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.
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.
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!
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.”
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.
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
For founders, picking a payroll system, and knowing how to compare the options, presents an important decision that will matter a lot over time.
The Kruze team is getting together this week for networking, training and 2020 planning.
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.
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!
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.
Kruze Consulting and Procurify are pleased to present an event for San Francisco startups, Managing Departmental Budgets for Fast Growth Startups.
Most of our startup clients are growing fast, raising capital, developing and shipping product and hiring. Lots and lots of hiring!
Kruze Consulting has worked with over 1000+ startups and has helped set up numerous HR infrastructure systems.
Decisely is a benefits brokerage and HR services company that offers interconnected technology solutions to small businesses and startups.
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.
Rippling is a new, cloud-based system that makes managing your startup’s HR and IT systems easy.
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.
As part of our company’s “Wellness Wednesday,” our fearless wellness leader Hannah placed thank you cards on everyone’s desks.
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.
Netsuite is an ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) tool. It manages your accounting, reporting, supply chain, procurement, and much more.
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.
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.
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.”
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.
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.
AVRA Talent, previously known as Recruit, partners with startups and growing firms to help fill non-technical talent.
Trucks Venture Capital funds the entrepreneurs building the future of transportation.
Super Fast Business is a business resource designed to help you as an online business owner make more while working less.
Growing companies is what they do. From early stage to IPO and beyond.
A PR agency specializing in launching startups, growing lean organizations and crowdfunding campaigns.
Sequoia is the service partner for people-first companies.
For the first time in history, now the majority of the US population can invest in tech startups.
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.
Hitch Partners is a retained search consulting firm that partners with technology companies on mission-critical leadership roles focused on security.
Issue stock today and manage all your equity in one place without getting bogged down in spreadsheets and paperwork.
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.
They are building the future of employee recognition, rewards, and reviews. Bonusly integrates seamlessly with your organization's HR and communication tools.
Creating Magically Simple Business Payments.
Tax Season is upon us! Instead of using a local CPA firm (way too expensive & no Startup expertise), check out KruzeTax.com.
I’m going to expand this question a bit…Why does a startup need to have a Registered Agent in Delaware?
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.
The Good, The Bad and The Ugly.
UrbanSitter helps you find Babysitters, Nannies, and Child-Care.
Pana combines mobile app technology and virtual travel assistants to make travel easy.
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.
Fleetsmith is the new Cloud Based Mac Management Software that will change the way you work.
Emburse's virtual cards and expense management system is truly amazing for keeping expenses within your company well organized and controlled.
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.
The first thing they're going to ask for is your historical financials.
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?
There are really five things. First of which, you do need three years worth of projections.
We typically recommend Bill.com, but they don't do the international.
At Kruze Consulting, we get tons of questions about venture debt. Should a startup take it? Is it good for the startup?
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.
At Kruze Consulting, we get tons of questions about the difference between bookings and revenue.
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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