Payments - what your startup needs to know by a leading startup CFO firm

Bill.com vs Gusto for paying contractors

Posted on Wed, 10 June 2020 by Scott Orn, CFA and COO of Kruze Consulting

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?

Posted on Mon, 1 June 2020 by Scott Orn, CFA and COO of Kruze Consulting

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.

Brex vs American Express - Which credit card is best for startups?

Posted on Tue, 5 November 2019 by Healy Jones, VP of FP&A

The Brex corporate card is one of the fastest-growing financial tools we’ve seen startups adopt in the past few years. But traditional card vendor American Express isn’t sitting on its laurels, and has announced their own “Brex Killer” card -- “American Express Corporate Program for Startups.”

Brex vs Stripe - Which card is best for startups?

Posted on Wed, 11 September 2019 by Healy Jones, VP of FP&A

One of the fastest-growing tools that we’ve seen our startup clients adopt is Brex’s corporate card. But Stripe’s new card is a huge announcement from a major fin-tech provider to early-stage companies.