Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

The spread between your LTV and blended CPA determines either your profitability or your rate of growth, and a high valuation depends on balancing these two factors. To the extent that you have good word-of-mouth, activation or retention, these factors tend to drive down your CPA or drive up your LTV, and so are nice bonuses.

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Hearpreneur

NOVEMBER 27, 2022

Being a small cozy design studio at first, we understood we had to have a catchy name. Moreover, des-ein sounds like design. We design and manufacture customized uniforms and merchandise for restaurants, hotels, and brands around the world. Thanks to Andrew Griffith, Andrew Griffith CPA ! #30- 1- One idea for one client.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 11, 2014

by William Olsen, CPA, Co-founder and VP of Product Development at Deductr. William Olsen, CPA, Co-Founder and Director of Deductr been in the tax industry for 20 years and a licensed CPA since 1997. He is a licensed CPA in the State of Utah. William designed the tax and accounting functionality of Deductr.

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Up and Running

MARCH 25, 2021

Most people think of financial audits as investigations carried out by a certified public accountant (CPA). If you have a web design and copywriting company, categorization could help you determine how much each provided service results in profitability. However, a financial audit can also be something you do independently.

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ConversionXL

AUGUST 5, 2013

While so many landing page optimization efforts go toward better structure , copy , design or call to action - it’s often the missing scent that’s the culprit. Same girl, same design, same call to action look, same copy. Ad design (or email design etc) needs to match landing page design. They match!

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Board Effect

JULY 19, 2019

It’s possible a CPA aims to augment her financial expertise by leading a strategic planning process, so don’t assume she wants to serve as board treasurer on her personal time. The board, through the governance or board development committee, should design and deliver a thorough board orientation. Onboard effectively.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 7, 2019

SOC, also known as System and Organization Controls, is a crucial framework that was developed by the American Institute of CPA’s (AICPA). SOC Compliance report is designed to secure your customer’s data from any suspicious activities and breaches. Conclusion.

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Hearpreneur

MARCH 16, 2018

All of our cards are designed by independent U.S.-based After graduating college with a degree in Accounting and a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) license, I found myself with over $30,000 worth of student loan debt and poor understanding of financial management. Thanks to Mel Judson, Mel Judson Branding & Web Design ! #21-

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Austin Startup

JANUARY 11, 2020

With extensive industry knowledge and experience serving hundreds of Certified Public Accountant (CPA) firms and clients nationwide, TaxTaker can provide your firm or startup with a reliable research and development (R&D) Tax Credit program. Our mission is to empower CPA practices for growth.

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Austin Startup

OCTOBER 3, 2019

SimiDigi SimiDigi is a new 3D learning management platform designed to help corporations and construction firms cut costs and help train their mobile workforce using desktops, laptops, iOS or Android mobile devices. SimiDigi promotes retention by helping their customers implement an engaging, effective and top notch training program.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 9, 2018

Entrepreneurs should design their business model around one customer and then build out from there. Every entrepreneur should have a basic foundation in the accounting and finances of their business, if even just to understand and act on the feedback of a CFO or CPA. Understand the economics of your business.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 5, 2017

But with needs and profiles that differ from those of larger public companies, it can often feel that way to midmarket businesses as they struggle to meet burdensome compliance responsibilities designed with public companies in mind. In order to address this problem, the PCC was established in May 2012.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 10, 2019

As a CPA, I think it’s important to bring awareness to taxes and accounting for small business owners. Towards that end I have designed programs for use with heterogeneous classes, providing my potential audience with a varied collection of supplemental problems to give them the flexibility to meet different challenges.

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Up and Running

JULY 11, 2014

Jonathan Passley, the owner of PDR Web Solutions, a web design and online marketing company located in Baltimore, Maryland, says he didn’t know how to save for taxes when he first started out at the age of 22. Sheila May started her own CPA business. I wish I knew: how to plan for taxes. Johnathan Passley, owner of PDR Web Solutions.

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Mike Michalowicz

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Stephanie is the founder of Grow Disrupt , a company that designs & produces educational, application-focused events that re-invigorate & inspire entrepreneurs. Andrea Beaulieu is the founder and creative director at Studio Linear , an award-winning, female-owned cannabis design agency based in Maine and beyond. John Gibson.

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

MARCH 8, 2011

Blog Income For Women Blueprint’ is designed for female bloggers, but men would also benefit as it teaches how to target female readers, while making a passive income online through CPA marketing and niche marketing techniques. Through their clever use of CPA marketing.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 8, 2019

As a CPA, I think it’s important to bring awareness to taxes and accounting for small business owners. Towards that end I have designed programs for use with heterogeneous classes, providing my potential audience with a varied collection of supplemental problems to give them the flexibility to meet different challenges.

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Entrepreneur Security SEO Community 62

Women Entrepreneurs Can

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

That said, many entry-level software packages are designed to be easy for non-accountants to use. Adam Zoucha is a CPA-certified dual US/British citizen serving as Managing Director of EMEA for FloQas t. You may be better off outsourcing your accounting to a bookkeeper who can walk you through your reports on a regular basis.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 26, 2011

This can be calculated with a simple mathematical formula: LTV=(APV*n)-CPA , where APV is the average shopping cart value, n is the number of repeat purchases by the customer, and CPA is cost per acquisition. These are the two components of Customer Lifetime Value.

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Board Effect

APRIL 21, 2021

If there’s any doubt, it’s time to get a financial specialist or CPA involved to avoid problems with the IRS or the tax-exempt status. This is just one of many reasons BoardEffect designed a board management system that has unlimited cloud storage. As a nonprofit board member, your primary role is oversight.

