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Business Prenup: What To Do Before You Start A Company With A Partner

YoungUpstarts

Hire professionals. A CPA provides input on tax structure and metrics, and assists with due diligence related to your industry. You need to ask questions and perform due diligence before you invest substantial time and money. You’ve probably heard that a person who represents himself has a fool for a client.

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Proper Due Diligence: The “Other” List

YoungUpstarts

The task of vetting a business prior to a potential purchase is referred to as due diligence. Hire a CPA. First off, a CPA will save you time by doing the same work faster than you while providing a valuable third party perspective. Hire an attorney. Efficiency is essential.

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Creating a successful business

The Startup Magazine

A successful CPA with a large international business recently revealed to me that when she retires she wants to become a florist. Do due diligence. Once you have done your due diligence, offer your product or service and see if it’s well-received amongst potential customers. Hire the best people.

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16 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Make Bold Decisions

Hearpreneur

The decisions you make can make or break the future of a business hence due diligence is necessary before making bold decisions. As someone who manages a team, I know all too well the importance of hiring the right people for the job. At the same time, hiring external consultants help me bridge my knowledge and experience gap.

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Beware The Consultant

infochachkie.com

At the early stages of your company’s life, you cannot rely on disinterested, hired guns to define your company’s key tasks. John is a CPA and holds an M.B.A. … You should only give hired-gun contractors this much equity if you consider your company to be of very little value. Pyramid Power. from the Wharton School.

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How to Become Your Own Boss in 2015 (Webinar Recap)

Up and Running

Those of you that have had the opportunity to go to college, I am quite sure that you probably know someone who is a CPA and someone who is a lawyer and you want to add those two people to this kitchen cabinet as well because you need professional advice. You need to be thinking about your processes from day one. You are your own secretary.

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How I Started, Grew & Sold An E-commerce Business For Quarter Million Dollars ($250,000) – Part 2

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

If you can’t do it, hire someone who knows what they are doing. After a few more back and forths I started the due diligence process, except this was a seller side due diligence, or SSDD. PPC marketing can be very exciting, addictive and lethal at the same time. I almost lost my shirt doing this.