• Check Writing Procedures
  
  

• Acquisition Analysis

  When considering an acquisition, it is important to evaluate the range of possible outcomes, not just a single scenario.  This excerpt, based on a real case, shows a good way to do this.

• Attribution Program

  When actively seeking business referrals, it is useful to have a structured attribution program, which clearly outlines compensation levels. This is an example of one such attribution program.

• Implementing a Financial Control System

  In order to get where you want to go, you need to know where you are. In a business this means you need to know how your numbers stack up. This note presents an example of a simple yet effective financial management control system.

• Tips on Preparing for Funding

  This note provides a few tips that might help improve the odds of securing venture funding.
  

• Option Awards in Public Companies

  Ever wonder how high-tech firms decide on the number of option shares to award their employees for continued service? This note explains an approach based on level-title and base salary as well as some trends in option programs at top firms.

• Loans and Lines of Credit for Small Businesses

  Many small businesses are hand-to-mouth to make payroll each month. Seeing no way to easily get ahead of the curve through growth, they yearn for a bank loan or line of credit to ease the pressure. This note tells how it is from the banks perspective and explains why banks are not generally not all that interested in helping out.

• Economics of Fund Management

  Some wonder why $5 to 20 Million venture funds are rare. This note explains that if the fund managers are working full time, then the economics just don't work given prevailing pricing structures.

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