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Kruze Consulting's Founders and Friends Podcast for Startups

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Dec 8, 2020 • 29min

Mark Loranger of Braavo, provider of on-demand funding for mobile apps and games

Mark Loranger talks about founding Braavo (https://www.getbraavo.com), a leader in on-demand funding for mobile apps and games. Braavo's Revenue-based funding allows founders to scale on their own terms, without giving up equity. Founders love our US-based account management team - with an average of over 10 years of experience, our controllers, CPAs, accountants and bookkeepers understand the challenges of high-growth startups. Kruze Consulting is also 100% focused on working with funded Delaware C-Corps who have raised at least half a million in seed or venture capital financing. Learn more about Kruze affordable prices (https://kruzeconsulting.com/pricing) and choose the plan that best matches your startup’s funding level.
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Nov 18, 2020 • 28min

Michael Martin on Avenue 8, the residential real estate brokerage for the new age

Michael Martin, co-founder of Avenue 8 (https://www.avenue8.com), talks about the startup's residential brokerage platform that empowers agents to be more entrepreneurial, close from anywhere, and keep substantially more of their income. Kruze Cares More - We take our clients' success (https://kruzeconsulting.com/reviews) - and happiness - seriously. Kruze has worked with hundreds of early-stage companies, many of which have gone on to raise tens to hundreds of millions in venture financing - and a number of which have been successfully acquired by major public companies.
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Nov 11, 2020 • 26min

Patrick Lee on founding Top Corner Capital, a venture debt fund for early-stage startups

Patrick Lee stops by to tell the founding story of Top Corner Capital, a venture debt fund for early-stage startups. Scott & Patrick are old friends from Hambrecht & Quist / JP Morgan. They discuss those early years in their career, Patrick's time at Pinnacle & WTI, and finally Top Corner's advantage in focusing only on the very early-stage startups. Find out why Kruze Consulting is an experienced finance and accounting firm for startups in San Francisco, Silicon Valley, and the US. Our clients have raised over $3.5 billion in venture and seed financing, and our team knows how to navigate the VC diligence process. Get in touch with Kruze experts now! https://kruzeconsulting.com/startup-venture-capital-finance-experts
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Nov 5, 2020 • 28min

Tarin Calmeyer on Remote Team Wellness and it's virtual corporate wellness solution

Tarin Calmeyer shares how she founded Remote Team Wellness (https://remoteteamwellness.com) which has become the world's first live virtual corporate wellness solution designed to bring health and balance to companies and their employees through group sessions. Find out why Kruze Consulting is one of the leading accounting firms in San Francisco (https://kruzeconsulting.com/san-francisco-accounting) and the US, serving funded, early-stage companies. Kruze clients have raised over $3.5 billion in venture capital and seed financing, and our research and development tax credit (https://kruzeconsulting.com/research-and-development-tax-credit-us) work has saved clients millions of dollars in burn rate and payroll taxes. Contact Kruze to learn more.
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Oct 28, 2020 • 45min

Mark MacLeod on Coaching, Advising & Investing in CEOs & CFOs of high growth technology companies

Mark MacLeod talks about his new Executive Coaching practice (https://markmacleod.me). We talk about how Mark's favorite part of his previous role at SurePath was the advising and coaching he did alongside fundraising & M&A advice. Mark gave up SurePath to focus on Coaching and is having more fun and more impact. Learn more about why we are one of the best accounting, tax, and bookkeeping firms serving VC-backed companies by visiting the Kruze Consulting reviews page: https://kruzeconsulting.com/customer-reviews
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Oct 21, 2020 • 28min

Zoe Hewitt of EQT Ventures on building one of Europe's largest Venture Capital Funds

Zoe Hewitt of EQT Ventures (https://eqtventures.com) on building one of Europe's largest Venture Capital Funds via technology and founder support. Zoe shares her own Operations journey, EQT's emphasis on building tools that produce insights into entrepreneurs, and EQT's future. Interviewed by Scott Orn of Kruze Consulting, the leading accounting firm to funded startups. https://kruzeconsulting.com
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Oct 15, 2020 • 36min

Ian White of ChartHop on bringing transparency to your organization

Ian White is the Founder & CEO of ChartHop (https://www.charthop.com), an Org Chart Tool & more that brings transparency to your organization. With ChartHop, you can automatically create and update org charts, build headcount plans, and analyze all your people data in one central hub, no spreadsheets needed. Interviewed by Scott Orn of Kruze Consulting, the leading accounting firm to funded startups. https://kruzeconsulting.com
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Oct 8, 2020 • 32min

Alex Baluta on Flow Capital's founder-friendly venture debt options

Alex Baluta of Flow Capital (https://flowcap.com), which provides founder-friendly growth capital for companies across North America and the UK through venture debt and revenue-based financing. Interviewed by Scott Orn of Kruze Consulting, the leading accounting firm to funded startups. https://kruzeconsulting.com
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Sep 29, 2020 • 37min

Travis Hedge of Vouch on Business Insurance For Startups

Travis Hedge of Vouch (https://www.vouch.us) on Business Insurance For Startups. Travis talks about growing up in his family's insurance business, spending time at SVB, and then co-founding Vouch. Interviewed by Scott Orn of Kruze Consulting, the leading accounting firm to funded startups. https://kruzeconsulting.com
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Sep 23, 2020 • 31min

Matt Van Itallie on Sema Software's platform that powers technical due diligence for executives

Matt Van Itallie on Sema Software's platform (https://semasoftware.com) that powers technical due diligence for executives and provides tools to find and fix technical debt. Interviewed by Scott Orn of Kruze Consulting, the leading accounting firm to funded startups. https://kruzeconsulting.com

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