Glenn Perkins, President of Executive Forums, spoke at the ASL Emerging Business Group’s best practices seminar on, Referral Blueprint: 10 Proven Strategies To Build a Business Powered by Referrals. In this podcast, Glen shares his expertise on referral marketing strategies.
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Surviving in Silicon Valley: 10 Insider Secrets the Natives Use
Juliette Donohue spoke at the ASL Emerging Business Group’s best practices seminar on, Surviving in Silicon Valley: 10 Insider Secrets the Natives Use. In this podcast, Juliette shares her expertise on how to survive in Silicon Valley.
How to Hitch Your Start-up to Global Resources
Monique Nicolai and Rohit Tarkunde spoke at the ASL Emerging Business Group’s best practices seminar on, “Hitch Your Start-up to Global Resources”. In this podcast, the speakers shared their expertise on how a start-up should be aware of different types of regulatory and cultures in each country and to get help for developing the right relationships overseas.
Silicon Valley CPA Firm Adds Valuation Team and Services to Position the Firm for Growth in 2015
San Jose, Calif. – September 30, 2014 – Managing Principal Ray Scheaffer of Abbott, Stringham & Lynch (ASL), a Silicon Valley accounting and consulting firm, announced that Jeff Faust with his colleagues Irina Plevako and Chris Bitter formerly with the accounting firm Berger Lewis, have joined ASL. “Jeff, Irina and Chris enhance our firm’s practice by now offering valuation services to our clients. We welcome them as part of an overall plan to position the firm for growth.” The addition of Faust, Plevako and Bitter brings the firm’s total personnel to 76.
Today’s Funding Ideas for Start-ups
Joe Larkins, President of Sereno Capital LLC; Anson Liang, Founder & CEO of Trustleaf, and Ken Mannina, Senior Vice President and Regional Sales Manager of Bridge Bank spoke at the ASL Emerging Business Group’s best practices seminar on, “Today’s Funding Ideas for Start-ups”. In this podcast, our panel of three professionals presented about start-up financing options.
Incubator, Accelerator or Ecobator: Which platform is best for your startup?
Kayvan Baroumand, Founder and CEO of NestGSV, recently spoke at the ASL Emerging Business Group’s best practices seminar on, “Incubator, Accelerator or Ecobator: Which platform is best for your startup?” In this podcast, Kayvan shares his expertise on incubators, accelerators and ecobators.
5 Tips to Control Your Startup's Burn Rate
San Jose, Calif. – July 18, 2013 – “Startup entrepreneurs must constantly control and monitor their cash reserves, and there are several basic steps to make this happen,” says Mark Sheffield, a startup expert at the Silicon Valley accounting firm of Abbott, Stringham & Lynch. “A well-managed burn rate, or negative cash flow, can go a long way to ensure investor confidence and the time necessary to build momentum in the business,” he adds.
To control and monitor your startup’s burn rate, Sheffield offers these tips…
4 Tips to Attract Millennial Talent to Your Start-up
Start-ups are in a unique position to attract the best and the brightest of the Millennials because you’re not encumbered by an existing culture, policies, and infrastructure. Even if some of those elements are already in place, they’re probably still pliable enough to accommodate some change. So, what should you be doing to attract Millennial talent to your start-up? In the same way that you’re getting to know your target market and how to most profitably meet their needs, you must understand those who can help you get there – specifically, the talent you will need to hire. (more…)
4 Tips to Protect Against Payroll Tax Embezzlement
In a recent Wall Street Journal Article, Tax Surprises Can Follow When Payroll Firms Implode, the problem of payroll tax embezzlement reared its ugly head. While small payroll service firms can provide a lower-cost higher-touch service experience for emerging businesses, they’re also more likely to perpetrate embezzlement of your payroll tax payments than a big firm due to lack of oversight that leads to increased opportunity. (more…)