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Business Prenup: What To Do Before You Start A Company With A Partner

YoungUpstarts

Hire professionals. A CPA provides input on tax structure and metrics, and assists with due diligence related to your industry. If you stop working for the company, how will that impact your voting and distribution rights? Before you get started, though, think pragmatically on the front end to avoid headaches at the back end.

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28 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Names

Hearpreneur

I hired several branding agencies to help us with brainstorms and ideation sessions, but none of them worked out. When we started the company, I didn’t want it to be called “Grunden & Hale” as is the standard for CPA firms because I envisioned the firm becoming much larger than just me and Adam. #10- Combination of two words.

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How to Form a Corporation

Up and Running

Consider finding and working with a CPA and a lawyer. In addition to those two types of hired help, you can get free guidance and support from a local SBDC consultant. Your choice here is to either hire an agent or be your own. Your decision here is whether to file yourself or hire a service. Name your registered agent.

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Lessons Learned: The three drivers of growth for your business.

Startup Lessons Learned

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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Establishing and Starting a New Business from Home: The Ultimate Guide

Women Entrepreneurs Can

Again, it would be advisable that you hire a professional such as Safe Harbor CPA Firm to assist you. This plan should include details about how your products/services will be marketed and distributed, what financial resources will be required, who will manage the business’s day-to-day operations, and more.

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Entrepreneurs, Commit Not These 7 Deadly Sins

YoungUpstarts

Engage trusted service professionals (attorney and CPA) who have worked with startups before. How else can you define a sales process or know what to look for when you hire a sales manager or seek distribution partnerships? Most good entrepreneurs are experts in something—a particular technology, an industry, or a skill.

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How To Close The Books on Your Startup

mashable.com

In most states, an LLC or Corporation must settle its debts before any distributions can be made to members. After debts have been paid, the remaining assets and cash reserves should be distributed to the owners/members in proportion to ownership interest. Again, no assets can be distributed until all debts have been settled.

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