Quick tips to help your startup maintain healthy cash flow. If your brilliant ideas and strategy are the brains of your start-up, and your entrepreneurial passion and vision are its heart, then cash flow is the blood running through your company’s veins. If that flow is too weak or stops entirely, or you fail to […] Read more “3 Cash Flow Management Tips for Start-Ups”
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2016 is in the books, which means your start-up’s books are about to take center stage as tax season begins. If you launched your business in 2016, this may be your growing enterprise’s first go `round with tax preparation. As much as you would rather be focusing your attention elsewhere, spending some time getting organized […] Read more “4 Simple Ways to Prepare Your Start-Up for Tax Season”
Early stage and start-up companies can invest in crucial research and development activities while pocketing significant – and now permanent – tax credits to offset the costs of those investments. The PATH (“Protecting Americans from Tax Hikes”) Act of 2015 allows entrepreneurs to commit significant resources to innovation and receive huge tax benefits even if […] Read more “The PATH Act is a Great Step Forward for Start-Up R&D Costs”
Ask any long-suffering, die-hard Chicago Cubs fan what it meant to them to see their beloved team win the National League pennant and appear in their first World Series in 71 years and you may hear words that transcend the game of baseball and enter the realm of the spiritual. A lifetime of faith, hope, […] Read more “5 Things Start-Ups Can Learn From the World Series Champion Chicago Cubs”
With the Oscars ceremony this Sunday, we wanted to highlight one of favorite movies from 2015, “Joy” – a movie that all start-ups and entrepreneurs should watch. “Joy” tells the story of a young woman with an unstoppable entrepreneur spirit who believes in her good ideas, no matter how much bad advice she gets. Just […] Read more “Five Things Start-ups Can Learn From “Joy””
It’s easier than ever. Raising money, that is. The advent of the Internet of course brought with it connectivity – to the order of Amazon.com, email, silly cat videos – and for today’s purposes, the ability to pool money. From whoever… wherever. Yup, we’re talking about crowdfunding! Today, we’re breaking down what crowdfunding means, whether […] Read more “Crowdfunding: 7 Tips for Rocking Your Strategy”