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Our company entered into a forbearance agreement with a lender and I am wondering how this will impact us.
asked by Ila7
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The company frequently issue press releases related to product announcements, new customers, and events, but we don't have a method to track whether or not press releases make a difference.
asked by Gannon73
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We are in the process of improving our procurement department procedures. We want to validate the identity of each company we do business with.
asked by pyotor
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As a sizeable health care company, we have lots of contracts. Some are in paper; some are electronic. For compliance and business reasons the organizaion will soon select and implement contract management system. I am just looking for a frame of reference to begin organizing our contracts in advance.
asked by Nathan71
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What are the best channels to promote Youtube channel in order to get more traffic.
asked by WilliammcClendon
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I want to show a visual of owners in a business and managers in a business. There are people how are both owners and managers. The owners have investments in more than one company. I'd like to show it all on one chart Organization charts can't seem to handle more than one owner. I also can't figure out how to keep from duplicating some of the individuals on the chart. There are just so many ways to layout the chart with that many connections. After searching around, it seems like what I want is a hierarchy chart, but all the results I find are just org chart apps that have the same issues. So what is a hierarchy chart? and is that what I'm looking for?
asked by Sam Schnell
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If you can help me in this question: The University has 3 branches namely central office, Male Branch and Female Branch in Jeddah. The central office is connected to each of its branches through high-speed serial WAN links. Male Branch and Female Branch each has 2 department: Theology & Technical. Each department has its own LAN, which is connected to the main router of the branch. You've been hired by the university to assist them in developing an IP addressing scheme, and you've been given the network address 192.168.20.0/24 to begin with. You are also given a list of networks addressing requirements below: Conditions: • Male Branch’s Theology requires 4 hosts • Female Branch’s Theology requires 4 hosts • Male Branch’s Technical requires 4 hosts • Female Branch’s Technical requires 4 hosts • The link from Male Branch to central office requires and (Internet Protocol) IP address for each end of the link. • The link from Female Branch to central office requires an (Internet Protocol) IP address for each end of the link.
asked by faf
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Need some help with the marketing plan for a new offering targeted at higher ed institutions.
asked by Alexis29
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A larger competitor has been in the news because of an FTC investigation into their advertising practices.
asked by kc_3
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Social media marketing is so new, there are no seasoned professionals. How can I tell if a consultant is any good before hiring him?
asked by Dori
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I am part of a start up looking to raise some early money. Most of the investors we talk to want to give us a convertible note. We were expecting to defend our valuations and ownership percentages. The idea of debt for our early business is not attractive to most of the founders. What are the practical implications of the convertible note? Do investors typically get a board seat if they offer a convertible note?
asked by GlennaT
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Specifically the trend in board structure of mid-cap private companies where the Sales and Ops Directors are also shareholders?
asked by Sue
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The founders of a startup business want to discuss the idea in more detail, so they need a business plan. Most business plans are too complex for this early stage of ideation about the business. Is there a short list of topics or headings? What parts of the business should the founders discuss at this early stage?
asked by Jonah-13
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I need help with an exercise in C. This is what I tried to do, but it doesn't work. int main() { int i, leng; char phrase[DIM], word[DIM], word2[DIM]; printf("Write a sentence\n>>"); fgets(phrase, sizeof(phrase), stdin); printf("Enter the word you want to replace in the sentence\n>> "); fgets(word, sizeof(word), stdin); printf("What do you want to replace it with?\n>> "); fgets(word2, sizeof(word2), stdin); leng = strlen(phrase); for(i = 0; i < leng; i++){ if(phrase[i] == word){ phrase[i] = word2; } } printf("%s", phrase); When I start it, these warnings appear: assignment to ‘char’ from ‘char *’ makes integer from pointer without a cast [-Wint-conversion] comparison between pointer and integer What I have tried: I tried to use strcmp, but i don't know how to use it with this exercise
asked by pippepappe
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I currently have Windows 8 and I have gotten used to it. I have recently heard that Windows 10 is really good. Should I upgrade? I use my laptop for gaming as well. Does it have any driver changes that might interfere? Is there any real benefit from upgrading for free, or should I just stay with what I have?
