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The Latest Questions Small Businesses Are Asking

Up and Running

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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[INTERVIEW] Mark Attanasio, Toronto Financial Services Executive, Managing Partner Of Hillcrest Merchant Partners

YoungUpstarts

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). Some specialize in one arena, like green technology.

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Cliff Notes S-1: Kayak ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

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. 1.65M extension round closed Nov 2004. Series B Preferred.

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Entrepreneurs, Commit Not These 7 Deadly Sins

YoungUpstarts

Here are tips to recognize and short-circuit seven behaviors that are sure to jeopardize your equity funding later on. Engage trusted service professionals (attorney and CPA) who have worked with startups before. To be successful, your business plan must match milestones to the sources of capital. Ask questions. Seek advice.

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5 Critical Tips to Reduce Your Business Taxes This Year [WEBINAR]

Up and Running

Earlier this month I hosted Ryan Clower, a CPA from the accounting firm M. I am a CPA, down here certified in the great state of Texas and really just stoked to be here. This would be kind of some flow-through income from a passive investment you made from an equity perspective. I’m excited to be here. That tax rate is 3.8

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How To Get More SEO Value Out of Your Existing Content

Duct Tape Marketing

Because of this sunk cost associated with any existing content on your website, it’s crazy that bloggers don’t invest additional resources improving, optimizing and ranking underperforming pages. The first half of the title is usually an exact match keyword phrase and the second half is a killer description to get the reader’s attention.

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