The Startup Finance Blog | Lighter Capital

Jul 5, 20173 min read

Customer Success Metrics: NPS and CSAT

If there is a single, essential factor for predicting the long-term survival rate of a SaaS company, it’s the churn rate. Even companies...

Troubleshooting SaaS Startup Accounting Issues

Jun 29, 20175 min read

Accounting & Taxes

Troubleshooting SaaS Startup Accounting Issues

Our webinar with inDinero covered 6 SaaS accounting issues that challenge startups. Read answers from our experts during the Q&A at the end.

Lighter Capital Client Nuvolo Raises $10M in Venture Capital

Jun 22, 20171 min read

Client Spotlight

Lighter Capital Client Nuvolo Raises $10M in Venture Capital

As reported by VentureBeat, Nuvolo, a provider of asset management software to life sciences organizations and pharmaceutical companies,...

3 Tips for Sharing Startup Financials With Employees

Jun 8, 20173 min read

People & Culture

3 Tips for Sharing Startup Financials With Employees

At my first startup, the CEO would run through financials at every other company meeting. She would tell us our revenue, how it was...

Our takeaways from the 2017 Americas Alternative Finance Industry Report

Jun 6, 20172 min read

Trends

Our takeaways from the 2017 Americas Alternative Finance Industry Report

The University of Chicago’s Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation has released their 2017 report on the alternative finance...

Judging ServiceNow’s CreatorCon Challenge: 2017 Winners

May 25, 20172 min read

Events

Judging ServiceNow’s CreatorCon Challenge: 2017 Winners

ServiceNow launched the CreatorCon Challenge to find and fund apps built to solve thorny problems for their global user base. Lighter...

How Venture Capital Is Like a Hamster Wheel

May 23, 20174 min read

Funding & Finance

How Venture Capital Is Like a Hamster Wheel

Entrepreneurs fighting to reach $1M in annual revenue have a one-track mind. Ask one how they plan to raise capital to meet their sales...

7 Accounting Basics New Startups Need to Know

May 11, 20174 min read

Accounting & Taxes

7 Accounting Basics New Startups Need to Know

In 2014, my friend started her first company. She used her personal savings to fund development, buy computers, and hire a UX designer to...

Everything You Need to Know About the SBA’s 7(a) Loan

May 9, 20174 min read

Funding & Finance

Everything You Need to Know About the SBA’s 7(a) Loan

For more than sixty years, the Small Business Administration has helped American businesses grow. The SBA was slow to adopt programs and...

Webinar Recap: 2 Ways to Skip a VC Round with Alternative Funding

Apr 6, 20172 min read

Webinars

Webinar Recap: 2 Ways to Skip a VC Round with Alternative Funding

On April 4th, Boast Capital hosted a webinar featuring their CEO, Lloyed Lobo, and Lighter Capital CEO BJ Lackland. They discussed how...

Mar 1, 20171 min read

Events

Lighter Capital at Lendit USA 2017

Lighter Capital CEO BJ Lackland will be speaking on a panel at Lendit USA 2017, “Taking a Unique Approach to Expand Small Business...

How Your Startup’s R&D Expenses Can Earn You $250,000 in Tax Credit This Year

Feb 28, 20175 min read

Accounting & Taxes

How Your Startup’s R&D Expenses Can Earn You $250,000 in Tax Credit This Year

Each year the US government provides billions of dollars to innovative businesses for developing new or improving existing technologies,...

CivicConnect’s Boston IoT pitch singled out

Feb 17, 20171 min read

Client Spotlight

CivicConnect’s Boston IoT pitch singled out

Lighter Capital client CivicConnect (formerly Civic Resource Group) was singled out by StateScoop, a site that features innovators in...

Feb 9, 20172 min read

Accounting & Taxes

The Problem with Deferred Compensation

Many times I have seen the following happen: a company is running out of money. In order to keep going, the team is going to have to take...

Feb 2, 20171 min read

Client Spotlight

MapAnything raises $33.1M Series B

MapAnything, a five-time recipient of Lighter Capital funding, announced a $33.1M Series B funding round today. Columbus Nova led the...

Lighter Capital Named Fastest Growing Private Tech Company in Washington

Nov 22, 20162 min read

News & Awards

Lighter Capital Named Fastest Growing Private Tech Company in Washington

We’re thrilled to announce Puget Sound Business Journal has ranked Lighter Capital #4 on its annual list of the fastest-growing private...

Lighter Capital talks funding at Seattle Startup Week 2016!

Nov 10, 20163 min read

Events

Lighter Capital talks funding at Seattle Startup Week 2016!

Supporting startups and entrepreneurship is at our core, and that’s why we’re excited to announce that Lighter Capital will be leading...

Lighter Capital makes the Inc. 500 List for the first time!

Aug 17, 20162 min read

News & Awards

Lighter Capital makes the Inc. 500 List for the first time!

We’re thrilled to announce Inc. Magazine has ranked Lighter Capital No. 335 on the Inc. 500 list of fastest-growing private companies in...

Is It Time to Stop Using Excel for Your Startup's Finances?

Jun 21, 20163 min read

Accounting & Taxes

Is It Time to Stop Using Excel for Your Startup's Finances?

Don't miss out on funding because your financials are a mess. Get your finances out of Excel and into accounting software!

Jun 2, 20163 min read

Startup Law

Legal Guide to Revenue Loans

Revenue loans are an increasingly common way for businesses to fund their growth. You might be wondering, from a legal perspective, how...

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