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We are currently using ECWID and are adding a new product to our online store. We are limited as to how we can customize our shipping tables and as a result shipping rates are being calculated on just one of our products. This would be for a small business, any suggestions on what kind of eCommerce shopping cart would accommodate multiple shipping tables?
asked by DRICHARDSON
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Good evening everyone, I have a question in my project and I need your help if possible. The question is: Checksum is used by various protocols on the Internet, but not at the one of TCP / IP layers. Explain. I got confused while I'm searching about it, I search in some sites, and I found that all layers have their own checksum.
asked by faf
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Make a program of an insertion sort. To sort an array of linked list in c/c++
asked by Neha
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I'm having a hard time getting people to "see" themselves as others see them. As an Human Resources generalist, I deal with many leadership, team building, compensation and benefits issues. In this case, I have a particularly challenging team. They are bickering and unproductive. There doesn't seem to be any one person instigating the difficulties. Would appreciate some help getting the group to observe their own behavior to break through the issues.
asked by aretha29
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I already have a McAfee account, now how do I download McAfee?
asked by sandy
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We are a small non-profit company that provides health care in the urban core of our city. A much larger non-profit that is also in health care has approach us about acquiring our company. Is that even possible? What would that mean for our customers? What about our management team and employees?
asked by chancellor23
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I want to open a sqlite database (filetype is .db) in Microsoft SQL Server Management studio.
asked by Octavia
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We typically use auto-renewing contracts for a long term supply agreements. However, we are looking at using evergreen contracts for a few contracts. I'd like to understand the differences between evergreen contracts and auto renewal contracts.
asked by beck59
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I work for a relatively small company going public this year and I need to make a presentation to our management team about the basics of SOX compliance.
asked by vchristian
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We are a small software company that has recently starting getting traction in the enterprise market. Our price point is modest relative to other applications. A prospective customer just asked us for the first time to sign a unilateral NDA. We do not have in house counsel.
asked by Kylie19
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Reviewing the budget for employee incentives and rewards and trying to determine whether or not the spend is justified.
asked by Liberty79
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I am involved in a startup that is discussing whether to form a C Corporation or an LLC. I have some experience with a capitalization table (cap table) but I don't know how to track member equity interest in LLC.
asked by rklein
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The disadvantages seem obvious! but some employers continue to use this system. Why?
asked by Dori
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I recently joined a healthcare company to set up and run its contract management function. While I have lots of contract management experience. The nuances of health care contract management are new to me. We have a lot of Business Associates Agreements (BAAs). Our team asks me for a new every time they start talking to a potential vendor or provider. I would like a better understanding of a BAA, but I also need to know when a Business Associates Agreement is required and once executed, how do I track it.
asked by halee71
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Lee Tillman is the chairman, president and CEO of Marathon Oil (MRO). Does that mean he controls the company even though it is publicly traded?
asked by Sam Schnell
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I am reviewing financial projects from a technology start up. They show the gross profit margin as high as 118%. In some years it is less than 100%. Is there any circumstance that gross profit margin would exceed 100%?
asked by guy79
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This is a 9-person group, diverse in gender, age, management level, and company experience. The off-site meeting is primarily for strategic planning.
asked by brady17
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Visa is publicly traded on the NYSE with the ticker: V. Wondering who are main owners and what the share the officers and directors have.
asked by Sam Schnell
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We get I-9, W-2, and W-4 from new employees, but is there something similar we are supposed to be doing at state level?
asked by Jonah-13
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Sorry for what is probably a very basic question. Part of my job is participating in a committee that approves projects and I am primarily focused on the human resource aspects but would like to better understand the financial side.
asked by thor31
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I work for a small non-profit organization. The husband of one of our board members purchased a domain name for our organization (not at our request). Several weeks later the board member left the organization on bad terms. Now she and her husband refuse to allow us to use the domain name. We have offered to purchase it from them to reimburse their expense, but they refuse to respond to our emails. How do we get our domain name back??
