Transparency of IT costs continues to gain momentum as a shared strategic goal between business units and their IT organizations.  As an example, tracking resource costs and what those resources are working on is an important component to providing transparency to application development and support.  Expense or Capital account code. MORE >>

I've been on a mission to dramatically reduce the legal costs of a venture financing. That takes out the investor counsel costs. And we've been pushing company counsel to reduce their costs. I'd like to see venture financing legal fees get to $5k or less. Our firm is doing our part. MORE >>

When we were last with Dick and Jane on Finance Fridays, our fearless entrepreneurs were figuring out how to split up their founders equity and account for an investment from Jane. Revenues and costs should both be based off of a robust set of assumptions. Finance Fridays accounting system finance fridayshistorical data). MORE >>

So you could do that with $5,000 or something, as opposed to $20,000 for an equity financing. But let’s talk about the case where I took cash from a VC and I’m the middling case where maybe they’re not being too helpful with the financing. Will we cost average up? This is the first time we’ve interviewed so many people. MORE >>

Anyone with any business knowledge understands that the only way to preserve profitability when revenues are down is by reducing costs.  One of the primary areas that hold a great deal of operating cost savings is in the area of IT.  Reduce Printing Costs: The average cost per page for personal B&W laser printers average around $0.04 MORE >>