What Does an Outside General Counsel Do?
What does an outside general counsel do? I've been getting this question more often. I think most startup founder's executive teams are used to working with a big startup law firm to handle all their financings, the M&A for sure.
What Does the VP of Ops or COO At a Startup Do?
Maybe you are an early-stage founder and you are at the point of needing to grow your leadership team? Maybe you are a newly hired VP or COO and are not quite sure of your role? You may be wondering, “what does the VP of Ops or COO at a startup do?” And the answer is a little bit of everything. PS. read to the end for helpful COO/VP of Ops tips.
6 Best Ways to Pay International Contractors
Today, let’s dive into the question, “how do I pay international contractors?”. I’m writing this during the COVID pandemic and every company has gone virtual or remote. What we are seeing across the Kruze client base, is that folks are working with many more international contractors and it makes a lot of sense.
Should your company reduce salaries when an employee moves to a lower cost geography?
Due to the sudden explosion of remote work, companies are quite commonly asking us if they should reduce the salaries of employees that move to a geography with a lower cost of living.
Top three negatives that employees feel about their bosses
As the COO of a people-driven services firm, I spend a lot of time thinking about our employees. We aren’t perfect here at Kruze, but I think we’ve taken a lot of very great steps in the past couple of years to make this a good place to work.
What is EPLI and how it could save your startup $100,000 dollars
This is the story of how a 20-person startup lost $100,000 of their cash because they didn’t have EPLI. If you are a startup founder, have employees, and haven’t heard of EPLI, this post is for you!
How do you calculate the True Cost of a startup employee?
The first hire for a startup is an exciting time! When a startup goes beyond the founders and has employees, the business can start to feel “real.”
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
Gusto vs Rippling: Which Is Right For Your Startup?
For founders, picking a payroll system, and knowing how to compare the options, presents an important decision that will matter a lot over time.
2019 Kruze Training Offsite
The Kruze team is getting together this week for networking, training and 2020 planning.
Startup Offsite Travel Policy
Offsites are becoming more and more popular for startups, especially since many startups are hiring remote workers. Getting everyone together for a few days to go over corporate strategy and training can not only help improve productivity, it can also help grow the right company culture.
The Great August Cardio Challenge
It is no secret that sitting upwards of 8 hours a day is harmful to your health. When your profession requires you to use a computer all day, sitting seems to be the only option!
Kruze Consulting in HR Technologist
Post meta descriptionVanessa Kruze, Kruze Consulting’s Founder and CEO, recently published an article on HR Technologist with 4 tips for managing a remote workforce.
Event - Managing Departmental Budgets for Fast Growth Startups
Kruze Consulting and Procurify are pleased to present an event for San Francisco startups, Managing Departmental Budgets for Fast Growth Startups.
How recruiting costs change as a startup grows
Most of our startup clients are growing fast, raising capital, developing and shipping product and hiring. Lots and lots of hiring!
Essential HR Tools for the scaling startup
Kruze Consulting has worked with over 1000+ startups and has helped set up numerous HR infrastructure systems.
Featured Service - Decisely
Decisely is a benefits brokerage and HR services company that offers interconnected technology solutions to small businesses and startups.
Tax Time Smoothies
Continuing our tradition of focusing on employee wellness, we recently brought in some healthy smoothies to help our team deal with the stress of tax time.
Featured Service - Rippling
Rippling is a new, cloud-based system that makes managing your startup’s HR and IT systems easy.
Happy #WellnessWednesday Nuts!
Have you had a week… let’s say.... a bit nuts?! Well, we’re also working hard at Kruze Consulting because it’s TAX season, 1099’s were due, year-end accounting is pretty important… (side note, check out our tax deadline calendar here for startups) things can get a bit busy.
Wellness Wednesday of Gratitude
As part of our company’s “Wellness Wednesday,” our fearless wellness leader Hannah placed thank you cards on everyone’s desks.
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.
What Does a Good Startup CFO Do?
The first thing a CFO does for startups is to manage the financial reporting. That means making sure the books are closed and closed correctly every month.