asked by Andree
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One or our databases currently stores information related to documents that are stored in the filesystem but considering storing these documents in the database itself.
asked by wendy_s
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I've always considered LLC's to be for small personal businesses such as software consultancies, design agencies and so on. But there are large companies I'd have thought would be full corporations but are not. For example, Kaiser Permanente is an LLC with 150,000 employees. Chrysler, the car company, is also an LLC.What benefit do they get from being LLCs?
asked by mkennedy
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We have contracts with regulated companies (health care). The contracts require us as a vendor to monitor and comply with laws that cover our work with our clients. Our client health care companies also have the right to review our performance and processes. I'm not sure how to perform or track compliance reviews related to a contract.
asked by halee71
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I am new to contract management. Most of our contracts have fixed terms. But I've just learned that contract "auto-renewed" without anyone on our team knowing about it. How can I figure out whether a contract is auto-renewing?
asked by mmodero
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We are developing a list of potential acquisition targets in our industry. We have existing alliance or joint venture agreements with some of these companies. We can get to the fuzzy front end to open the discussion, but then our conversations stall because they all want a Letter of Intent (LOI). Since we are simply shopping for one acquisition target among many we don't have enough answers to give them a LOI. After some research it seems like an Indication of Interest (IOI) is a better tool for our needs. We would like to understand how an Indication of Interest fits in the negotiation process. It would also be useful to understand what an IOI should cover? What are the main differences with an LOI?
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Selling annual software subscriptions. Customer pays full year upfront - subscription revenue recognized ratably over the year. Sales rep gets paid within 30 days after customer payment received.
asked by clark31
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I am doing a research paper on ExxonMobil and the methods their managers use for product costing. On ExxonMobil's SEC filings, they use Absorption costing because it is mandated by the government. What I am interested in is what costing methods they use for their product costing. Some of those that we are studying are Activity Based Costing (ABC), Relevant Costing, or Standard Costing. Any advice will be appreciated.
asked by sbhealey
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Exploring opportunities to improve our quality control process and trying to understand the various standards that exist.
asked by blaine97
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D&B reports show relative comparisons to the region and industry of the business but we would like a more general point of reference to use in evaluating potential suppliers.
asked by hunter89
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Our IT department is looking at increasing our investments in open source solutions like Linux, because they want more control. We are performance a financial analysis of this initiative. Someone on the team proposed looking at Apple (Macs) as an alternative. Of course, everyone scoffed at the idea. The real choice seems to be between Microsoft Windows and Red Hat Linux. It is clear, however, that no one in our organization has looked at the data. Does anyone have experience with a migration to Apple for enterprise or business software / computing. At a minimum, I would like to know of any trends for Apple in the enterprise or business computing segment.
asked by boris89
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Working on valuing a business with big variations in working capital during the year, so how do I deal with the possibility that the transaction closes at a time when working capital is very low? It seems that using the discounted cash flow method for valuation is essentially assuming an average working capital figure at the time of the transaction (which in this case is highly unlikely).
asked by caseyb1
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Launching a new website and looking at using Google Adsense for advertising. Company is based in Texas.
asked by benedict.c
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We are raising initial funds and interested investors have proposed a convertible note that includes a valuation cap that works as a maximum for the price at which their note would convert to equity as well as a discount rate that gives the investors a discount for their note conversion from the price of shares offered to other investors in a future funding round. Why are they asking for both when it seems that the discount rate gives them all the benefits that they need as early investors (favorable share pricing terms to any future investors)?
asked by Ryder23
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I am tasked with formalizing our strategic planning process and my boss keeps referencing Hoshin Planning.
asked by kamal97
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We are trying to figure out what portion of the capital raise will go to the bankers.
asked by Yas
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I'm evaluating the strength of the tenant in a building I want to buy.
asked by Dori
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We send email messages to our customers regularly and need to determine which messages should get approval from legal before going out.
asked by blaine53
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We have traditionally used a direct sales model. But our company is exploring the idea of using distributors or alliance partners to resell our products. How should find distributors? Is it best to look for distributors by territory or industry? Does it matter whether our products are high volume or low?
