How Much Do Accountants Charge Startups or Small Businesses?
All small businesses and startups need to have good accounting practices in place. Not only is having good accounting, budgeting, tax preparation, and tax compliance crucial, but they can make or break a business.
How Should Bookkeepers Account For Legal Retainers?
This is a question we are often asked and it is a good one. However, before answering it, let’s first dive into how a legal retainer works.
Compilation vs Review vs Audit
If you’re a startup, chances are at some point your investors have asked you to provide “Audited GAAP Financials” for your next fundraising event. However, few investors truly understand the cost and time involved in providing Audited GAAP Financials.
Can my startup change its accounting method to be eligible for PPP2 loans?
As a startup founder, you may be wondering if and how you can be eligible for the second round of the Payment Protection Program, or PPP2 loan. Some founders have even come to me asking the question, “can my startup change its accounting method to be eligible for the PPP2 loans?”.
How to collect your Accounts Receivable Checks When Your Office is Closed Due To Covid
Today I'm answering the question: how do startups collect accounts receivable checks when their offices are closed due to covid?
A Guide to Tax Returns for Seed Stage Startups
It’s tax season once again and for seed stage startup founders, there’s a lot to know. At Kruze Consulting, our tax experts work with early stage companies through all stages of the tax process. Here are the most commonly asked questions we get from founders.
Why Hire a Remote Bookkeeper
Let’s dive into the advantages of a remote bookkeeper.
Technical debt for accountants
A lot of startup founders know about technical debt. It basically means when you're working fast you're not going to architect everything perfectly.
Double-entry vs Single-entry Bookkeeping
What is the difference between double-entry bookkeeping, and single-entry bookkeeping, and which is right for a funded startup or high-growth eCommerce company?
What should I keep my company's accountant abreast of?
Nothing is worse than surprising your accountant with information that could've helped you avert a hefty tax fine or a last-minute crisis. We've put together a quick list of things you should tell your accountant ahead of time.
Leading ScaleFactor Alternative
Kruze Consulting is a leading alternative to ScaleFactor. Our team assists hundreds of high-growth companies with their books, taxes and provides CFO level support. Learn more now.
Bill.com vs Gusto for paying contractors
Founders have a few different options for paying their contractors - we’ve seen everything from check (pretty standard) to Venmo (maybe not the best idea). But two of the most popular cloud solutions for paying contractors are Bill.com and Gusto.
Is it better for startups to pay a vendor via a check or credit card?
We get this question a lot; should a startup pay vendors via a check or credit card? Now, for the startup, it's always easier to pay via credit card.
Webinar: SMB loans during COVID
Kruze Vice President FP&A, Healy Jones, will be joining this new Procurify’s webinar on All You Need To Know For Small Business Loans.
Warrant Coverage Venture Loans
The rationale for a warrant coverage or a little bit of equity upside for the lender is that they're taking a lot of risk here.
Two recent Kruze guest posts
Vanessa Kruze recently penned two guest posts on some respected accounting and HR websites, AccountingToday and HR Technologist. If you didn’t catch them, here’s more about these posts
Working Capital 101 for Startups
Venture-backed, early-stage companies should use accrual accounting - I won’t get into the detail here as to why, but if your goal is to raise serious VC funding or get acquired by a public technology company (or eventually have an IPO), you need accrual-based accounting.
2019 Kruze Training Offsite
The Kruze team is getting together this week for networking, training and 2020 planning.
Kruze Consulting recognized as one of the fastest-growing companies
We are pleased to be growing fast - almost as fast as our best startup clients! We’ve recently been recognized as a fast-growing company by several prestigious publications in the US and the Bay Area.
How to Pick an Accountant for a Venture-Backed Delaware C-Corp
Kruze Consulting is 100% focused on helping seed and venture funded Delaware C-Corps with their accounting needs.
If this is the tech recession, what can you do about it?
From our perch as accountants to almost 200 venture-funded startups, we may be seeing some signs of a coming economic slowdown. Here is our advice on what startup founders should do to prepare for a recession.
10 Reasons Why Startups Can’t Use Their Payroll Provider for 1099s
1099s are a pain - somewhat mindless paperwork every startup needs to send to their contractors and many vendors like law firms.
ASC 842: Lease Accounting and Lease Capitalization
There’s a new rule in town that venture-funded startups need to know about - and consider following if they want to remain GAAP compliant.
Can a convertible note decrease your 409A valuation?
409A’s are outside valuations performed to help startups determine the strike price of their employees' options.
Kruze Consulting’s Jim Gellas Podcast Interview
Kruze Consulting’s Jim Gellas, VP of Finance, was recently interviewed on Procurify’s Spend Culture Stories podcast.
Bookings vs. Revenue in Enterprise SaaS
Kruze consulting has quite the client list when it comes to Enterprise SaaS startups.
Spring Cleaning Cash Flow Management Tips for Startups
Hey, it’s springtime for a little spring cleaning! It’s a great moment to give your startup’s cash flow a little dusting. Here are some easy tips you can use to try to reduce your company’s burn.
Bad Bookkeeping: The Top 10 Ways your Financials are Messed Up
Every day we’re approached by a prospective client who’s interested in working with us. After hearing their story and telling them ours, it is time to get them a quote.
Startup Finance and Accounting Job Descriptions
We’ve compiled detailed job descriptions for startups’ finance and accounting teams, based on our experience managing the growth of our startups’ accounting and finance functions.
Does my Startup need Netsuite? 5 Signs that your Startup is Ready for Netsuite
Netsuite is an ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) tool. It manages your accounting, reporting, supply chain, procurement, and much more.
NIH NSF SBIR Accounting Services
Kruze Consulting offers NIH (National Institutes of Health), NSF (National Science Foundation) and SBIR (Small Business Innovation Research) accounting services as part of our ongoing accounting to seed and venture-funded startups.
3 Accounting tips for companies about to raise venture capital
Kruze Consulting clients have raised over $200 million of venture capital in the past 12 months. We regularly help outstanding startups prepare their books, accounting systems and projections for the next fund raise. Here are 3 tips that will help reduce the risk of an accounting error slowing down your next fund raise.
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What Startup's Accounts on the Balance Sheet Need to be Reconciled
The punch line here is that every single account on the balance sheet needs to be reconciled, not just the bank and the credit cards.
Startup's Due Diligence Information Venture Lenders Ask For
The first thing they're going to ask for is your historical financials.
IRS Audits and Startups
What can I do to make sure that I am prepared for an IRS audit? Ultimately, how can I make sure that I don't get it to an IRS audit situation?
Financial Modeling Basics for Startups
There are really five things. First of which, you do need three years worth of projections.
Best Systems for Paying your Startup's International Contractors
We typically recommend Bill.com, but they don't do the international.
Why Should Startups Use Bill.com
There are really three main reasons why you absolutely want to be using Bill.com.
Why Do Startups Take Venture Debt?
At Kruze Consulting, we get tons of questions about venture debt. Should a startup take it? Is it good for the startup?
Investor Abandonment Clause on Venture Debt
We're mainly referring to investor abandonment and venture debt term sheets.
What Startup Systems to Set Up First?
We help venture back startups with everything from accounting, finance, tax, and HR. One of the biggest questions that we get from our new founders is what systems they should set up.
Bookings vs Revenue
At Kruze Consulting, we get tons of questions about the difference between bookings and revenue.
How much can your startup save in payroll taxes?
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