Knowledge Resources

Board of Directors Versus Advisory Boards
Replacing CEOs in VC-backed Companies
#1 Predictor of Failure – Premature Scaling
Venture Capital Market Update
Red Flags That Can Trigger an IRS Audit
5 Mistakes Entrepreneurs Make When Pitching Angel Investors
Be Careful With Those Shares!
How to Avoid a Busted VC Deal
Viral Customer Acquisition – Business Model Analysis
All Revenue is Not Created Equal: The Keys to the 10X Revenue Club
5 Unethical Sales Practices That Will Sink Your Brand
Should Founders Personally Guarantee Bank Loans?
Accounting, Finance, and Groupon’s IPO Challenge
Expansion Stage Sales Compensation: Are You Paying Too Much or Too Little?
Checklist: How to Prepare for a VC Fund-Raise
What Lenders Require in Today’s Economy
Roadmap to the Angel Investor Community
Financial Modeling for Software-as-a-Service Businesses
Customer Renewal Rate – Critical Metric for Decision-Making
8 Rules of Technology Sell-Side Mergers & Acquisitions
Best Practices in Collections
Business Model Analysis: Key Questions
Limits on LLC Protections
Qualified Small Business Tax Credit
8 Tips for Optimizing Your Startup’s Financing Strategy
Guidelines for Avoiding Small Business Fraud
Why NOT to Sell Your Business
Financing Options: Preferred Stock
Transfer Pricing – Maximizing Opportunities & Minimizing Risks
10 Steps to a Better Product Pricing Model
How to Measure ROI for Social Media Marketing
Raising New Capital – Complying with Securities Laws
Key Cautions to Take When Accepting Checks
7 Tips for Managing Cash Flow Effectively
Should You Raise Capital If Your Competition Does?
How To Run a Good Board Meeting
Coping with Confidentiality Agreements
Critical Best Practices in Internal Controls: CASH
How to Recruit a Board of Directors
Scaling HubSpot: Conversation with CEO Brian Halligan
How to Use Referrals to Keep Your Sales Pipeline Full
What Drives Private Equity Performance?
How to Prevent Shareholders from Taking Over Your Startup
Large Scale Global CFO Survey Reflects Positive Outlook
Asset-Based Lending in Uncertain Times
10 Rules of Entrepreneurship
Handling Shareholder Loans
Framework for Deciding When to Raise Capital
Negotiating Loan Covenants – 4 Critical To-Dos
How CFOs Can Steer Companies Away from Colossal Mistakes
5 Steps to Accelerate Growth
Timing Your Startup
CEO Checklist for 2011
Venture Capital Staging a Comeback
The 14 Best Ways to Burn Capital
A Separate GAAP for Small Companies?
Alert re: Accredited Investor Definition Change in Dodd-Frank Reform – August 2010
Update on Tax Incentives for NC’s Growth Companies – August 2010
Dodd-Frank Finance Reform Timetable – October 2010
Small Business Jobs and Credit Act of 2010 – October 2010
Small Businesses Skip the Healthcare Tax Credit – September 2010
Creating Buyers – ESOP as Exit Strategy
Technology M&A Activity Increasing Rapidly – January 2010
Selling a Business to Your Children – Keys to Success – May 2010
Venture Capital – Limited Partner Stress and its Impact on Entrepreneurs
Recovery/ Venture Capital Incentives – (Local Tech Wire article; commentary by Scale Finance’s Dave Gilroy)
Venture Capital Market Update – April 2010
NC Innovation Fund Update – April 2010
Venture Investors’ Put Option – Avoiding the “Non-outcome Outcome” – May 2010
Angel Investment Amendment to Dodd Financial Reform Bill Passes – May 2010
Best Practice Investor Pitches – July 2010
Angel Investment Terms – September 2010
Hard Facts on Capital Sourcing for Small Companies – October 2010
New Strategies in Angel Investing- RBFs – October 2010
Key Trends in Venture Capital – June 2010
All Systems Grow (strategies for growth in the worst of times)
Driving Business Results Through Pay-for-Performance
Advantages of Fractional Use CFO Services
Surviving the Technology Nuclear Winter (Local Tech Wire interview with Scale Finance’s Dave Gilroy)
“Nano-Accounting” – Value Point Analysis (understanding real profitability by product, by Scale Finance’s Tom Welsh)
Maximizing Technology ROI
New Thinking in Pricing – June 2010
10 Business Commandments For Entrepreneurs – August 2010
13 Insights into Entrepreneurship – December 2010
10 Strategies to Recession Proof your Business
Rise of Fractional-Use CFO Services – (TechJournal South article by Scale Finance’s Gary Hayes)
Expanding Overseas – What You Need to Know – tips for tech companies in the areas of HR, accounting, tax, & compliance
Motivating Employees: Getting Beyond Money
Motivating or De-Motivating the Sales Force – January 2011
6 Lessons for Creating Successful Virtual Teams – January 2011
How to Slash Your Credit Exposure
Overhead Expense Reduction (new strategies)
8 Steps to Immediately Reduce Workforce Costs
Equity for Debt Swaps in Small Companies (creative way to pay down debt)
How to Negotiate with your Creditors
Tightening Collections Lead Times – Getting Your Cash Sooner
Navigating More Challenging Revolving Lines of Credit Terms
4 Commandments of Company-wide Cost Reduction – (contribution by Susan Clapham)
How-to Guide for Integrating SQL Database Content into QuickBooks – (contribution by Scale Finance’s Garrett Fisher)
Increasing Use of Fractional-use CFO/Controller Services – (Working Charlotte article by Scale Finance’s Dave Gilroy)
Monetizing A/R Into Cash – innovative new thinking for small and mid-size companies
Wall Street Journalpublicizes rapidly expanding use of “For-Rent” CFOs
Automating Invoicing/Payment Processes – Strategic Impact for small companies
Specialty Finance Applications – Winners & Losers
Benefit Cost Cutting in 2010
Maximizing Tax Efficiency in Case of Business Failure
Major Improvement in Credit Conditions – January 2010
7 Things Young Companies Should Never Buy Retail – February 2010
Low Cost Legal Support for Start-ups Through “Series Seed” Service – March 2010
Audits for Startups – Be Sure This is Best for You – April 2010
Audits for Startups – Be Sure This is Best for You – April 2010
Hidden Costs of Manual Reporting in Excel – May 2010
To Cut Working Capital, Try Bonuses – June 2010
How to Not Get Audited by the IRS – June 2010
Buying Equipment – Cut Cost & Taxes – August 2010
Audit Fees Still Falling, But Not As Dramatically – September 2010
Five C’s of Credit – September 2010
Fraud Mitigation Controls for Small Companies – September 2010
Collections from Bankrupt Companies: Risk Managment – October 2010
Spreadsheet Best Practice – Retaining Numerical Values While Auto-Rounding – October 2010
Credit Scoring – November 2010
Expanded SBA Lending with Small Business Jobs & Credit Act – October 2010
5 Things That Can Screw Up Your Exit Strategy – November 2010
Key Trends in Venture Capital – October 2010
12 Ways to Negotiate Better – January 2011
Reflections on Moving Through Expansion Stage – January 2011
Cash Management – A Creative Option – December 2010

10 Business Commandments For Entrepreneurs – August 2010

Buying Equipment – Cut Cost & Taxes – August 2010