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Crucial Things You Need To Know About Your First External Audit For Series B

YoungUpstarts

These are: Revenue Recognition issues. Share-based Compensation. Accounting for Income Taxes. When you want to issue financials that are GAAP compliant, you need to expense your stock options. Even if something is not a cash transaction, you still need to cost it. Accounting for Income Tax.

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10 Startup Shortcuts That Will Be Back To Haunt You

Startup Professionals Musings

In almost every state, you can incorporate as an LLC with a minimal effort, and a cost in the hundred dollar range. Later, when your venture is trying to close on financing, or even going public, that forgotten partner surfaces, demanding their original share. Let the daily crisis keep you from the “most important” issues.

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10 Avoidable Mistakes Cause Entrepreneurs Much Pain

Startup Professionals Musings

In almost every state, you can incorporate as an LLC with a minimal effort, and a cost in the hundred dollar range. Later, when your venture is trying to close on financing, or even going public, that forgotten partner surfaces, demanding their original share. Let the daily crisis keep you from the “most important” issues.

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10 Startup Shortcuts That Will Be Back To Haunt You

Gust

In almost every state, you can incorporate as an LLC with a minimal effort, and a cost in the hundred dollar range. Later, when your venture is trying to close on financing, or even going public, that forgotten partner surfaces, demanding their original share. Let the daily crisis keep you from the “most important” issues.

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Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Convertible Note Seed Financings (But Were Afraid To Ask) – Part 1

Scott Edward Walker

In other words, investors loan money to a startup as its first round of funding; and then rather than get their money back with interest, the investors receive shares of preferred stock as part of the startup’s initial preferred stock financing, based on the terms of the note. Why Can’t a Startup Issue Shares of Common Stock to Investors?