asked by hollyp
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Opening a Houston office and getting ready to make some initial hires.
asked by britanney37
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We are revising our software licenses to be "all-inclusive," meaning there is one price for a term that includes the license, maintenance, and services. Most agreements are three years. How do we recognize revenue under GAAP?
asked by Maddy
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Specifically, what the accounting requirements for research and development (R&D tax credits) for software companies? Are there any reasons not to claim R&D tax credits? What effect on basis do they have, if any, for intellectual property assets?
asked by rklein
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We are would like to buy our first small business. The seller said that he is "open to an earn out." The company is a subchapter C corporation, but this issue came up in another deal where the business was organized as a California limited liability company (LLC). I would appreciate a business and finance explanation of an earn, not a legal description.
asked by Idona
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how can I measure social media effectiveness?
asked by ShaunDakin
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Head of sales says that our sales compensation plans are not competitive.
asked by u.daniel
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We are in the process of standardizing our Requests for Proposal (RFPs) for vendors and partners. One of the areas where we have been inconsistent is the request for information about the vendor's corporate structure and identity. Sometimes we ask for simple facts like place of incorporation and principle place of business. In other cases, we ask about the board of directors, shareholders, and the like. What is usually included in an RFP about the vendor's corporate structure?
asked by Kylie19
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We are a small but growing company. We have not provided any health insurance for our employees, but are now looking at options. There are a host of options. We do not necessary need recommendations of specific providers. At this stage, we need to know how to ask intelligent questions. For example, we have a mostly young and healthy staff. Should we just offer a high deductible option?
asked by boris89
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We have found that messages are being sent from fake addresses using our domain, but are not sure what is happening or how to stop it.
asked by nvg3
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I recently left my job as a compliance officer at a financial services firm to join a compliance software company as a domain expert. The jump is larger than I expected. There is a lot about the software development process that eludes me. I am trying to understand what product management is or rather what its role is so I can produce better work product.
asked by mmendez
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Not currently offering any employee retirement plan but looking at options appropriate for a small business with less than 20 employees.
asked by v_meadows
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I just started a job at a company that loves to use acronyms. I have been here just one day and keep hearing the term "NDA". What does it stand for?
asked by cpollard
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I am distributing rdp files to several users and would like the files to have the multiple monitor setting enabled without the users having to make changes on their end.
asked by regan89
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The contract is a 3 year contract with 3 one-year automatic renewals - payment for a full year due at the beginning of each year of the contract. The renewal periods can be canceled with no penalty upon notice from the customer at least 30 days before the renewal period begins.
asked by sloane5
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My new manager is pushing for Six Sigma practices, so I am trying to understand the real benefits of what sounds like a big implementation effort.
asked by rachel83
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We are working on an acquisition. My boss wants me to calculate the Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) for the target company. She does not want me to calculate our Return on Investment ROI for the acquisition. I think she wants me to measure the effectiveness of their internal capital investments. I am not sure how to calculate return on invested capital.
asked by boris89
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I need an easy way to use some Windows software in our Linux environment.
asked by Brittany59
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I own a small business with no employees and have been using various contractors for sales and IT work over the last few years.
asked by lee43
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We are considering a substantial enterprise application development effort. The application will be multi-tenant, global and highly configurable. Most of our internal team supports SQL. But it would be help to have another perspective, especially if its objective.
asked by ktanner
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Considering an across the board 10% price increase and need to assess what impact it will have on volumes.
asked by hollyp
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With Microsoft's offer to acquire Activision, where does Activision fit in the Microsoft business?
asked by Sam Schnell
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I am an author who sells small quantities of my books at presentations to groups. Am I responsible for collecting and filing state and local sales taxes at each location in every state where I make in-person sales?
asked by Sara
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I am looking into a job opportunity with a software company that describes themselves as a "startup studio". What do they mean?
