Talk to any investor about the market about how they decide which companies to invest in, and you’ll find that they ask one question over and over: What’s the risk level? For startups trying to get their companies off the ground, mitigating risk is crucial. All...
If you’re a small business owner, taking risks is part of your job. From the start, people who create their own businesses are taking a risk by forgoing the comfort of a stable job for the chance to be their own bosses and do something new. While 84% of business...
Today, we are excited to announce that ScaleFactor has closed a $30M Series B round, led by Bessemer Venture Partners. Our returning investors include Canaan, Broadhaven Ventures, Firebrand Ventures, and several prominent angel investors. We are so grateful to these...
Looking back on the past year, it’s hard to believe where we started out. In January, we were a small but mighty team, working together to make accounting a little less painful for small business owners. In the last twelve months, not only have we grown from a small...
In this heavyweight bout, we’ll use real numbers to explore the difference in an employee’s take home pay for two of the largest startup tech sectors in America. First, we’ll identify the different employee payroll taxes, and then we’ll run a scenario to show the...
Recite your company’s core values. Now ask the person next to you to do the same. Different answers? Culture can be one of the most difficult things to define, especially for a new company who has yet to cultivate its identity. It is paramount for culture to be...
