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8 Essentials To Qualify Your Startup For A Bank Loan

Startup Professionals Musings

Pay particular attention to the financials, and have a CPA friend review for reasonableness before presenting. Approaching a banker without a business plan, and asking for money, is a sure way to be rejected and leave a bad first impression. Clean up your credit rating before you apply. Marty Zwilling<

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8 Strategies To Improve Your Odds Of Getting A Loan

Startup Professionals Musings

Pay particular attention to the financials, and have a CPA friend review for reasonableness before presenting. Approaching a banker without a business plan, and asking for money, is a sure way to be rejected and leave a bad first impression. Clean up your credit rating before you apply. Marty Zwilling.

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Microcredentials for the Effective Venture Capital or Private Equity Investor

David Teten

I’ve also published research here on private equity , venture capital , hedge funds and mutual funds , and angel investing , as well as on fund management : origination , due diligence , investment research , and portfolio acceleration. You can also always earn a MBA, CPA, and/or CFA.). HOW TO GET A JOB IN VC.

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Founder Interview: Richard Lavina Innovating Accounting Services with Taxfyle

The Startup Magazine

Richard Lavina, CPA, Co-Founder and CEO of Taxfyle. Richard: I went to school for accounting and followed a path after graduation that those of us in that major typically follow: I started working for a CPA firm in Miami. TSM: What inspired you to start Taxfyle? I figured if I was having that issue, other people might be, too.

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No credit? Big problem. Here are 7 steps to build your startup’s business credit

The Next Web

In the startup world, venture capital is often viewed as the penultimate goal, yet for many startups bootstrapping is often the reality. Your CPA can advise you on the best legal structure for your particular situation, as your choice in entity can have some pretty significant implications on your taxes.

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8 Keys To Convincing A Bank To Fund Your New Venture

Startup Professionals Musings

Pay particular attention to the financials, and have a CPA friend review for reasonableness before presenting. Approaching a banker without a business plan, and asking for money, is a sure way to be rejected and leave a bad first impression. Clean up your credit rating before you apply. Marty Zwilling.

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Master of Customer Acquisition, Matt Coffin, On Startups …

Both Sides of the Table

o Their strong skill was online media buying and optimization – they rarely would do CPA deals – mostly buying CPM. They were actually selling long distance at 20-30 mil run rate signing people up on plans. Later they became big business in Financial services lead-gen. He wanted to see all the data himself.