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The Startup Guide to Affordable Accountancy

The Startup Magazine

While hiring a CPA may be quite costly for a startup that is yet to establish a footing in the business world, it does have its own benefits. Needless to say, you don’t need to hire a CPA for his or her accounting services on day one. Sometimes, your business may be growing but you don’t have enough resources to hire a CPA.

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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.

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Metrics: A double edged sword

The Equity Kicker

In startups things move fast, and once you get beyond the high level metrics like sales it is often difficult to get good data, particularly at the very early stages. Calculating an accurate CPA by channel is a good example of something that sounds simple, but is notoriously difficult in practice.

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Small Business Accounting 101: 9 Steps to Get Your New Business on Track

Up and Running

Accounting may seem like the most mundane aspect of running a business, but it’s also the most essential to keep on track —especially during the early stages. Team up with a CPA. Along with a bookkeeper and a lawyer, the services of a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) are indispensable to a small business.

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The Tax Advantages To Investing In Oil And Gas Your CPA’s Probably Never Heard Of

YoungUpstarts

But chances are, your CPA hasn’t mentioned it. That’s because, like doctors, CPAs specialize. How to Bring Up Oil and Gas with Your CPA. And that’s why it’s important to have a candid discussion with your CPA to go over your individual portfolio and determine what investments make the most sense for you.

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The five C’s of Business Partners: a marriage without the sex

Berkonomics

You are likely to spend more time with your business partner than your spouse in the early stages of launching a business. It turned out that he really only needed a good bookkeeper and CPA. Thinking about a business partnership like a marriage might be helpful in how you go about selecting a business partner.

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How should a startup founder value her time?

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

Supposing this client is an early-stage startup — even if funded — the most likely event is that they stiff you! It means you spend the money on a bookkeeper and CPA instead of messing with receipts, Quickbooks, and taxes. Because they’re dead. It means a personal or virtual assistant is worth the money.

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