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Eight accounting tips every Kiwi startup needs to know

NZ Entrepreneur

A separate business bank account draws a clear distinction between your personal and business finances. Beyond technical expertise, a good accountant can be a valuable sounding board for your business decisions. They can offer objective advice on everything from managing cash flow to securing funding.

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How to Communicate Impact Metrics to Investors

StartupNation

When presenting to investors who are more interested in finances, on the other hand, the conversation tends to center more around KPIs like revenue growth, cost per new customer, and other financial metrics. Post-round, the same metrics framework became our quarterly board template, saving hours of prep. So my advice?

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Interview: James Burnes, Ministry of Awesome

NZ Entrepreneur

We help co-lead the execution of Startup Aotearoa, a one-to-one program for first-time entrepreneurs to get coaching and advice from a startup advisor or mentor as they navigate the first time they’ve gone through the journey. Irina Miller from Daisy Lab, Janine Granger from Easy Crypto are some good examples there.

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8 Tips To Get the Most Out of Your Investors and Board

Both Sides of the Table

He wrote a post this long weekend on how he manages the board of DataSift. In his post he asserts, “You get the VCs you deserve” and the corollary “You get the performance out of your board that you deserve.” By spending more time educating your board on your business you get more valuable advice from them.

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“I consider my writing a success if I’m able to produce words I can both stand behind/formally weave into my worldview.” Five Questions with Moth Fund’s Molly Mielke

Hunter Walk

As someone newish to venture capital, whats a piece of advice you received early on that really shaped the way you think about Moth? I gradually learned to see advice as merely potent information about how the other person sees the world, which helped me take it much less personally. HW: Ok, something outside of work.

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How to Manage a Startup Through Troubling Times

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Here is advice I collected for dealing with the stress of running a startup: 1. Brad Feld, a partner at Foundry Group and investor in many successful startups, gave me this piece of advice. I interviewed a number of prominent VC’s and entrepreneurs for my recent book. Remember that you are not alone. A startup is not a lone adventure.

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Should every startup get funded?

This is going to be BIG.

First off all, not every company is right for equity financing—and many other companies would be better off starting without it. I can’t tell you how many companies I’ve run into where the inability to get financing, or the lack of interest in it, led them to building better companies.