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

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by Bryce Welker, founder of Crush The CPA Exam. Before your financial statements can be filed with the SEC or distributed outside of your business, an external auditor must ensure your records adhere to GAAP. These are: Revenue Recognition issues. Share-based Compensation. Accounting for Income Taxes.

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Mathematical vs. Economic Dilution of Startup Equity: Thinner Slices of an Extra-Large Pizza

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Let’s get right down to business: Dilution of founders’ and other early shareholders’ equity in startups is frequently a subject of intense interest and debate. Yet what matters fundamentally is economic dilution : Will adding newly issued shares make existing shares less valuable, and if so, by how much?

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