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Is Your Accountant Giving You QuickBooks Access?
We often encounter a problem with new startup clients: Those clients haven’t been given access to QuickBooks by their previous accountant.
Published on Sun, 9 April 2023
What is the Biggest Barrier to Startups Earning a Return on Their Cash?
The Federal Reserve has been raising interest rates, and there’s no end in sight right now. And rising interest rates have the potential to affect startups in a big way.
Published on Sun, 2 April 2023
11 Reasons Why a Company May Receive a Payroll Tax Notice
Payroll tax notices from states or the IRS can be confusing and scary for a startup. Often founders don’t know rules around payroll taxes and can pay an employee incorrectly.
Published on Wed, 29 March 2023
What are Venture Capital Fund Reserves?
Fund reserves are a hotly discussed issue at the moment because the NASDAQ has fluctuated quite a bit recently.
Published on Sun, 26 March 2023
What are Demand Deposit Marketplace Sweeps?
In the wake of the SVB crisis, founders who work with us are asking about ways to protect the full amount of their venture funding, since the FDIC insurance limit is $250,000 per depositor.
Published on Wed, 15 March 2023
SVB’s Startup Venture Debt Practice Post Crisis
Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) had a liquidity/solvency crisis in the middle of March 2023, and was taken over by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC).
Published on Wed, 15 March 2023
Do Investors Pay Capital Gains on Converted SAFE Notes?
One fairly complicated question we encounter is “Do investors have to pay capital gains taxes each time the valuation of a company goes up when, at the same time, the company’s SAFE notes have been converted to equity but have not been sold?”
Published on Sun, 12 March 2023
Checklist for moving bank accounts
Moving bank accounts has more moving parts that you'd think. Here is a checklist to help.
Published on Sat, 11 March 2023
The Biggest Drawback of Using a PEO for Payroll and Benefits
Post meta Professional employer organizations (PEOs) can be very helpful to startup companies. But there is one major drawback to using a PEO for payroll and benefits.
Published on Sun, 5 March 2023
The Best Indicator of How Capital-Efficient Your SaaS Startup Should Be
Venture capital is getting more difficult to obtain in today’s market. So how do SaaS founders know when they should tighten their belts and be more efficient with capital?
Published on Sun, 26 February 2023
What’s the best way for a remote company to handle mail?
Remote companies are becoming more common. Forbes notes a study from Ladder that says by 25% of professional jobs were remote by the end of 2022, and that’s projected to increase.
Published on Sun, 19 February 2023
How Your Startup Can Afford One More Engineer
If you’re a startup, money is often tight – you want to get the most you can out of your venture capital.
Published on Sun, 12 February 2023
Airbase Review by a CPA Firm
Airbase is a leader for expense management tools in the startup world, and provide pre-funded cards for fast growing startups.
Published on Wed, 8 February 2023
Which Reports do Directors want in a Board Presentation?
Making reports to your startup’s board of directors is a fundamental part of a CEO/founder’s duties Communicating regularly with the board helps you maintain transparency, and lets you take advantage of the board’s contacts and experience.
Published on Sun, 5 February 2023
Startups and Rent
Startups in 2023 are NOT spending the same amount of rent as they would have prior to COVID. In fact, the way startups are having - or not having - offices has dramatically changed in recent years.
Published on Sat, 4 February 2023
