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[INTERVIEW] Michael Majeed, Finance Executive, SR&ED Tax Consultant

YoungUpstarts

Michael Majeed is quick to note the vast numbers of new startups that launch each year on the Canadian landscape, and he’s keenly interested in helping young business owners make the most of their opportunities, especially when it comes to their finances. Financial intelligence is important to anyone starting a company.

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Tax and accounting treatment for website development costs

The Startup Magazine

Not sure how to account or tax the website development costs? Or does it go on the balance sheet and count as an asset? Before you can start determining the tax treatment for your website development costs, you need to determine what you use your website for. During that time he also built a website that cost him £10,000.

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Praying to the God of Valuation

Both Sides of the Table

We had nascent revenues, ridiculous cost structures and unrealistic valuations. I learned to avoid unnecessary conferences, avoid non-essential costs and strive for at least a neutral EBITDA if for no other reason than nobody was interested in giving us any more money. Until we weren’t. Nobody cared about our valuations any more.

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How To Effectively Manage Business Costs

YoungUpstarts

There is an old management adage which says that “you cannot manage what you cannot measure” This saying may be true in all parts of a company, but is especially pertinent in finance. How can one manage one’s business costs better? Fifth, ensure that team members are sensitive to the total costs of each transaction.

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Why large companies acquire small companies

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

Revenue multiples, profit multiples, premium over the previous financing — these are metrics used by sellers to help determine a minimum acceptable price. In terms of acquisition, they ask more specifically: “How can we trade balance sheet assets (cash, equity) in exchange for executing our strategy better?”.

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What’s Really Going on in the VC Industry? What Does it Mean for Startups?

Both Sides of the Table

He acknowledged the importance of the growing seed fund movement in creating a new wave of cost-effective innovation. So angel and seed stage investors’ returns will be dependent on good times continuing or on the ability of their portfolio companies to get financed. Fred Wilson wrote a great piece on this.

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Sayahh’s Financial Statements For August 2011

Feld Thoughts

Today, we’ll look at the impact of the expenses to date on the P&L, Balance Sheet, and Cash Flow Statement. They also haven’t launched a product, so there is no corresponding “cost of goods sold” – the direct cost of delivering their product. Following is the balance sheet and the changes from July to August.