Featured Service - Guideline 401k
Guideline is an all-inclusive 401(k) plan for growing businesses that’s easy for employers to set up and even easier for employees to enroll and save.
JP Morgan Corporate Challenge
Since 1977, J.P. Morgan has been hosting its Corporate Challenge run (“JPMCC”), challenging corporate runners to participate in an event with a distance that “even a busy executive would have time to train for.”
Recent Kruze Consulting Quotes
Our team has been mentioned and quoted in a few great blogs recently, and we thought that we’d highlight some of these so that you could find them.
Staying healthy at the workplace is a must-have for a better life
We all know that we can do things to be more mindful, healthier, happier people, but when it comes to the workplace few people make wellness a priority. Vanessa Kruze, Founder and CEO of Kruze Consulting, has made it one of her goals to ensure that her employees are able to incorporate healthy activities into their daily routines and frequently plans activities to encourage overall well being in the office.
Featured Service - AVRA Talent
AVRA Talent, previously known as Recruit, partners with startups and growing firms to help fill non-technical talent.
Featured Service - Trucks Venture Capital
Trucks Venture Capital funds the entrepreneurs building the future of transportation.
Featured Service - Super Fast Business
Super Fast Business is a business resource designed to help you as an online business owner make more while working less.
Featured Service - Square 1 Bank
Growing companies is what they do. From early stage to IPO and beyond.
Featured Service - Silver Telegram
A PR agency specializing in launching startups, growing lean organizations and crowdfunding campaigns.
Featured Service - Sequoia
Sequoia is the service partner for people-first companies.
Featured Service - Republic.co
For the first time in history, now the majority of the US population can invest in tech startups.
Featured Service - Ranchod Law Group
The Ranchod Law Group is an immigration law firm in Sacramento California that provides a complete range of immigration law services for individuals and employers throughout the United States and worldwide.
Featured Service - Hitch Partners
Hitch Partners is a retained search consulting firm that partners with technology companies on mission-critical leadership roles focused on security.
Featured Service - Capshare
Issue stock today and manage all your equity in one place without getting bogged down in spreadsheets and paperwork.
Featured Service - Bridge Bank
Bridge Bank was founded in the highly competitive climate of Silicon Valley in 2001, and continues to provide a full suite of professional business banking services.
Featured Service - Bonusly
They are building the future of employee recognition, rewards, and reviews. Bonusly integrates seamlessly with your organization's HR and communication tools.
Featured Service - Bill.com
Creating Magically Simple Business Payments.
Introducing KruzeTax - Startup Tax Returns
Tax Season is upon us! Instead of using a local CPA firm (way too expensive & no Startup expertise), check out KruzeTax.com.
What is the best and cheapest registered agent in Delaware that has experience with tech startups?
I’m going to expand this question a bit…Why does a startup need to have a Registered Agent in Delaware?
Do bootstrapped startups actually pay taxes?
Yes, even bootstrapped pre-revenue startups must pay taxes. You might not be subject to Income Taxes (which are based on profitability) but you will still be subject to a wide variety of other taxes which aren’t always connected to Revenue.
2018 New Tax Laws & How they Affect Startups
The Good, The Bad and The Ugly.
Featured Service - UrbanSitter
UrbanSitter helps you find Babysitters, Nannies, and Child-Care.
Featured Service - Pana
Pana combines mobile app technology and virtual travel assistants to make travel easy.
Featured Service - Hugo
Hugo is the smartest place for your team’s meeting notes, and we can guarantee that it is because we have been happily using it at Kruze Consulting with amazing results.
Featured Service - Fleetsmith
Fleetsmith is the new Cloud Based Mac Management Software that will change the way you work.
Featured Service - Emburse
Emburse's virtual cards and expense management system is truly amazing for keeping expenses within your company well organized and controlled.
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 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?
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.
Amazon Web Services & Kruze Consulting Discuss Three Accounting, Finance & HR Software Tools for Startups
Kruze Consulting discusses the firm's three favorite software tools for Startup Accounting, Finance and HR on Amazon Web Service's Activate Blog.
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