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4 Ways to Protect Your Business From Wage and Hour Lawsuits
In 2017, employers were hit with over 8,200 Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) wage and hour lawsuits, largely due to failure to pay the...
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What Is the Working Capital Turnover Ratio and How Is It Calculated?
What is working capital? Working capital is to a startup as wind is to a sailboat. Learn how to calculate and manage this critical metric.
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Price Localization Strategy: What Global SaaS Startups Should Know
Business is an increasingly global game — as consumers, we know we can purchase products from anywhere in the world, and as business...
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Equity Compensation for Startup Employees: Top Mistakes to Avoid
Equity compensation is a great recruiting tool and an effective employee retention strategy for startups and early-stage companies. You...
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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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The Two Sides of Annual Upfront Payments and Multi-Year Contracts for SaaS
So, you’ve made it through minimum viable product (MVP) stage and managed to convince a few clients to pay you for your product. Hooray!...
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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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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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A Supreme Court Decision SaaS Companies Need to Know
Head’s up, SaaS leaders. Sales tax laws are changing, and smart companies will change with them. On June 21st, a U.S. Supreme Court...
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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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Troubleshooting SaaS Startup Accounting Issues
Our webinar with inDinero covered 6 SaaS accounting issues that challenge startups. Read answers from our experts during the Q&A at the end.
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7 Accounting Basics New Startups Need to Know
In 2014, my friend started her first company. She used her personal savings to fund development, buy computers, and hire a UX designer to...
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Everything You Need to Know About the SBA’s 7(a) Loan
For more than sixty years, the Small Business Administration has helped American businesses grow. The SBA was slow to adopt programs and...
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How Your Startup’s R&D Expenses Can Earn You $250,000 in Tax Credit This Year
Each year the US government provides billions of dollars to innovative businesses for developing new or improving existing technologies,...
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The Problem with Deferred Compensation
Many times I have seen the following happen: a company is running out of money. In order to keep going, the team is going to have to take...
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Is It Time to Stop Using Excel for Your Startup's Finances?
Don't miss out on funding because your financials are a mess. Get your finances out of Excel and into accounting software!
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5 Top Issues We See With Startup Financials
An entrepreneur with clean financials enjoys many benefits. Avoid these common problems that can hold you back.
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How to Get the Funding that Best Fits Your Startup
If you’re trying to raise money for your business, there are now many alternatives to VC funding, particularly for smaller tech...
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Committed Monthly Recurring Revenue (CMRR) Explained
Learn how to calculate Committed MRR (CMRR), an important forward-looking SaaS business metric.
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