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Revenue Recognition’s Effect On M&A

YoungUpstarts

A change in revenue recognition means a change in the due diligence process, specifically accounting diligence, modeling, quality of earnings and cost of integration. Additionally, certain contract acquisition costs, such as commissions, may be added to the balance sheet, thus impacting the timing of expense recognition.

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The Latest Questions Small Businesses Are Asking

Up and Running

A major cause of business failure is not having enough cash available to cover all startup costs and operate for at least a year. Do I need to hire a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) for my small business? As a licensed professional, a CPA has to adhere to a code of professional ethics.

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Maximizing Profits in the Healthcare Staffing Industry by Susanne Mariga

Mike Michalowicz

By focusing on reducing human touches and automating the sales and recruitment process, Angelichio and the Judge Group are able to minimize the cost associated with hiring additional internal staff while meeting their market demand in record time! So what does a blooming staffing company need to do in order to implement automation?

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[INTERVIEW] Mark Attanasio, Toronto Financial Services Executive, Managing Partner Of Hillcrest Merchant Partners

YoungUpstarts

Toronto’s Mark Attanasio has spent some 20 years advising businesses at various stages in their development on what it takes to position themselves for growth – whether it’s through traditional transactional activities like management buyouts and mergers and acquisitions or via a public listing on a Canadian stock exchange.

Partner 101
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What a CFO Can Do For Your Agency

Duct Tape Marketing

Jason is a Co-founder of Thriveal, a firm that helps entrepreneurial CPA firms connect, learn and grow. He’s also the CEO of Blumer CPAs where they serve as an advisory firm for the design marketing and creative agency services niches. Blumer CPAs. That's a higher, that's a much higher risk when you pull in a fixed cost.

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Conversion Rate Formulas to Accurately Calculate Growth

ConversionXL

For example, if you’re investing in Facebook Ads—where CPA is on the rise —you’ll need healthy conversion rates to ensure a positive ROAS. This doesn’t factor the costs of email marketing and retargeting into overall profitability. Acquisition conversion rate: Which channels produce the best conversion rate, and why?

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Marketing Beyond Acquisition

Gust

In my conversations with people in the startup world – from angel investors through entrepreneurs and employees with vast startup experience – I often hear about their perceptions of the marketing role as being pretty limited to acquisition. Second – timely, cost-effective customer acquisition is a matter of life-or-death to most startups.