Startup Funding & Finance 7/8

May 22, 20154 min read

Beyond Sand Hill Road: Can Debt Be Growth Capital?

Sand Hill Road in Menlo Park, California is the epicenter of VC. While many tech founders dream of scoring a deal with one of...

What Startups Need to Know About Convertible Equity

May 1, 20153 min read

Funding & Finance

What Startups Need to Know About Convertible Equity

Learn all about convertible equity, how it's different from convertible debt, and what startup founders need to know when raising capital.

Apr 13, 20153 min read

Accounting & Taxes

7 Mistakes Startups Make with Taxes

If you’ve only recently started up, you might think that worrying about and planning for taxes is something you can do later, when your...

Apr 9, 20153 min read

Bootstrapping

Bootstrapping Your Way to Success: How to Make It ‘Til You Make It

When you’re just beginning to build your startup, funding options are limited. Traditional banks won’t talk to you. VCs want to see...

Warrants vs. Options: Legalities and Tax Implications for Startups

Apr 1, 20152 min read

Accounting & Taxes

Warrants vs. Options: Legalities and Tax Implications for Startups

Startup warrants and options are similar. See how they're used and structured differently, and how they're also taxed in in different ways.

Your Startup Pitch Deck: A Slide by Slide Overview

Mar 27, 20153 min read

Funding & Finance

Your Startup Pitch Deck: A Slide by Slide Overview

A great pitch deck is not the only thing you need to secure startup funding, but it is important. Here's what to include.

Mar 25, 20154 min read

Metrics

4 Metrics to Track When Raising Capital

When you’re talking to investors, they’re going to want to know a lot about your company: your pitch, your customers, the thinking...

5 Key Areas to Address in Your SaaS Customer Agreements

Mar 19, 20153 min read

Startup Law

5 Key Areas to Address in Your SaaS Customer Agreements

As a transactional lawyer working with startups, a large part of my practice is helping software-as-a-service (SaaS) companies draft and...

Funding Fit Tip 10: Rekindle Your Passion

Feb 18, 20153 min read

Startup Leadership

Funding Fit Tip 10: Rekindle Your Passion

This is the last post of our 10-week “Funding Fit” blog series, and it’s hard to believe that ten weeks have gone by so quickly....

Feb 11, 20152 min read

Funding & Finance

Funding Fit Tip 9: Be Professional

After a lot of preparation and networking, you finally landed a meeting with a promising investor. Now you need to maximize your chances...

Funding Fit Tip 8: Optimize Your Digital Presence

Feb 5, 20154 min read

Funding & Finance

Funding Fit Tip 8: Optimize Your Digital Presence

As an entrepreneur, you are duking it out in a competitive environment. To get and attract customers and investors, you can take a lesson...

Funding Fit Tip 7: Bank Loans Don’t Fuel Growth

Jan 29, 20153 min read

Bootstrapping

Funding Fit Tip 7: Bank Loans Don’t Fuel Growth

Hopefully our funding fit tips have given you a clearer sense of the kind of preparation and time commitment required for raising...

How to Track Your Income and Expenses with a Chart of Accounts

Jan 23, 20153 min read

Accounting & Taxes

How to Track Your Income and Expenses with a Chart of Accounts

No matter which accounting system your startup uses, at its heart is the chart of accounts (COA), an indexed list of accounts with...

Funding Fit Tip 6: Turn Your Network into Investor Referrals

Jan 21, 20153 min read

Funding & Finance

Funding Fit Tip 6: Turn Your Network into Investor Referrals

Every entrepreneur who is raising capital has imagined the scenario of meeting and pitching an investor in person. Whether this is an...

Funding Fit Tip 5: Know How Much Money You Need

Jan 14, 20154 min read

Funding & Finance

Funding Fit Tip 5: Know How Much Money You Need

We’re halfway through our 10 week “Funding Fit” blog series. Read the first, second, third, and fourth tips here. When you’re trying to...

New Year Accounting Resolutions: Checklist for Startups

Jan 9, 20153 min read

Accounting & Taxes

New Year Accounting Resolutions: Checklist for Startups

With the start of the new year, it’s time to reflect on your company’s finances and figure out how best to position your small business...

Funding Fit Tip 3: Get Ready for a Second Full-Time Job

Dec 30, 20143 min read

Funding & Finance

Funding Fit Tip 3: Get Ready for a Second Full-Time Job

This is the third post of our 10 week “Funding Fit” blog series. Read the first tip and second tip here! One thing that many...

Dec 29, 20143 min read

Accounting & Taxes

How to Record Deferred Revenue for SaaS

If your SaaS Startup is using accrual accounting, you should know how to properly account for deferred revenue.

Funding Fit Tip 2: An Idea is Not a Product

Dec 22, 20143 min read

Funding & Finance

Funding Fit Tip 2: An Idea is Not a Product

This is the second post of our 10 week “Funding Fit” blog series. Read the first tip here! If you consider this summer’s success story of...

Get Funding Fit, Tip 1: If You Can Tweet, You Can Meet

Dec 16, 20142 min read

Funding & Finance

Get Funding Fit, Tip 1: If You Can Tweet, You Can Meet

Two weeks from now, millions of people will join a gym in the yearly quest to work off all that holiday weight. We’re all in favor of...

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