YoungUpstarts
APRIL 22, 2014
By Richard Weinberger, PhD, CPA, CEO of the Association of Accredited Small Business Consultants and author of “ Propel Your Small Business to Success: Accelerated Actions to Maximize Profit “ If you had to stand before the shark investors in ABC’s “Shark Tank,” would you get stumped by their questions?
Up and Running
AUGUST 29, 2014
Part of a venture feasibility study is to look at what financial resources are already available in personal bank accounts, equity in a home, life insurance, family and friends or from selling assets. A major cause of business failure is not having enough cash available to cover all startup costs and operate for at least a year.
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YoungUpstarts
OCTOBER 25, 2018
It’s taken the Toronto executive from the world of Big 3 Accounting (as a CPA with PricewaterhouseCoopers in his early career) to Investment Banking(National Bank Financial) and capital markets (co-founding Eight Capital after leading the management buyout of Dundee Capital Markets). But, team building is hard work!
The Equity Kicker
MAY 3, 2018
Calculating an accurate CPA by channel is a good example of something that sounds simple, but is notoriously difficult in practice. 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.
Up and Running
APRIL 2, 2015
One exception to the rule is that the federal Small Business Administration (SBA) has programs that guarantee some portion of startup costs for new businesses so banks can lend them money with the government, reducing the banks’ risk. CPAs get sued over bad audits. As I explained above, banks do lend money to startups. Business plan.
Agile VC
APRIL 17, 2011
Distribution revenue is CPC and CPA. . Obviously most of these employees are working hard primarily for equity upside compensation, but Kayak’s personnel costs are roughly $200K/head so the company is highly productive on a per employee basis.
infochachkie.com
SEPTEMBER 24, 2011
Instead of hearing from your long lost third-cousin, you will be inundated with an avalanche of ‘congratulatory’ emails, calls and letters from people who want to relieve you of the burden of your hard-earned equity round. Many such ‘congratulations’ will come from consultants.
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