Series C and Beyond: Controller’s Guide to Successful Funding Rounds
Growing businesses face a lot of challenges. For startups, however, this growth is often done in two ways—increased sales and through a wide range of funding rounds that infuse you with cash. Following our last blog on the complexities and caveats that go into Series...
FASB Delays RevRec and Lease Adoption for Private Companies
The world of accounting standards and the compliance landscape is in a continuing state of evolution and change. While some changes are more significant, some take years to implement, and some change the way your business works, others deal with specific and easy...
Reason for Hope? Some Say the Recession Looks to Be Short-Lived
It’s been a bumpy ride over the past three months. Fears over the coronavirus pandemic, global trade challenges, domestic tensions, and more have kept newsrooms busy. Unfortunately, while newsrooms might have been, many businesses didn’t have that experience. Layoffs,...
From Startup to IPO: The First Steps to Manage the First Funding Rounds
Bill Gates once said, “If you really want to understand how Silicon Valley works today, you should watch the HBO series Silicon Valley.” Snapchat CEO Evan Spiegel said it was “basically a documentary.” If you haven’t watched the show, it’s a hilarious take on the...
Could We Be In for a Change in the CPA Licensing Process?
Technologies change, practices change, but the processes and licensing has long stayed the same. Unfortunately, this has left many new accountants unprepared for the modern landscape, and has fueled the talent crisis in the accounting world. However, this may all...
Understanding the Different Scenarios for Recovery: A Look at Potential Cash Flow Forecasting
“Unprecedented times” is one of those terms that has been tossed out a lot recently. But now, with the lockdowns ending, economists have said that we are either headed for a recession… or that we are about to see “the best economic data in the history of this...
New Bill Seeks to Increase PPP Flexibility at Small Businesses
As businesses struggle to recover from COVID-fueled lockdowns, controllers face a tumultuous road ahead. Cash flow is tight. Money isn’t coming in, and confidence is down. There are still a lot of hills to get over before states reopen, and your decisions could make...
How Controllers Can Adjust Business Practices during the Recovery: Changing Roles and Responsibilities Roundtable
The term ‘new normal’ is one of those many phrases that has been bandied about quite often over the past two months. “Work from home is part of the new normal.” “Masks in public are part of the new normal.” This, that, and the other thing—all part of the new normal. A...
Planning Your Reentry: HR Tips for Getting Back to Work
We’re almost back to work. But not before a few challenges. Are you ready to make the changes necessary to get back to ‘normal’? What does normal even mean? How can you prepare yourself and your staff? Following our last blogs on approaching HR initiatives, keeping...
Questions to Ask about Your Finances before You Pivot Towards Recovery
The COVID-19 outbreak has created a new way of life for many. From companies who had to embrace work-from home policies to the economic instability this created, we’ve learned a lot over the course of the past two months. The Coming Recovery: How Are You Preparing for...
Expanding Your Skills: Why Virtual Learning is Vital
If you’ve haven’t been paying attention, the coronavirus pandemic changed a lot of things. Work from home orders forced a new virtual landscape, you probably heard of Zoom for the first time, and you probably saw a little bit more of your home office than you’d like...
Four Resources for Understanding the PPP Loan
The Paycheck Protection Program was one of the largest business loan programs in existence. Though complicated, it delivered an important injection of needed funds for organizations who needed it the most. But like we said, much of this was complicated, and businesses...