Today’s guest blogger is Ellen Wood who is the co-founder and CEO of Austin based vcfo, inc. The firm specializes in operational finance and accounting, HR Solutions and recruiting services for companies of all sizes. She can be reached at 512-345-9441. For most entrepreneurs equity is just a word the lawyers and finance people use when talking about funding. It’s not something that is front and center on a daily basis – but it should [...]
Today’s guest blogger is Corey Blahuta, the managing director for the Austin office of vcfo. The firm specializes in operational finance and accounting, HR Solutions and recruiting services for companies of all sizes. He can be reached at 512-345-9441. I had an unusual experience the other day that I thought other entrepreneurs would find interesting and possibly instructive. I received an e-mail from a successful business owner and entrepreneur looking for some advice on software [...]
Today’s guest blogger is Ellen Wood, the co-founder and CEO of Austin based vcfo, inc. The firm specializes in operational finance and accounting, HR Solutions and recruiting services for companies of all sizes. She can be reached at 512-345-9441. www.vcfo.com. Yes – that’s right. The Austin Chamber of Commerce is making a big difference for everyone in Austin. Do we really think Austin is the number one place to do business in the United States [...]
Today’s guest blogger is Michael Feferman who writes the digital marketing blog for C3 Presents, the producer behind Austin City Limits, Lolapalooza, and other festivals. The company is implemeting some neat technologies like Facebook Connect, for their festival websites. The core technology that is using Connect is being developed by DoStuffMedia, which also powers Do512. So, we’re pretty psyched about the way our Facebook Connect integration has gone off so far on our Festival websites. [...]
Our guest blogger today is Greg Garrison, the president of vrecruting – Recruiting solutions from vcfo. He has over 17 years experience in the recruiting and staffing industry, and is regularly quoted nationally as a thought-leader in employment trends. He can be reached at ggarrison@vcfo.com or 512-450-6569. Chances are you’re not thinking much about recruiting these days. The wavering economy has certainly served as an effective appetite suppressant for most companies. The ravenous need for [...]
Today’s guest post is by Aruni Gunasegaram, who runs operations for the ATI, blogs at entrepreMusings, and is a serial entrepreneur. She received her MBA from the University of Texas, and previously had gone back to teach business and entrepreneurship at the McCombs School of Business. Her side gig is BabbleSoft, a company that offers web and wireless based solutions to new parents. The Austin Technology Incubator is 20 years old this year – 2009. [...]
Our friends over at TechDrawl sent a special correspondent to Accelerator, who just happens to be the daughter of the publishers and a UT student, Audrey Dyer. Since most of the web applications these days are aimed a young people, it was great to see the perspective of someone who is part of the target audience. Audrey did an extensive review of each company, and she made her predictions of the winners. For spring break [...]
Today’s guest blogger is Thom Singer, the director of business development for vcfo. He is also the author of several books on the power of business relationships and networking. One of the most popular reasons that people site for attending an industry conference is for the “networking opportunities”. However, once they arrive at these multi-day events they often fail to make any important or lasting connections. This is unfortunate, as the other people who are [...]
Guest blogger Tim Wright is the principal of WrightResults, and blogs at CultureToEngage. Today he has some great information for us about the value and necessity of employee engagement in a startup. Over 5,000 Fortune 500 employees were surveyed (2006-07) by PeopleMetrics, “a leading research firm specializing in employee engagement, customer engagement, and strategic market research.” A key finding from the survey was this: companies in the highest quartile in profitability had twice as many [...]
Today’s guest blogger is Ellen Wood who is the co-founder and CEO of Austin based vcfo. The firm specializes in operational finance and accounting, HR Solutions and recruiting services for companies of all sizes. She can be reached at 512-345-9441. The outsourcing of key roles inside companies of all sizes is becoming more common. Historically companies have looked to outside experts for highly specialized assistance in areas such as audit, tax, and legal assistance. In [...]
