Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 23, 2023

Pay particular attention to the financials, and have a CPA friend review for reasonableness before presenting. Most loan programs, and most investors, want to see that you have “skin in the game’ before helping you. You have an advantage if you can get them on your turf, and even get several key employees to tag-team the presentation.

Silicon Valley 292

Silicon Valley CPA Small Business Administration Startup 292

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 27, 2020

Pay particular attention to the financials, and have a CPA friend review for reasonableness before presenting. Most loan programs, and most investors, want to see that you have “skin in the game’ before helping you. You have an advantage if you can get them on your turf, and even get several key employees to tag-team the presentation.

Silicon Valley 431

Silicon Valley CPA Small Business Administration SBA 431

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 1, 2018

Pay particular attention to the financials, and have a CPA friend review for reasonableness before presenting. Most loan programs, and most investors, want to see that you have “skin in the game’ before helping you. You have an advantage if you can get them on your turf, and even get several key employees to tag-team the presentation.

Silicon Valley 210

Silicon Valley CPA Small Business Administration SBA 210

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 11, 2013

Pay particular attention to the financials, and have a CPA friend review for reasonableness before presenting. Most loan programs, and most investors, want to see that you have “skin in the game’ before helping you. You have an advantage if you can get them on your turf, and even get several key employees to tag-team the presentation.

Entrepreneur 252

Entrepreneur Angel Investor Silicon Valley CPA 252

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 31, 2016

Pay particular attention to the financials, and have a CPA friend review for reasonableness before presenting. Most loan programs, and most investors, want to see that you have “skin in the game’ before helping you. You have an advantage if you can get them on your turf, and even get several key employees to tag-team the presentation.

Security 120

Security Angel Investor Silicon Valley CPA 120

Up and Running

DECEMBER 9, 2014

After college, I was a very early employee at a web company called Tumblr. It’s designed for small and mid size companies and it all started based on a focus of the employees. Our slogan is, “We heart employees,” and everything that we do is designed around usability for the employees.

Small Business 95

Small Business Finance Forecast Metrics 95

Up and Running

MAY 28, 2015

She’s opening a small deli in an office park in the Silicon Valley. She knows her business thoroughly as an employee, and now she’s doing it on her own, so she’s struggling with, exactly like this question, how do I forecast this? You don’t need a CPA. This is Magda.

Lean 60

Lean Business Plan Video Software Review 60