Opening a Houston office and getting ready to make some initial hires.

Specifically the trend in board structure of mid-cap private companies where the Sales and Ops Directors are also shareholders?

Working on justifying some additional resources for the training group.

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 common...

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 ha...

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 n...

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 ...

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 pres...

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. ...

More particularly, when is IFRS used for accounting guidance and when is GAAP used? What are the regulatory implications?

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 pe...

Do companies reflect the market value of their assets on the balance sheet? If not, how are asset values shown on a company's balance sheet determined?

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 t...

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 resu...

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?

I want to open a sqlite database (filetype is .db) in Microsoft SQL Server Management studio.

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 the...

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...

Considering an across the board 10% price increase and need to assess what impact it will have on volumes.

We have a small consulting business. Our clients pay upfront for our services and we provide those services at the clients request sometimes in the same mon...

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'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, comp...

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 wo...

We send email messages to our customers regularly and need to determine which messages should get approval from legal before going out.

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 red...

Working with a new startup management team. We are wondering what is the most common structure for a new entity.

I want to get IBM C4040-129 certification. Please help where to find reliable resources for studying. Any help appreciated.

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 ...

People with the job titles "investment banker" and "business broker" seem to serve the same function. Both help business owners sell their business. Both al...

One or our databases currently stores information related to documents that are stored in the filesystem but considering storing these documents in the database...

I'm evaluating the strength of the tenant in a building I want to buy.

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 iss...

Exploring opportunities to improve our quality control process and trying to understand the various standards that exist.

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 tim...

Clients have been asking about what corporate forms are common. It is more important to assess their tax and financial objectives, but I would be interested...

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 ...

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 ...

Several influential people in my company keep pushing us to buy other companies. They say that we should look a building solutions internally and partnershi...

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). Se...

I'm just wondering... Do you need a degree to work as a SEO specialist?

I am tasked with formalizing our strategic planning process and my boss keeps referencing Hoshin Planning.

Reviewing the budget for employee incentives and rewards and trying to determine whether or not the spend is justified.

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 reques...

I have been running a small wholesale distribution business (drop ship) for the last 18 months or so. This is work I've been doing in my spare time on the s...

Our IT department is looking at increasing our investments in open source solutions like Linux, because they want more control. We are performance a financi...

Our software development team complains a lot about the requirements we received from product management. In theory we use an agile development methodology but ...

We are opening a facility in California and understand that non-competes are effectively illegal there.

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 Yor...

Launching a new website and looking at using Google Adsense for advertising. Company is based in Texas.

We are in the process of improving our procurement department procedures. We want to validate the identity of each company we do business with.

I am looking into a job opportunity with a software company that describes themselves as a "startup studio". What do they mean?

Our company entered into a forbearance agreement with a lender and I am wondering how this will impact us.

What can I do to make my shop appeasing to the customers even though I' m selling old stuffs.

What is best application for UI design?

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. Mos...

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 costin...

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 a...

Working on an analysis of alternative marketing strategies for attracting customers to a retail website.

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.

We are considering a substantial enterprise application development effort. The application will be multi-tenant, global and highly configurable. Most of ou...

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 soft...

The disadvantages seem obvious! but some employers continue to use this system. Why?

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 calcul...

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 s...

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.

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 wou...

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 ...

The company is starting a newsletter mailing and I am working on the budget.

Our corporate bylaws include the following: At any time or times that the corporation is subject to Section 2115(b) of the California General Corporation La...

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.

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...

Private company with some new investors looking for concise quarterly snapshot of business health.

Want to redirect traffic to a rebranded website at a new domain without rewinding SEO progress made on old site.

I need an easy way to use some Windows software in our Linux environment.

This is a 9-person group, diverse in gender, age, management level, and company experience. The off-site meeting is primarily for strategic planning.

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 s...

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 impr...

We recently hosted a conference where for our (very) small non-profit organization. Two deaf conference attendees requested ASL interpreters. We had not b...

Selling annual software subscriptions. Customer pays full year upfront - subscription revenue recognized ratably over the year. Sales rep gets paid within 30 da...

We have an internal software development team. They develop new products, but they also maintain existing products. What costs get capitalized? Does all de...

Looking for benchmarks on employer vs employee cost of health insurance as we assess our health benefits.

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. W...

List of recommended books for career development

I am evaluating Career Services Management platforms available in US for one of my clients which is a large university. Came across a few, Cynaptx is impressive...

We are setting up a new start up company. The bylaws cover board of directors votes on corporate questions. Decisions include things like routine operationa...

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...

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 ...

Thinking through choice of legal entity for a startup.

I'd like to change some material properties mid-simulation, and I feel the best way to do this is through conditional statements that depend on time. ...

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 ...

I own a small business with no employees and have been using various contractors for sales and IT work over the last few years.

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...

I hired a business broker to help me sell my small equipment manufacturing business, but looking for some independent verification on business valuation.

We are reviewing a proposal from a vendor to build a web application and they have proposed using a NoSQL database as the backend for our application. I am ...

A larger competitor has been in the news because of an FTC investigation into their advertising practices.

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. Ho...

Trying to determine whether or not our ad designs are more or less effective than similar ads in our industry.

Looking to add a junior level accountant to our finance group but don't have any comparable positions currently.

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 st...

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.