Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 30, 2025

Alex Smereczniak (04:27.29) investment costs, audited financials. entity formation, lending, finding the right CPA, etc. Alex Smereczniak (12:27.242) but still can generate pretty substantial revenues and profit to the point where it could replace a lot of people's annual salaries. John Jantsch (04:10.147) Right, right.

Private Equity 77

Private Equity Bankruptcy Naming Equity 77

Small Business Force

FEBRUARY 21, 2014

This doesn't mean you have to become a CPA or go take a boatload of accounting courses, but, at least, learn to understand what's in a basic income statement and balance sheet and what they mean. If it was a manufacturing business, cost of goods sold (COGS) were critical. If it was a distribution business, shipping costs were critical.

Finance 37

Finance Management Forecast Entrepreneur 37

This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 2, 2011

Plus, my fear is that there are barriers in those areas that may be difficult to scale—namely salary and lifestyle. If you’ve already got someone that optimized for making the most annual salary, joining a startup might be a difficult sell.

Developer 124

Developer New York City Java Ruby 124

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 27, 2020

Pay particular attention to the financials, and have a CPA friend review for reasonableness before presenting. Eliminate your salary from the use of funds. Most startup founders don’t take a salary for the first year or two, since most investors as well as bankers won’t give you money so that you can pay yourself.

Silicon Valley 431

Silicon Valley CPA Small Business Administration SBA 431

Occam's Razor

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

Compute ROI: (cost of Facebook campaigns + salary of people running campaigns + agency creative costs) vs. profit from incremental product sales. An additional prove value scope can also be: Cost savings. The reduction in customer service costs – no more phone calls! The reduced TV ads you have to run.

Metrics 165

Metrics Advertising Marketing Social Media 165

Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

He is a CPA and was formerly the Business Manager and Director of Live Events for Midroll Media. And he's a CPA was formerly the businessman manager and director of live events for mid role media. I mean, you said you were a, a CPA, uh, that's not necessarily an industry that jumped into podcasting early on. Get $150.00

CPA 100

CPA Technical Review Hosting Audio 100

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 23, 2023

Pay particular attention to the financials, and have a CPA friend review for reasonableness before presenting. Eliminate your salary from the use of funds. Most startup founders don’t take a salary for the first year or two, since most investors as well as bankers won’t give you money so that you can pay yourself.

Silicon Valley 292

Silicon Valley CPA Startup Small Business Administration 292

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 11, 2013

Pay particular attention to the financials, and have a CPA friend review for reasonableness before presenting. Eliminate your salary from the use of funds. Most startup founders don’t take a salary for the first year or two, since most investors as well as bankers won’t give you money so that you can pay yourself.

Entrepreneur 252

Entrepreneur Angel Investor Silicon Valley CPA 252

Up and Running

DECEMBER 9, 2014

Three, I’m a book keeper, accountant or CPA and other. Three, I’m a bookkeeper, accountant or CPA or other. The DIY mentality can really bog you down and become a burden eventually, plus it can really cost you more time and money in the grand scheme of things. I’ll say that one more time. This is number one.

Small Business 95

Small Business Finance Forecast Metrics 95

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 15, 2010

Pay particular attention to the financials, and have a CPA friend review for reasonableness before presenting. Eliminate your salary from the use of funds. Most startup founders don’t take a salary for the first year or two, since most investors as well as bankers won’t give you money so that you can pay yourself.

Angel Investor 242

Angel Investor Startup CPA Small Business Administration 242

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 13, 2012

Pay particular attention to the financials, and have a CPA friend review for reasonableness before presenting. Eliminate your salary from the use of funds. Most startup founders don’t take a salary for the first year or two, since most investors as well as bankers won’t give you money so that you can pay yourself.

Angel Investor 234

Angel Investor CPA Startup Small Business Administration 234

Up and Running

MAY 28, 2015

Magda, the new business owner, knows this deli office park business, so she knows more or less to educated guess what it’s going to cost her for each cup of coffee, for each lunch. In the business offering, features and benefits, launches, versions, sourcing, cost, in admin and finance, are we raising money? Are we recruiting?

Lean 60

Lean Business Plan Video Software Review 60

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 1, 2018

Pay particular attention to the financials, and have a CPA friend review for reasonableness before presenting. Eliminate your salary from the use of funds. Most startup founders don’t take a salary for the first year or two, since most investors as well as bankers won’t give you money so that you can pay yourself.

Silicon Valley 210

Silicon Valley CPA Small Business Administration SBA 210

YoungUpstarts

MAY 20, 2018

Nowadays, startups are outsourcing their accounting to reduce costs and to get the best accountants and bookkeepers to manage their financials. Paying yourself a modest salary based only on how much you need can help you keep your personal and business finances in order. David Johnson is a CPA and holds an MBA from Columbia.

Startup 140

Startup Salary CPA Small Business Administration 140

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 31, 2016

Pay particular attention to the financials, and have a CPA friend review for reasonableness before presenting. Eliminate your salary from the use of funds. Most startup founders don’t take a salary for the first year or two, since most investors as well as bankers won’t give you money so that you can pay yourself.

Security 120

Security Angel Investor Silicon Valley CPA 120

Up and Running

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

Those of you that have had the opportunity to go to college, I am quite sure that you probably know someone who is a CPA and someone who is a lawyer and you want to add those two people to this kitchen cabinet as well because you need professional advice. That should be six to nine months of salary.

Social Media 60

Social Media Small Business Software Review Technical Review 60

Up and Running

APRIL 29, 2014

Earlier this month I hosted Ryan Clower, a CPA from the accounting firm M. I am a CPA, down here certified in the great state of Texas and really just stoked to be here. The advantage there is that we can designate part of their net profit that they can distribute to the owner as either tax-free distributions, or as owner salary.

.Net 85

.Net Capital Gains Distribution Puerto Rico 85

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

JANUARY 21, 2011

Professionally, I am a Certified Public Accountant (CPA), may also be called a Chartered Accountant (CA) on your side of the globe, a Finance Charter-holder and a Certified Financial Planner. Establishing this website cost me less than $2,000 and a ton of man hours, headaches and heart burns to go with it. Same as above.

Internet 87

Internet Technical Review Stock Due Diligence 87

Up and Running

JUNE 11, 2014

The question is, how do you decide what your own salary should be? We asked 12 founders from the Young Entrepreneur Council: How should startup founders calculate their own salaries versus those of staff members once the company starts to grow? Their responses — and tips for calculating your salary fairly — are below: 1.

CPA 123

CPA Salary Exit Strategy Cofounder 123