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We cover topics related to what growing businesses need to succeed, including fundraising, tax savings, and financial performance.
Getting to Know inDinero: Lisa Bunday, CFO
20Oct
Getting to Know inDinero: Lisa Bunday, CFO
As inDinero's CFO, Lisa Bunday is guiding inDinero's next steps in expansion and development. Read more about the person behind this new phase of growth.
Missed Your Tax Deadline? Here’s What You Can Do
13Oct
Missed Your Tax Deadline? Here’s What You Can Do
There are an infinite number of reasons why a business may not be able to file their taxes on time. Between demo days, investor meetings, and late-night team strategy sessions, the bookkeeping and tax prep for an early stage company can often fall by the wayside.
3 Financial Metrics I Use to Run My Marketing Agency
6Oct
3 Financial Metrics I Use to Run My Marketing Agency
No successful marketer decides to start their own agency because they love accounting. Not even the most passionate digital marketers who love getting deep into the data, like I did when I started Adficient.
What Bay Area Tax Hikes in 2017 Mean for Startups
29Sep
What Bay Area Tax Hikes in 2017 Mean for Startups
When tax rates rise, small businesses feel the brunt of the impact, but they also pass along increased costs to consumers
ShearShare Works with inDinero to Balance Their Bottom Line
22Sep
ShearShare Works with inDinero to Balance Their Bottom Line
Mobile app startup founders, Courtney and Tye Caldwell share why they outsource ShearShare's accounting, bookkeeping, and taxes to inDinero.
5 Inspiring Lessons from Businesses That Started as Pet Projects
22Sep
5 Inspiring Lessons from Businesses That Started as Pet Projects
Some entrepreneurs were put on this earth to start, run, and grow businesses. And then there are business owners who started as enthusiasts and turned their real-life passions into their livelihood.
Is Your Partner Hurting Your Chances of Getting a Loan?
15Sep
Is Your Partner Hurting Your Chances of Getting a Loan?
Even if you have a promising app, a genius invention, or a breakthrough solution, you won’t get very far without sufficient funds
Q&A with Ross Blankenship, Expert VC
8Sep
Q&A with Ross Blankenship, Expert VC
On Tuesday, September 5, I had the pleasure of interviewing Ross Blankenship in a Q&A-style webinar to talk about what he looks for in startup investment opportunities.
7 Signs It’s Time to Hire Employee #1
1Sep
7 Signs It’s Time to Hire Employee #1
They say “the more, the merrier,” and in most cases it is undeniably true. But for a tight-knit team of founders, widening the circle to bring in your first employee is a big—sometimes daunting—milestone.
Meet Ross Blankenship, Managing Partner & CEO at Angel Kings
25Aug
Meet Ross Blankenship, Managing Partner & CEO at Angel Kings
Ross D. Blankenship is an expert venture capitalist, 6x best-selling author on investing, and angel investor in America's top startups.
What the SBA Needs to Know About Your Personal Finances
17Aug
What the SBA Needs to Know About Your Personal Finances
For some, a great idea for a business comes a lot easier than the capital needed to get started. This has led to one of the most important ways the Small Business Administration (SBA) supports business owners.
What to do if You Commingle Personal and Business Funds
10Aug
What to do if You Commingle Personal and Business Funds
One of the most common problems we see from startup founders who are first moving away from DIY accounting is a wide range of “personal transactions” being made with the business accounts.
Startup Spotlight on Client Gadget Flow
4Aug
Startup Spotlight on Client Gadget Flow
As the saying goes, “do what you love, and you’ll never work a day in your life.” While usually easier said than done, Evan Varsamis and his lifelong friends, Cassie and Michael, found a way to follow this advice when they started Gadget Flow.
Do All Businesses Need to File a Federal Tax Return?
27Jul
Do All Businesses Need to File a Federal Tax Return?
They say “in this world, nothing is certain but death and taxes.” Well, we’re not sure if we hate or love to break it to you, but it turns out the latter is not as certain as the former, at least when it comes to business taxes.
A Beginner’s Guide to Small Business Tax Deductions
20Jul
A Beginner’s Guide to Small Business Tax Deductions
Whether on an individual level or as a business owner, every living, breathing citizen or resident of the United States of America has some familiarity with federal and state taxes. The mission of the Internal Revenue Service is to "provide America's taxpayers top quality service by helping them understand and meet their tax responsibilities and by applying the tax law with integrity and fairness to all.