Gary Jinks, President at GLJ Group, spoke at the ASL Emerging Business Group’s best practices seminar on the topic, “Start Ups – Are You Ready? Market Trends, Preparation and Getting Funding.” In this podcast, Gary discusses how entrepreneurs should utilize trends, and the key thing start-ups should know when presenting to investors. To watch the whole seminar, please visit our YouTube page: ASL YouTube
Sweta Khandelwal, Principal Attorney at The Law Offices of Sweta Khandelwal, spoke at the ASL Emerging Business Group’s best practices seminar on the topic, “US Immigration Issues for Businesses, their Founders, Investors and Employees.” In this podcast, Sweta shares how to handle the changing immigration laws. To watch the whole seminar, please visit our YouTube page: ASL YouTube
By Michael Podesta, CPA, Audit Manager
ASL Emerging Business Group
Early-stage companies have several options when it comes to obtaining seed round funding; however, selecting the best vehicle for your company involves weighing the benefits and downsides of each option. Three popular debt-based financing vehicles are convertible debt, SAFE (Simple Agreement for Future Equity) agreements, and KISS (Keep It Simple Securities) agreements. (more…)
By Jyothi Chillara, CPA, Principal
ASL Emerging Business Group
Crowdfunding is a method of raising financing for projects from the public via crowdfunding platforms and social media. Some of the most common crowdfunding platforms are Kickstarter, Indiegogo and GoFundMe. According to Investopedia, Kickstarter has raised over $2 billion since 2009.
Forbes predicts that crowdfunding eventually will surpass venture capital for investing. According to Business News Daily, ““Crowdfunding is here to stay. By 2025, the global crowdfunding market potential could be between $90 billion and $96 billion,” said Bill Clerico, co-founder and CEO of WePay, citing data from the World Bank.” (more…)
Karthik Sundaram, Founder & CEO of Purplepatch Services, spoke at the ASL Emerging Business Group’s best practices seminar on the topic, “B2B Marketing: Evolving from Spray-and-Pray to Align-and-Sign.” In this podcast, Karthik shares the importance of utilizing marketing to create demand and knowing who your buyer is.
By Mark Sheffield, CPA, Principal
ASL Emerging Business Group
Historically many Silicon Valley start-ups have been unable to generate immediate benefit from the R&D credit because of having no taxable income. The law changed with 2016 tax returns. If you have qualifying research activities and expenditures in 2016, you can now use the credit to offset payroll taxes in 2017. This new and exciting benefit is for start-ups that have gross receipts for five years or less, and less than $5 million of gross receipts in 2016. (more…)
Gary Jinks, President of GLJ Group, spoke at the ASL Emerging Business Group’s best practices seminar on the topic, “The Top 10 New Things You Need to Know about Start-ups Today.” In this podcast, Gary shares 2 of his top 10 list, including that the bar has been raised for start-ups, and understanding how to leverage and make use of the ecosystem.
Elizabeth Borelli, Founder of The Borelli Group, spoke at the ASL Emerging Business Group’s best practices seminar on the topic, “Communication on Purpose: Aligning Meaning With Message to Maximize Impact.” In this podcast, Elizabeth shares how our communication intentions don’t always get the results we’re looking for, and how we can overcome these obstacles.
Dana Brody-Brown & Kathryn G. Spelman, Attorneys from Hoge Fenton, spoke at the ASL Emerging Business Group’s best practices seminar on, “Intellectual Property (IP) Essentials for Emerging Businesses.” In this podcast, Dana and Kathryn shared how important it is to plan ahead and address IP early. Consider addressing IP early, “even if you cannot execute on the plan immediately so that you can identify any risk areas and identify priorities for obtaining protection.”