asked by meredith2
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We are looking at a lot of investment and acquisition opportunities, including a mix of established and new businesses. Many of them have revenue "hockey sticks" in the projected years. I mean that they assume fast growth in sales once they finish project XYZ. Their financial projections show incredible growth. Of course, we are skeptical but our team cannot agree on how to best forecast growth. I'd like to know if there are norms or quantitive data about growth rates out there that we could use in our models to come up with a better valuation.
asked by rachel83
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Looking to add a junior level accountant to our finance group but don't have any comparable positions currently.
asked by i.bond
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We are opening a facility in California and understand that non-competes are effectively illegal there.
asked by guy79
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With so many lease agreements for different pieces of equipment, it does not make sense to track our "lease agreements," because that is too general. We would like to distinguish the contracts or leases in some way other than by type of contract. They are still leases after all. Is there a way to track contracts by the type of equipment or subject of the contract?
asked by kc_3
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In our finance office we talk about "structuring the deal" quite a bit. But we also talk about corporate structure. I am not entirely clear about the difference.
asked by Sam Schnell
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Non-monetary sales incentives specifically
asked by chris.christensen
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We are reviewing our strategic plan as an independent business unit in a larger organization. We are debating whether to ask for a substantial increase in our sales and marketing budget to hire a larger sales team. Some on our team think we should not hire a sales team and instead seek out distributors. There are several in our industry which might be willing to carry our products. What are the pros and cons of hiring a sales team versus contracting with distributors?
asked by marty13
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Want to redirect traffic to a rebranded website at a new domain without rewinding SEO progress made on old site.
asked by cathleen97
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Since Facebook is publicly traded and has been rebranded as Meta Platforms, does Mark Zuckerberg still control the company.
asked by Sam Schnell
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The business has grown from 3 to 10 employees over the last year and not sure what we are required to do as far as offering health benefits or providing health insurance info.
asked by Whilemina79
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We rely on overall customer satisfaction scores to measure customer service performance and are looking for a more detailed set of metrics to help identify improvement opportunities.
asked by whitney.g
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We are a small software provider and a prospect is asking us to provide a SAS 70 report or equivalent information about our information security.
asked by bradley_e
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Our company is an established printer with a long history. We are quite profitable relative to our peers. It is obvious, however, that the printing industry in general is in decline. We are also noticing that clients are ordering less volume. So far we have been able to hold prices but the early indicators from our sales team is that we will see push back on our prices next quarter. All of our management discussions focus on efficiency and optimizing equipment utilization. It seems like we should be looking at a significant strategic alternatives. For example exiting the publishing business or acquiring competitors.
asked by Gannon73
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Looking for benchmarks on employer vs employee cost of health insurance as we assess our health benefits.
asked by irma83
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We recently hosted a conference where for our (very) small non-profit organization. Two deaf conference attendees requested ASL interpreters. We had not budgeted for ASL interpretation and were really set back by the nearly $2000 it cost to hire interpreters. What is our legal obligation to provide ADA accommodations? We certainly wish to be inclusive and supportive of all attendees. How can we better plan for the staggering cost of providing teams of interpreters for multi-session, multi-day events?
asked by Andree
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People with the job titles "investment banker" and "business broker" seem to serve the same function. Both help business owners sell their business. Both also represent buyers looking for companies to buy. What are the differences? How is compensation different between investment bankers and business brokers? Is this just a terminology difference?
asked by guy79
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I hired a business broker to help me sell my small equipment manufacturing business, but looking for some independent verification on business valuation.
asked by Shad19
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I am particularly interested in legal entity identifier numbers from the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). What are these numbers for? More specifically, how does an LEI differ from an EIN or D-U-N-S number?
asked by Sam Schnell
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Private company with some new investors looking for concise quarterly snapshot of business health.
asked by gw7
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I work for an established software company in operations, which means that I do not have any role in product management or developement. I want to pitch an software project idea to the product management team based on my work with our clients. I have written most of the business case with revenue projections, development costs, and continuing maintenance costs based on some internal and external data. However, I'm struggling with the advice I've seen to consider opportunity costs. How do I get that data? Does my business case need to include it?