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Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

So that you're not just another financial advisor or CPA or attorney. And I don't care where you go, whether you're an attorney, a CPA, a financial advisor, a dog trainer, I can go to Google and find 22 of them. You can have designs that look like they took hours made in minutes, and you can try it out for free @ create.vista.com.

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Up and Running

JULY 5, 2011

A CPA’s tax preparation service can be “Keep the IRS off Your Back Service” and you can include a little “Stay out of jail free certificate” – maybe even a t-shirt saying “I’m a not a jailbird because Joe’s CPA firm did my taxes” (corny, but effective!). Was your logo and imaged designed in the 80s? Experiment with your pricing.

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Up and Running

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

In contrast with Chapter 7, Chapter 11 bankruptcy is designed to help a company reorganize so that it can remain in business. Chapter 13 is designed to let you keep all your property and reorganize your debts through a repayment plan. Chapter 11 Bankruptcy. The post If Your Business Is Hurting, Should You File for Bankruptcy?

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Hearpreneur

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Thanks to Colin Smith, CPA Exam Maven ! #6- 7- Ability to empower customers Photo Credit: Grayson DiFonzo What I love most about being an entrepreneur is the challenging nature of the fashion industry and the ability to empower our customers through stand-out designs in a crowded fashion market.

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Austin Startup

APRIL 10, 2017

I come from a background in graphic design, so many times I offer people new logos or social posts in exchange for something else. I got my taxes done by a CPA while I helped him redo his website. This shows that you can provide value to them and are willing to after they just provided value to you.

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 7, 2022

We serve a community of organizations, so we're benefited by having an ability to support challenges within specific organizations while also being given a high-level perspective of connected industry trends across several organizations This allows us to connect the dots and design resources to support multiple organizations simultaneously.

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Up and Running

MARCH 14, 2017

When designing social surveys, make sure you’re asking the right thing of the right people in the right way. This validation tactic helps you shed a glaringly honest light on your client acquisition cost, distilling from CPC (cost-per-click), to CPA (cost-per-action), and the various other conversion steps.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 5, 2009

Luckily, we also discovered that certain other metrics, like LTV and CPA were much better than we initially projected. As the product got better, we could see the rate getting closer and closer to the mythical “ one percent rule.&# Even that early, it became clear that 4% was not an achievable goal.

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 3, 2017

The top companies in the world don’t put this much money and time into logo design and branding for nothing. Accomplishing negative net revenue churn exponentially increases the LTV of conversions on your landing pages, boosting your CPA tolerance and your ability to dominate your competitors in ad channels.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 31, 2010

The world doesn’t need more, “Designed for You” or “Simply The Best” taglines. If I see one more “We make taxes less taxing” tagline for a CPA I may lose it. “Yo Quiero Taco Bell.” Four words and half of it is the friggin company name! Say it fast and get the hell out. 2) Does it sound like a cliché? 8 ) Is the wordplay the best part?

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CPA Advertising Social Media Audience 85

Occam's Razor

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

If you strip everything away, as designed, Facebook is a quest for Likes. You can't really do CPA with Facebook, else I would have it there (for CxOs FB should consider doing conversion tracking). Proving the Value/ROI of Investment in Facebook. It is what you are asked to hunt for at every turn by Facebook and Social Media Gurus.

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Metrics Advertising Marketing Social Media 165

Hunter Walker

FEBRUARY 22, 2015

As for accounting and bookkeeping, I leave all of that in the capable hands of my CPA. HW: I encountered your art in Ritual Coffee here in SF, one of the coffee shops beloved by engineers and designers. If I had to crunch the numbers every day, I’d never get any artwork done.

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Engineer San Francisco CPA Social Media 48

crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 31, 2010

The world doesn’t need more, “Designed for You” or “Simply The Best” taglines. If I see one more “We make taxes less taxing” tagline for a CPA I may lose it. “Yo Quiero Taco Bell.” Four words and half of it is the friggin company name! Say it fast and get the hell out. 2) Does it sound like a cliché? 8 ) Is the wordplay the best part?

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CPA Advertising Social Media Audience 60

Transformify

MAY 28, 2018

In the database, there is data regarding the career path of 3 000 people whose title is ‘’CFO’’ and the industry is defined as ’’IT/Software’’ 75% of them are chartered accountants – CPA, ACA, ACCA, etc. The name machine learning was coined in 1959 by Arthur Samuel. [2]

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Up and Running

AUGUST 22, 2018

Unlike many suggestions on this list, becoming an accountant and opening your own firm will require the right education— generally, you’ll need a bachelor’s degree, and you’ll also likely need to be licensed as a CPA. Another great thing about starting a freelance writing small business? You can tailor it to your strengths.

Small Business 119

Small Business Business Plan Lean Community 119

Occam's Razor

AUGUST 12, 2013

Apply the right model and you will not only distribute conversions across multiple touch points, but you can also look at the impact on the CPA (this really is OMG, I peed in my pants a little cool). Understand why I believe that as designed the default position based model is sub-optimal. Notice above I only have two CPA values.

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ConversionXL

MARCH 13, 2013

Let’s send some paid traffic to the site (metric – CPC from various sources), look at how much of it converts to a lead or a customer (metric – conversion rate) and use that to calculate cost to acquire customer (CPA). Estimate average monthly spend, churn and fixed expenses to calculate customer lifetime value (LTV).

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