Financial Questions

What's the quickest way to get a quick term loan or SBA loan? My company has been in business for about 5 years, with over $20,000 in monthly cash flow. I have tried to apply for financing with a...

Finance Financial Loan Small Business Fast Business Loans

asked Feb 25 '20 at 20:31

Rocco Schmidt
308 points

Once you raise a few rounds of capital, your equity ownership most likely gets diluted to a minority stake. There is nothing that stops the board from firing the founder at this point. How do you...

Board Equity Founders Financial Dilution

asked May 27 '14 at 23:13

Joshua Propp
11 points

What would you say are the most important financial concepts one should completely understand before starting their business?

Finance Financial Entrepreneurship

asked Apr 14 '14 at 23:25

Nichole Willhite
7 points

I am creating a pitch deck to potentially raise a series A round and not sure where to start for projections. How do early stage startups calculate the market size and future projections when there...

Venture Capital Pitch Financial Series A

asked Mar 16 '14 at 02:21

Fernando Douglas
35 points

I'm going to start out by providing a bit of background info here. My actual question is in bold, below. So my wife and I run a website for digital artists that sells download subscriptions. This...

LLC Finance Legal Financial Accounting

asked Nov 15 '13 at 09:55

Jordan Magnuson
8 points

Over the last two years or so I've been developing a software product in my spare time(I'm still currently consulting at an investment bank). It's fairly niche in that it's targeted only at banks...

Equity Financial

asked Apr 17 '13 at 09:08

John
21 points

Now, my family business is 2 years old. Every month, we get the profit from our online retail business, specializing in apparels for baby & child. But we realize that all the money is always...

Financial Cash Flow Online Retail

asked Apr 22 '13 at 01:28

Kalingga
245 points

We are an early stage web startup, and do not have anyone with deep financial experience on our team. Is not a likely option at this point. We are pitching to investors in a contest setting next...

Pitch Financial Investors

asked Feb 1 '13 at 08:38

Laramie
192 points

Is there a method or set of methods for writing the financial forecasts and profit loss statements for the next two years of business when you have never actually traded? These documents are often...

Marketing Finance Business Plan Financial Forecasting

asked Feb 4 '13 at 14:46

Matthew
63 points

As a new startup, do I really need a part-time accountant or can software like QuickBooks do everything for me? Perhaps a bookkeeper to input data into the software is all I need?

Getting Started Financial Bookkeeping Accountants

asked May 24 '12 at 07:30

Anon E
41 points

How do I get financial information (turnover, profit etc) for a competitor located in Canada? Here in Sweden, there are several sites which can be used to get financial information. For instance,...

Competition Financial

asked May 9 '12 at 19:58

Jgauffin
119 points

How would you estimate the revenues on a business plan if you have several possible business models (i.g. Freemium and/or Advertisement). The revenues could be generated by one or a combination of...

Business Plan Revenue Financial

asked May 21 '12 at 00:54

Gian
6 points

I own and operate a company selling products online. A partner is stepping in and wants to sell our product line across it's websites. However, my company will accept the payments from the...

Finance Legal Financial Accounting Money

asked Apr 18 '12 at 00:49

Alexandre H. Tremblay
186 points

I'm building a pitch deck for an internet startup. I've read other financial projections and pro-formas which have quite irrelevant accounting. Our main expenses are simply server costs --...

Sales Pitch Financial Deck

asked Apr 13 '12 at 10:53

Delos Chang
101 points

I am a software developer in Canada. 2 years ago, a close friend referred me a business owner who is running Futures trading firm(12+ employees) in Chicago. He need some system to help them manage...

Software Financial Market Research

asked Mar 10 '12 at 09:18

Smm
21 points

A friend and I have started developing an app to put on Apple's app store. Development is going fine, but thinking ahead, we're trying to come up with an easy way to share any revenue coming from...

Financial Team Apple

asked Nov 22 '11 at 12:17

Itai Ferber
123 points

As a small development company we have worked on several projects concurrently using the revenue to bootstrap other projects. We now have reached a stage where we have several mature...

Financial Valuation

asked Sep 2 '11 at 09:51

Tim Nash
1,107 points

I am a start up, with no office. fairly new to Canada with no financial records. No website (only Domain name). Working from a rented room. I registered my company. Imported a small stock that is...

Startup Costs Business Model Business Plan Financial Budget

asked Aug 19 '11 at 13:23

Ramzi
26 points

Im starting a website however my site is dependant on the use of a financial institution to serve as place where members can deposit money for future use. Does anyone have any suggestions on the...

Financial Partnerships

asked Aug 9 '11 at 23:32

B Run
16 points

How much do high-end financial consultancy firms (like lab49) charge per hour for a c# developer in London? In GBP please. Obviously the consultancy has to paid the developer + cover their...

Business Model Consulting Financial Rates

asked Jul 12 '11 at 06:06

Jamesgold
11 points