Business Face

🚀 Business Consulting 🚀
No one taught you business strategy and finance. And, now that you’re working for yourself, you’re overwhelmed. 

You have the client work under control (that’s not the problem), but something about the business glue that holds it all together is escaping you. Everything you try doesn’t work. And, you’re stuck spinning your wheels. You just need the dots connected and you’ll be right back at it.

Consider me your personal dot connector. We’ll discuss your business, strategy, finances, and find the missing pieces that’ve been eluding you. And, not in a squishy business cheerleader-y way. There’s nothing cheerleader-y at Resting Business Face. We’ll be digging thru financials, reviewing processes, and uncovering hidden issues.

🏛️ Tax Compliance 🏛️
aka – reactive accounting to keep the IRS off your back

Let’s call it what it is – you don’t get your taxes done because you loveee it. You do it because the IRS told you to get your taxes done (or else).

And, you’re looking for a new accountant because your current accountant sucks. They never get back to you. They never answer your questions. And, they always make you feel like a dummy.

Well, congrats, you found me. I actually care about getting your taxes done accurately, deducting as much as legally possible, making sure you’re audit-proof, and explaining things along the way.

Reviews ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
"Working with Michael has been amazing. Two parts Real Talk, one part Therapy, with just a drizzle of sass. You are getting exactly what you think: the Edna Mode of Business Consulting."

"These kinds of conversations can feel overwhelming or stressful, and Michael offers such clear and actionable advice, wrapped in a fun and easy to chat with package, I wouldn’t trust anyone else as a business advisor going forward!"

Owner

Eckstein Tax Services

A local accounting practice helping Long Islanders and local small businesses with their tax returns, accounting, and tax problems. 

Services:
• Personal/Individual Tax Preparation
• Business Tax Preparation
• Outsourced Accounting/Bookkeeping
• Tax Representation and IRS Problem Solving

Big wins:
• Saved a client $24,000 using a mortgage forgiveness exclusion loophole
• Reversed an IRS bank account levy (aka they drained his accounts) and got my client on a payment plan
• Saved a client $23,000 using a NYS income sourcing loophole

Owner/Enrolled Agent

Let's just skip the whole sales-y 'About Me' section BS (you know the one, where you're just trying to figure out what their headline means but it feels like you're reading a sales page 🤢) and get straight to the point, kk?

You're here reading this because you have 5 questions.

1. Who is Michael Eckstein?
2. Why's he call himself LinkedIn's Cutest Accountant?
3. What does he do?
4. What's all that cost?
5. How can I contact him (eg, hiring him, collaborating, having him on my podcast, etc)?

🤓 𝙒𝙝𝙤 𝙞𝙨 𝙈𝙞𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙚𝙡 𝙀𝙘𝙠𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙞𝙣?
I'm Michael Eckstein. I'm an accountant for marketing agencies and consultants that wanna run their agencies on more than just ✨vibes✨

I've been quoted by dozens of websites, guested on podcasts, was named on CPA Practice Advisor's '40 under 40' accountants list, am the Treasurer of a local nonprofit, blah blah blah, other very impressive brags, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐, etc. You get it. 

😍 𝙇𝙞𝙣𝙠𝙚𝙙𝙄𝙣'𝙨 𝘾𝙪𝙩𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝘼𝙘𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙩?
When I started hanging out on LinkedIn, every accountant was 'The World's Most Interesting/Fun/Extroverted/Super Cool Accountant'. So, I jokingly called myself 'LinkedIn's Cutest Accountant' and it stuck.

💪 𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩'𝙨 𝙝𝙚 𝙙𝙤?
I do 2 things:
🚀 Strategic Accounting 🚀 - Implementing financial best practices and overarching business planning to improve cash flow, profitability, and overall business health (so you can finally feel comfortable in your business)
•Structured finance consulting (aka, I set strategy & keep you on task)
•Unstructured consulting (aka, you have questions; I have answers)
•Weekly guidance (aka, structured check-ins and unlimited email support)
•Year-round tax support (aka, help with all those little tax questions)

🏛️ Tax Compliance 🏛️ - Taxes, accounting, and payroll to keep your business on the IRS's good side
•Business tax returns (incl S-corps & partnerships)
•Personal tax returns (incl sole prop/SMLLC)
•Outsourced accounting

