Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 19, 2017

Success in any business these days requires a constant flow of new and innovative solutions, to keep up with changes in the market, competition, and to attract new customers. Yet in my role as a small business advisor, I still see a singular focus on achieving repeatable processes and “cookie-cutter” manufacturing.

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Your startup or small business may find it challenging to compete against established companies for high-quality employees. Indeed, it’ll take more than charisma, networking, and business savvy to win over top talent — you’ll need a budget to match, too. How to build your startup dream team.

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 16, 2021

For many business owners, getting a formal valuation is worth the investment. Some reasons why include needing a more detailed picture of your company’s value, submitting taxes, outlining employee stock option plans, or presenting to investors or creditors. Rules of thumb in business valuation. Gross Profit Multiple.

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Transformify

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

According to a survey conducted by Ceridian’s Future of Payroll Survey , “85% of companies have problems with their payroll technologies" Studies show that 63% of small business owners underestimate the time it takes to process payroll. Many found the task to be frustrating, complicated, and confusing.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 26, 2018

When a small business startup manages to secure external investment magical things happen. But before it can happen, entrepreneurs need to be aware that the benefits of investment involve assurances, sound business planning and scalability. Recognizing the biggest benefit of external investment.

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Berkonomics

JANUARY 25, 2024

Another is through industry associations or civic groups such as Rotary or Lions Club or even SCORE, sponsored by the US Small Business Association (SBA). And some will willingly work for stock options, an amount to be negotiated based upon time spent and stage of corporate development.

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BeyondVC

MAY 20, 2004

Jeff Nolan has a good overview of stock option expensing, and why we should get involved. While I agree for the need for complete transparency of stock options, I also do not believe that expensing all options at the grant date will get us closer to true economic reality.

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Up and Running

MARCH 7, 2018

A high turnover of assets and inventory signal success for the company, but high employee turnover can be detrimental to the foundation of the business. It is important to develop a retention plan right off the bat to keep employee turnover in your small business from becoming a very costly and aggravating expense.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 31, 2017

The very best performers in any endeavor are always students of the game, be it sports, business, personal wealth, or something else altogether. I have spent a great deal of time studying the fundamentals of stocks, option trades, goal-setting, and public speaking. All my studying and hard work has resulted in a breakthrough.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 6, 2014

According to the Small Business Administration , about 600,000 new businesses are started in the U.S. If you want to give stock options, or have already been giving them, the employees will love the liquidity of their options, and the thought of selling shares for a profit. Analysts want escalating profits.

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www.inc.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Small Business Success | Mondays and Thursdays. The Goods: Your Business Toolbox | Thursdays. Todays Small Business News | Daily. Running A Home-Based Business. Naming a Business. Financing a Small Business. Buying a Small Business. RUNNING A BUSINESS. Franchises.

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

She makes money for the platform that hosts her without receiving the legal and financial protections of employee status, or the stock options typically given to the platform’s engineers, designers, and managers. “What the creator economy promises, and what it actually does”, The New Yorker. Creators as SMBs.

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Small Business Force

AUGUST 9, 2011

Using stock options as a way to incentivize employees and create more a feeling of participation can increase employee pride (this is MY company) and increase the company's value, because everybody is working toward the same end. Keep them informed.of progress, or even the lack of it.

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The Entrepreneurial Mind

MAY 19, 2010

In today's job market, the large number of underemployed give small businesses a fighting chance in landing the perfect employee. Small businesses have always had other means of non-salary rewards and compensation that are not always used in larger businesses.

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Small Business Force

MARCH 1, 2013

This provides an opportunity for how an entrepreneur and their small business can stand out, by standing for something. It's a way to make a name for you and your small business early and then to continually reinforce it as you grow. Now, this isn't some Pollyannaish notion. Help them to grow as contributors and people.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

It takes a lot to start a business. And as the company grows, it brings on new people and may decide to issue stock options to attract new staff and funding from investors. A cap table will help you in the strategic management of business decisions. Why is a cap table important for a small business?

