YoungUpstarts

JUNE 16, 2020

Reasons for a business valuation run a gamut from selling the business due to retirement or health reasons to financing expansion efforts to adding shareholders to a buyout situation. Strohl, CPA and founder of Protax Consulting, a firm that offers tax services to expatriate Americans , “everyone wants to live someplace warm and beautiful.”

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Valuation CPA Software Review Revenue 162

Up and Running

DECEMBER 9, 2014

Maybe you are wondering which metrics to track, or whether or not you should take out a loan for your business. Bates: Good morning and welcome to our CEO panel, “How to Fine-Tune Your Small Business Finances From Funding to Growth” which I think is the direction that we would all like to be going. My name is John Bates.

Small Business 95

Small Business Finance Forecast Metrics 95

Up and Running

APRIL 2, 2015

I was really disappointed when I needed my company’s first commercial bank loan to finance receivables of more than $1 million—from well-known distributors no less—and we ended up having to sign a lien on our family home to get the loan. See Also Small Business Owners, Start Tracking Your Financial Metrics. Do you find this daunting?

Balance Sheet 60

Balance Sheet SBA Covenant Technical Review 60

Small Business Force

FEBRUARY 21, 2014

In early stage companies (and even some later stage or mature ones), there is no one area where most entrepreneurs and small business owners are lacking in just basic fundamentals, than in dealing with their company's finances and financial management. If it's net 30, don't pay in 25, pay in 30. Offer discounts for early payment.

Finance 37

Finance Management Forecast Entrepreneur 37

Up and Running

JULY 29, 2016

Actually, they hadn’t even asked basic questions about financing or labor costs. Looking at the financials for this type of juggernaut is a complicated matrix that only a CPA could understand! Specifically: Income and net worth. Unfortunately, no one in my circle ever asked me about a business plan. How to Write a Business Plan.

Semantic 60

Semantic CPA Business Plan Washington 60

Occam's Razor

APRIL 5, 2010

There is a better way to analyze your acquisition strategy than simply using Conversion Rates or Cost Per Acquisition (CPA). You'll work with your acquisition team or your finance team to get the cost data. Yet they are not of the same value to your business (Net Profit!). Using Life Time Value might be a much better idea.

Analytics 135

Analytics Customer CPA Acquisition 135

Occam's Razor

JULY 26, 2010

You are paid to find real bottom-line impacting insights (remember line of sight to net income ?). If today you are a content site that is only focused on measuring content consumed try to go deeper to understanding CPA of the ads or Visitor Loyalty. PALM: People Against Lonely Metrics]. So why not your metrics?

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Web Metrics Analytics eCommerce 96