💸 𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩'𝙨 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙘𝙤𝙨𝙩?
🥇 Proactive Partner: $1195/mo+
incl, weekly guidance on day-to-day issues, annual growth forecast, quarterly calls + tax essentials

🥈 Tax essentials: $300/mo+
incl, business return, personal return, quarterly estimates, and year-round tax support

🥉a la carte
•S-corp / P-ship: $2,000+
•Personal: $1,000+
•Consult: $350

📞 𝙃𝙤𝙬 𝙙𝙤 𝙄 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙘𝙩 𝙝𝙞𝙢?
You can reach me by DMing me here on LinkedIn, emailing me at michael@restingbusinessface.com, or scheduling a call at restingbusinessface.com/pricing

PS, if I just sent you a connection request, I promise I won't pitch you 🤞

How to stop paying state income taxes in one easy step

Step 1) Upend your entire life, move to Florida/Texas, leave your friends and family behind, force your kids to start over at a new school, rebuild your support network, long for your favorite Italian restaurant back home...

And just like that, voila, no state tax 

#RestingBusinessFace - accounting for agencies

Tax therapist to marketing agencies 😌 | Returns filed, books kept, estimates paid, & questions answered so you can escape the ceaseless tax anxiety for like 5 min

There's nothing wrong with $50k revenue. Or, $100k. Or, $250k. Or, $500k.

Entrepreneurial media makes it seem like you're a failure for not scaling to a gazillion dollars.

But, you probably started your business for:
💸 Flexibility
💸 Choosing who to work with
💸 More money than your last job

If you're hitting those goals, you're killing it.

#RestingBusinessFace - accounting for agencies

Sunday Scaries means I don't like my job?

God forbid, a guy just wants to drink beers in the sun and not work on Monday. Like, I love helping clients with taxes. But, have you tried a beer in the sun? It's sunny and 70 here. That's so much better than taxes. 

Don't make me go inside and check email, pls 😩


#RESTINGBusinessFace - mad scared on Sundays

If Harry & David can charge this much for a pear, I can charge whatever the hell I want for a tax return, thank you very much

 #RestingBusinessFace - tax returns & therapy for marketing consultancies

It's okay. Whatever tax situation you're worried about, it's okay.

😟 Haven't made quarter estimates? It's okay, you can pay them today.
😟 Haven't started running S-corp payroll? It's okay, you can get started today. 
😟 Haven't finished paying last year's bill? It's okay, you can set up an installment agreement today.
😟 Haven't filed the last few years? It's okay, you can find an accountant today.
😟 Haven't figured out how taxes work? It's okay, you can schedule a tax consult today.

It's all okay, and it'll all be okay. And, not in a 'grand scheme of the universe' way or in a 'if it doesn't matter in 5 years' way. But, in a 'we can fix this tomorrow' way. 

#RestingBusinessFace - accounting for agencies

Tax isn't a natural science. God didn't create it on the 8th day. 

Most of our tax code was written by some old guy in Congress.

There is no natural logic behind it. There's only tax logic. And, in tax logic, the answer is never what you want it to be.

(And, if we're talking CA/NY tax logic, the answer is a more straightforward 'screw yourself'.)

 #RestingBusinessFace - accounting for agencies

sometimes, I go for a hike and don't even turn it into a business lesson for LinkedIn 😌

Now is the time to look for a new tax accountant. Don't wait until tax season, especially if you want any sorta advice. You may be able to finddd an accountant during tax season. They won't have time for a calm discussion about tax planning tho. Like, I'm sure I'll take a few more simple corporate returns in January but I won't be sending any legit advisory proposals after December 15th. 

If you look now, you'll:
🤓 Get your bookkeeping caught up
🤓 Have time for year-end tax planning 
🤓 Be ready to send 1099s
🤓 Coast into tax season

If you look in February, you'll have a lot of ignored emails. 

#RestingBusinessFace - accounting for agencies

Don't wish me a Happy Holidays 😤

It's a Merry Year-end 🎅

#RestingBusinessFace - accounting for agencies

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