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Small Business Force

JANUARY 1, 2012

Every small business owner knows that above all else, you need to be totally focused to succeed. You live and breathe the business, day in and day out, dealing with customers, employees and suppliers. Unfortunately, most small business owners suffer "a forest for the trees" problem.

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Ben's Blog

APRIL 7, 2021

Corporate incentives: Fairchild Semiconductor in 1957 developed a broad-based equity incentive compensation program known as stock options. For states with state income taxes, creating state/local level Qualified Small Business Stock (QSBS) rules to incent company development and early-stage investing would help too.

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VC Adventure

DECEMBER 4, 2009

Wilkinson that argues strongly (and correctly) that the government needs to do more to support entrepreneurship and small businesses. There’s a great CNN opinion piece out today by Amy M. I whole heartedly agree. Quoting from the piece: “According to the Census Bureau, nearly all net job creation in the U.S.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 24, 2012

If employees don’t feel like they have a stake it what happens, don’t have access to the financial data or can’t make decisions that impact the value of their ownership, then all the stock options in the world won’t help. Related Posts: What Is Shared Culture Small Business Ownership :: Is It a Noble Calling?

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Scott Edward Walker

FEBRUARY 1, 2014

LLC’s are geared for private equity funds, hedge funds and real estate guys, not startups, for a number of reasons: (i) extremely complicated tax partnership rules; (ii) creates capitalization/capital raising problems – e.g., essentially does not allow for stock options plans and convertible notes, etc.; (iii)

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Scott Edward Walker

FEBRUARY 1, 2014

Introduction SEW/corporate lawyer Walker Corporate Law – boutique corporate law firm based in SF doing this for 18+ years different perspective as a lawyer (lots of phone calls from founders with problems) purpose of workshop: to discuss some of the significant problems/mistakes I’ve seen Mistake #1: Forming the Wrong Entity you want to form a Delaware (..)

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Transformify

DECEMBER 6, 2021

From small businesses to Fortune 500 companies, this WFM system could give you everything you might need. Many businesses are small enterprises that hire a global workforce with differing needs. Remote provides international payroll, combined with benefits, taxes, and even stock options for your team.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

MARCH 11, 2014

Edwin: Small to medium, so I have people that have teams of five people in their company, 20 people in their company up to 200. Jason: For example, like in America, small business is up to 150. I do think that most of my customers are small/medium businesses. Jason: Okay. I’m just clarifying. Edwin: Yes.

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Up and Running

JUNE 19, 2015

Learn more about business credit: BusinessCreditFacts.com , Dun & Bradstreet. Some of the services for small businesses discussed: LivePlan , Creditera , ZenPayroll , QuickBooks Online , BambooHR , Trello. There’s different kinds of founders and small business owners. You know what I mean?

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 23, 2019

John Jantsch: I had already been working on this idea of Duct Tape Marketing, this idea of working exclusively with small businesses where I could create a system and say, “Here’s what I’m going to do, here’s what you’re going to do, here are the results we hope to get, here’s what it costs.”

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Small Business Force

JULY 26, 2013

Once you go beyond the early days of just trying to making your small business a reality, you, actually, lay the foundation for your company's culture and its future, by bringing on new employees. Making your employees owners through different types of stock ownership or profit sharing, may be the smartest thing you ever do.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

The other areas, which are not necessarily things that matter as much to me but I do believe help the ecosystem: * reform in contract awarding -- right now the government doesn't meet its quota (22% or something like that) for small business work.and almost everything goes to the same group of prime contractors.

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www.paulgraham.com

APRIL 28, 2010

company has to be more than small and newly founded to be astartup. There are millions of small businesses in America, butonly a few thousand are startups. To be a startup, a company hasto be a product business, not a service business. But isnt the consulting company itself startup? No, not generally.A

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techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

[link] tenthings most business-grads are too arrogant to realize that they are selling technology, not hot air, so they need a tech team to build upon, not a product. Kellie This couldn’t have come at a better time… I’m about to step into that small business selfemployment arena. Keep it coming. link] ??????

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