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Founder Interview: Richard Lavina Innovating Accounting Services with Taxfyle

The Startup Magazine

The Startup Magazine continues our Founder Interview series with entrepreneur Richard Lavina, Co-Founder and CEO of accounting services platform, Taxfyle. Richard Lavina, CPA, Co-Founder and CEO of Taxfyle. Taxfyle is an innovative consumer, small business and enterprise SaaS accounting-tech company.

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No credit? Big problem. Here are 7 steps to build your startup’s business credit

The Next Web

In the startup world, venture capital is often viewed as the penultimate goal, yet for many startups bootstrapping is often the reality. Your CPA can advise you on the best legal structure for your particular situation, as your choice in entity can have some pretty significant implications on your taxes.

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Entrepreneurs, Commit Not These 7 Deadly Sins

YoungUpstarts

By Tom Walker, president & CEO of Rev1 Ventures. There’s a lot of focus these days on teaching entrepreneurs how to do startups right : Validate the market before you build a prototype. There’s nothing glamorous about being an entrepreneur. Investors invest in entrepreneurs. Image credit: Sin from Shutterstock.

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Master of Customer Acquisition, Matt Coffin, On Startups …

Both Sides of the Table

o Their strong skill was online media buying and optimization – they rarely would do CPA deals – mostly buying CPM. On Entrepreneurship: What makes a great entrepreneur? They were actually selling long distance at 20-30 mil run rate signing people up on plans. Later they became big business in Financial services lead-gen.

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How To Make Money Like Facebook With Online Ads

Startup Professionals Musings

When Facebook did it a few years ago, the company used more than $100 million in venture capital funding before it became profitable. This model, called pay per click (PPC), is the one most commonly offered to entrepreneurs. The advertiser sees it as cost per acquisition (CPA) or pay per performance (PPP).

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Beware The Consultant

infochachkie.com

Hands-on startup advice for emerging entrepreneurs. One of the best things about being an entrepreneur is that there are no rules. One of the worst things about being an entrepreneur is that there are no rules. The lack of rules and structure causes many entrepreneurs to work incessantly. John is a CPA and holds an M.B.A.

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8 Essentials To Qualify Your Startup For A Bank Loan

Startup Professionals Musings

That’s why angel and equity investors are so sought after by entrepreneurs. Pay particular attention to the financials, and have a CPA friend review for reasonableness before presenting. The failure rate is just too high, and startups typically don’t have the assets or revenue stream to back up the loan. Marty Zwilling<