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How to Attract Investors with an Irresistible Story that Makes Your Company Shine
If you’re an avid reader of our blog, you should know by now what financial metrics and growth metrics to focus on in your startup, and...
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Silicon Valley Likes Section 1045 Exchanges: Rollovers of Gain from QSBS
You might have heard of tax free rollovers. And you might be familiar with Section 1031 of the Internal Revenue Code, which allows you to...
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SaaS Entrepreneurs Think Twice About VC Rounds
Raising venture capital (VC) has drawbacks. Here are 5 reasons SaaS founders pursue other funding options to reach their growth targets.
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How to Mentally Prepare for Startup Fundraising
If deciding to start a business of your own if the biggest financial decision you'll make, how you finance your endeavor is your second...
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Setting Up an S Corporation? Consider How It Affects Founder Stock
If you are starting a business, be careful not to rush to set your company up as an S corporation without first considering the qualified...
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Pass-Through Entities: New 20 Percent Qualified Business Income (QBI) Deduction
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) added a new tax deduction for owners of pass-through entities – a 20 percent deduction of qualified...
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5 Things to Know Before Joining a Startup Accelerator
Startup accelerators offer an attractive funding and support option to early-stage companies. While they often get lumped together with...
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How to Calculate Potential Revenue for a Startup and Present to Investors
Some entrepreneurs think that what matters most is a disruptive product with a big potential market and that investors don’t care much...
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Employer’s Legal Guide to Stock Option Grants [Checklist]
If you want to grant stock options to employees, consultants and advisors, you will want to take the time to do this right. It is easy to...
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7 Best Small Business Accounting Software Options
Accounting software is far more powerful than Excel and should easily streamline all of your startup's finances. Here are 7 good solutions.
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What Documents Are Required for Securing a Traditional SMB Bank Loan for My Startup?
To help you be more successful in securing a SMB loan, we’ve outlined the most common documents banks require.
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8 Pitch Presentation Tips for Startups
Learn how to craft and deliver a startup pitch presentation you can be proud of with these 8 tips for pitching your startup to investors.
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The Art of Growing a Sustainable Tech Business
Knowify had what many SaaS startups dream about: an offer of VC funding. But the project-management software company’s response was less...
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How Knowify Found the Perfect Source of Funding
Marc Visent, CEO of Knowify, and Allen Johnson, Chief Investment Officer at Lighter Capital, recently joined Intuit’s Developer...
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Getting Your Startup’s Financial House in Order
Why is it essential for startups to have their financials in order? This was the topic of a recent webinar that featured a lively...
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Top 6 Financial Mistakes to Avoid for Startups
As a startup founder, your to-do list is never ending: hiring, culture, sales, marketing, product development, fundraising — it goes on...
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Congrats, You’ve Just Secured Funding. Now What?
This is it! The moment you’ve been waiting for through those long hours of working to translate a fledgling idea into a real business....
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The Startup’s Guide to Hiring a Lawyer
Startups tend to have “DIY” in their DNA. Founders are likely to find themselves changing the copier toner or fixing a leaky faucet in...
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4 Startup Milestones to Reach Before Raising Series A
While seed money is more abundant than ever (the number of seed-funded companies has quadrupled in the last four years), Series A...
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How to Tell If an Investor Is a Bad Fit
Pitching investors and knocking on doors for growth capital is an all-consuming process. Not only does it require countless coffee...
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