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Business Advising

Business Formation

Let us help you succeed by getting your new business off to a good strong start.

Business Valuation

Our in-depth knowledge of your business enables us to provide a well-reasoned, fully documented and defensible valuation opinion.

Strategic Planning

Let us help you develop a powerful Strategic Business Plan that drives your business to the level of success you deserve.

New Business Formation

formation

Business Valuation

valuation

Strategic Business Planning

We help you...

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  1. Prepare an initial business plan to clarify your marketing, management, and financial plans.

  2. Determine your start-up capital needs.

  3. Identify sources of start-up capital and backup sources if needed.

  4. Evaluate and quantify your borrowing power so you know how much money you can get your hands on if needed.

  5. Select a business structure that best fits your needs by evaluating tax advantages, legal exposure, ease of operation and portability should you need to relocate.

  6. Select the right accounting software by evaluating your budget, needs and hardware.

  7. Prepare a Cash Flow Budget so you know exactly how much money you need to keep the business alive each month for the first few years. Unplanned cash requirements are always emotionally painful.

  8. Establish billing and collection procedures to maximize your cash flow.

  9. Establish procedures to monitor and control costs.

  10. Setup a home office so you can maximize your tax deductions.

  11. Prepare and file all required state and local licenses and permits.

  12. Prepare and file your application for your Federal Employer Identification Number.

  13. Provide payroll and payroll tax filing when you bring on your first employee.

  14. Comply with employment laws so you don't get hit with fines and unhappy employees.

  15. Identify your business insurance needs.

  16. Develop a solid Partnership Agreement. This is an extremely important document for all new partnerships and will help prevent a tremendous amount of financial and emotional problems down the road.

 

Let us help you succeed by getting your new business off to a good strong start.

We now offer a 4 hour course to get your business entirely set up! 

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Few things are more important to business owners than the value of their business.

The valuation you get for your business can make or break a proposition.

Whether you're negotiating a merger, considering new shareholders, attempting to resolve disputes associated with liability, shareholder equity, estate planning or marital dissolution, objective valuation can make the difference between loss or gain, success or failure.

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Business valuation is not an exact science. It's based on judgment, experience and relevant information. So, you need professionals who are well qualified, with significant experience in evaluating all types of organizations.

Our approach is to intimately know your business in order to understand what constitutes its value. We work closely with you to analyze your operations and historical financial data. Our in-depth knowledge of your business enables us to provide a well-reasoned, fully documented and defensible valuation opinion.

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We provide a full range of business valuation services for the following needs:

  • Bankruptcy

  • Business Disputes

  • Buyouts

  • Divorce

  • Estate Planning

  • Financing

  • Gifting

  • Mergers & Acquisitions

  • Other Business Valuation Scenarios

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A Strategic Business Plan is much more than a tool to obtain financing. If you still have all you plans and ideas locked up inside your head... preparing a strategic plan helps you clarify your company's direction, ensures your key leaders are all "on the same page", and keeps both management and staff focused on the tasks at hand.

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A Strategic Plan is often needed when...

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  • Starting a new venture, product or service

  • Expanding a current organization, product or service

  • Buying a new business, product or service

  • Turning around a declining business

 

The Strategic Plan provides a blueprint, describing your company, its products, the competitive environment, management team, financial health, and business risks.

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The plan allows you to:

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  1. Identify and describe the target customer profile, features, advantages and benefits of your new venture, product or service.

  2. Justify that your plans are credible by fully researching the need being filled with your new venture.

  3. Develop marketing plans including full descriptions of targeted promotional campaigns with implementation timelines. You also get to examine market conditions, the nature of your customers, as well as your competitors, sales potential, and projected results of your promotional campaigns.

  4. Develop staffing plans including identifying the key players, skills, attitudes and expertise needed to build the venture.

  5. Develop management plans including full descriptions of management systems and timelines for implementation.

  6. Develop financial plans including projected startup costs, operating costs, revenue, profits, and break-even analysis for the first 3 to 5 years.

    Projected financial plans allow you to effectively predict upcoming problems, or prevent them. In other words, the perspective gained through your Strategic Business Plan can make a significant contribution to your company's success, and help you get the funding you require. In fact, most lending institutions and private investors will not even talk to you without a solid financial plan.

  7. Identify building and equipment needs including vendors and cost estimates.

  8. Formulate company milestones including timelines for upcoming products and services in development.

 

Remember: Failing to plan is planning to fail. Let us help you develop a powerful Strategic Business Plan that drives your business to the level of success you deserve.

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We now offer a 4 hour course to check whether you're in compliance + help to plan for the future.

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Planning

Our team has made you something

We want to help the start of your business to go as smoothly as possible. 

That's why we've made a very handy resource. 

Take a look at this checklist to starting your business.

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Please feel free to reach out with any questions!

Small business owners shouldn’t miss this

free recorded workshop

This workshop will help small business owners learn about their tax obligations.

This online workshop is an easy way for new small business owners to dive in and for experienced small business owners to brush up on topics relevant to their business.

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In addition to English, the workshop is also available in Spanish, Chinese Traditional, Chinese Simplified, Korean, Russian, Vietnamese, and Haitian Creole. Transcripts and closed caption options are also available.

Business owners can watch the workshop at IRS.gov.

Have questions?

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