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Hire a consultant; ignore the advice!

Berkonomics

The ideal use of consultants… At one time or another, most all businesses use consultants to fill the gaps in knowledge or to provide guidance for management. Consultants are good in that you can sample their work with short projects, change to other consultants quickly, and stop using them when a project is completed.

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How to Win Consulting, Board, and Deal Roles with Private Equity and Venture Capital Funds

David Teten VC

You can work as a consultant, an interim executive, a board member, a deal executive partnering to buy a company, an executive in residence, or as an entrepreneur in residence. . Thank you to my co-author for this essay, Paulina Symala, a Consultant at Oliver Wyman and a past intern of Versatile VC. Expert Networks.

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Why an Entrepreneur Should Consider Outside Financial Advice

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Merrill Edge Vice President Whitney Trimble answers top-of-mind questions about whether or not to seek outside financial advice. Goals-based investing, which is measuring success as progress toward well-defined, documented goals in life is a process financial advisors are able to help investors with.

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Fox Launchpad: When Startups Need Help Getting Started

Angel Capital Association

The program includes: Startup Package - The legal advice and documents necessary to get a company up and running, all for a discounted flat rate. Free Early Stage Consult - Fox will hire an outside consultant to provide advice on pitch decks or executive summaries.

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Hire a consultant; ignore the advice.

Berkonomics

At one time or another, most all businesses use consultants to fill the gaps in knowledge or to provide guidance for management. Consultants are good in that you can sample their work with short projects, change to other consultants quickly, and stop using them when a project is completed.

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Navigating Tax Obligations for Startups: What You Need to Know

Startup Blogpost

Michael Brown , Managing Partner, Dribbin & Brown Criminal Lawyers Outsource to a PEO for Tax Compliance If you have employees (W-2 and 1099), you have to be careful about employment-related taxes and proper documentation related to hiring and paying people. The aftermath of this unnoticed opportunity was a bitter pill of lost savings.

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Want to Know the Difference Between a CTO and a VP Engineering?

Both Sides of the Table

Whenever I meet a team that had a consulting firm (even a great one) build their product it’s an immediate “pass&# from me. They don’t love documentation. Program Manager – This title almost sounds like a consultant’s job. you also need to update your marketing documents including your website.