asked by nadine73
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Working with a new startup management team. We are wondering what is the most common structure for a new entity.
asked by pyotor
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Our company does not have internal IT resources and we are looking to outsource some development work. We want to be sure that the work is completed with commonly used tools so that we can easily find ongoing support as needed.
asked by Blair3
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My company recently introduced a long term incentive plan for managers at my level. It just sounds like a deferred bonus program. How are they suppose to work?
asked by pyotor
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I want to get IBM C4040-129 certification. Please help where to find reliable resources for studying. Any help appreciated.
asked by Boriss
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We provide services to customers using a product sold by a company we are partnering with. We negotiated a contract where we provide those services at a reduce rate and the company pays us a royalty on sales of the product as compensation for the reduced service rate. Our auditors have told us that the income we receive from these royalty payments is taxable as ordinary income rather than at the lower tax rate for royalties, but we are struggling to understand why.
asked by Montana23
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We want to make our contracts more useful to managers throughout the company. Full text search of contract files does not actually help them get what they need because it often shows too many or too few results. Even if they find a useful provision, the manager still has to interpret the language, which is the job of our legal department. Is there a way to track provisions in a more structured and consistent manner that would show on a report? We would like to show the obligations or requirements across our contract portfolio.
asked by Maddy
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We sell SaaS software subscriptions to customers across the United States and do not charge sales tax. I recently heard that regulations have changed in New York to make SaaS software subscriptions taxable.
asked by emerson89
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Working on an analysis of alternative marketing strategies for attracting customers to a retail website.
asked by h-wilk5
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Trying to determine whether or not our ad designs are more or less effective than similar ads in our industry.
asked by rhonda19
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Considering incorporating billboards into our marketing plan for new locations.
asked by cedric_9
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More particularly, when is IFRS used for accounting guidance and when is GAAP used? What are the regulatory implications?
asked by chancellor23
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I am a domain expert working on a due diligence team as part of a corporate acquisition. The term "proprietary deal flow" came up and I would like to know what it is and how it works.
asked by guy79
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We have an internal software development team. They develop new products, but they also maintain existing products. What costs get capitalized? Does all development for new products get capitalized? Is there any discretion. For example, if the product is an add-on to an existing solution, does that matter. We would prefer to take the expense in the current year to reduce taxable income, but I'm not sure if that is permitted. What about the maintenance work? Is software maintenance work (done by the same people) always an expense? Under what circumstances would it be capitalized? I need to know the GAAP treatment.
asked by boris89
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We have a few vendors and consultants how are sole proprietors or part of small firms, where one person is critical to the service they provide. In one case the vendor has a special license that we depend on. The consultants all have special skills. They do good work and we have no desire to replace them. We are concerned, however, that something might happen to the vendor or consultant mid-project. What steps can we take to protect ourselves mid project? What can we do before engaging with a new consultant or vendor with a key person?
asked by Kylie19
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A large shareholder would like to meet with management, but we are concerned about the disclosure requirements related to such a meeting.
asked by wing-j
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The company is based in California and has some remote employees in New York.
asked by Eric71
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My boss asked me to come up with an independent estimate of the timeline for a large project that involves several departments and outside contractors.
asked by gbanks5
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One of our websites has been running on a server without a SSL certificate, we have installed the SSL certificate and are planning to 301 redirect the http to https.
asked by s-james
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We are negotiating is a description license to Enterprise software. The agreement includes both of the license and support for the product. The vendor defines support to include maintenance releases. However, it is not clear what is included in the maintenance release. The agreement references point versions but the determination of whether a release is a point version or a major release seems arbitrary.
asked by Dorian31
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The company is starting a newsletter mailing and I am working on the budget.
asked by berk3
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Working on justifying some additional resources for the training group.
asked by Priscilla13
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I received permission to use a registered trademark with modification to identify my service. Where and how do I need to acknowledge that I have permission from the trademark holder. I also have permission to use any copyrighted materials. Same question: where and how to acknowledge I am using copyrighted material (in this case, text)?
asked by Andree