Occam's Razor

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

Compute ROI: (cost of Facebook campaigns + salary of people running campaigns + agency creative costs) vs. profit from incremental product sales. An additional prove value scope can also be: Cost savings. The reduction in customer service costs – no more phone calls! The reduced TV ads you have to run.

Metrics 165

Metrics Advertising Marketing Social Media 165

Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 10, 2012

In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing podcast I visit with Greg Crabtree, a CPA who’s spent most of his career helping business owners see beyond the numbers that blind and focus on the simple numbers that help unlock business potential. You get a salary on what you do and a return on what you own.

Salary 55

Salary CPA .Net RSS 55

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 23, 2023

Pay particular attention to the financials, and have a CPA friend review for reasonableness before presenting. Eliminate your salary from the use of funds. Most startup founders don’t take a salary for the first year or two, since most investors as well as bankers won’t give you money so that you can pay yourself.

Silicon Valley 292

Silicon Valley CPA Small Business Administration Startup 292

searchengineland.com

MAY 30, 2012

Also note that the data I’ve provide the candidate so far doesn’t include anything around revenue or costs. And for those that will copy this as your process – if you find a person who can actually make it through this gauntlet don’t insult them by offering them a $35k salary. . Question 3. Christopher Regan.

SEO 54

SEO SEM Social Media Search 54

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 27, 2020

Pay particular attention to the financials, and have a CPA friend review for reasonableness before presenting. Eliminate your salary from the use of funds. Most startup founders don’t take a salary for the first year or two, since most investors as well as bankers won’t give you money so that you can pay yourself.

Silicon Valley 431

Silicon Valley CPA Small Business Administration SBA 431

Small Business Force

FEBRUARY 21, 2014

This doesn't mean you have to become a CPA or go take a boatload of accounting courses, but, at least, learn to understand what's in a basic income statement and balance sheet and what they mean. If it was a manufacturing business, cost of goods sold (COGS) were critical. If it was a distribution business, shipping costs were critical.

Finance 37

Finance Management Forecast Entrepreneur 37

Up and Running

MAY 28, 2015

Magda, the new business owner, knows this deli office park business, so she knows more or less to educated guess what it’s going to cost her for each cup of coffee, for each lunch. In the business offering, features and benefits, launches, versions, sourcing, cost, in admin and finance, are we raising money? Are we recruiting?

Lean 60

Lean Business Plan Video Software Review 60

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 1, 2018

Pay particular attention to the financials, and have a CPA friend review for reasonableness before presenting. Eliminate your salary from the use of funds. Most startup founders don’t take a salary for the first year or two, since most investors as well as bankers won’t give you money so that you can pay yourself.

Silicon Valley 210

Silicon Valley CPA Small Business Administration SBA 210

Up and Running

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

Those of you that have had the opportunity to go to college, I am quite sure that you probably know someone who is a CPA and someone who is a lawyer and you want to add those two people to this kitchen cabinet as well because you need professional advice. That should be six to nine months of salary.

Social Media 60

Social Media Small Business Software Review Technical Review 60

ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 3, 2017

Instead of a salary, you pay them for each new lead or sale acquired as a result of their marketing efforts. But in the worst-case scenario, they become a branding liability and an actual cost center if margins and fraud aren’t properly managed.” (via Are you aware of your cost per acquisition on other channels? Email Marketing.

Affiliate 48

Affiliate Programming Marketing PPC 48

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 11, 2013

Pay particular attention to the financials, and have a CPA friend review for reasonableness before presenting. Eliminate your salary from the use of funds. Most startup founders don’t take a salary for the first year or two, since most investors as well as bankers won’t give you money so that you can pay yourself.

Entrepreneur 252

Entrepreneur Angel Investor Silicon Valley CPA 252

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 31, 2016

Pay particular attention to the financials, and have a CPA friend review for reasonableness before presenting. Eliminate your salary from the use of funds. Most startup founders don’t take a salary for the first year or two, since most investors as well as bankers won’t give you money so that you can pay yourself.

Security 120

Security Angel Investor Silicon Valley CPA 120

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 13, 2012

Pay particular attention to the financials, and have a CPA friend review for reasonableness before presenting. Eliminate your salary from the use of funds. Most startup founders don’t take a salary for the first year or two, since most investors as well as bankers won’t give you money so that you can pay yourself.

Angel Investor 234

Angel Investor CPA Small Business Administration Startup 234

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 15, 2010

Pay particular attention to the financials, and have a CPA friend review for reasonableness before presenting. Eliminate your salary from the use of funds. Most startup founders don’t take a salary for the first year or two, since most investors as well as bankers won’t give you money so that you can pay yourself.

Angel Investor 242

Angel Investor Startup CPA Small Business Administration 242

Up and Running

APRIL 29, 2014

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. The advantage there is that we can designate part of their net profit that they can distribute to the owner as either tax-free distributions, or as owner salary.

.Net 85

.Net Capital Gains Distribution Puerto Rico 85

Up and Running

JUNE 11, 2014

The question is, how do you decide what your own salary should be? We asked 12 founders from the Young Entrepreneur Council: How should startup founders calculate their own salaries versus those of staff members once the company starts to grow? Their responses — and tips for calculating your salary fairly — are below: 1.

CPA 123

CPA Salary Exit Strategy Cofounder 123

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

JANUARY 21, 2011

Professionally, I am a Certified Public Accountant (CPA), may also be called a Chartered Accountant (CA) on your side of the globe, a Finance Charter-holder and a Certified Financial Planner. Establishing this website cost me less than $2,000 and a ton of man hours, headaches and heart burns to go with it. Same as above.

Internet 80

Internet Technical Review Stock Due Diligence 80

Up and Running

DECEMBER 9, 2014

Three, I’m a book keeper, accountant or CPA and other. Three, I’m a bookkeeper, accountant or CPA or other. The DIY mentality can really bog you down and become a burden eventually, plus it can really cost you more time and money in the grand scheme of things. I’ll say that one more time. This is number one.

Small Business 95

Small Business Finance Forecast Metrics 95