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This Week in Startups

End of year startup accounting checklist | Finance Basics with Kruze Consulting’s Scott Orn | E1334

This Week in Startups

Jason Calacanis

Technology

4.21.4K Ratings

🗓️ 29 November 2021

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Kruze Consulting COO Scott Orn shares the seven tasks founders need to complete before years end. Jason and Scott discuss efficiently navigating compliance and tax deadlines, taking advantage of tax incentives for VC-backed startups, financial planning and more.

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0:00.0

All right, welcome back.

0:04.8

It's another startup basics we're talking about finance with my friend Scott, Orn from

0:10.2

Cruise Consulting.

0:11.5

You can see all the basics we've done over the years at thisweekandstartups.com slash basics.

0:16.1

Why do we do this show?

0:17.1

Because people ask me the same basic questions over and over again.

0:19.7

And then I have vendors and partners I work with, kind of like our default people when we

0:24.0

invest in a company.

0:25.0

They say, hey, do you have an accountant?

0:26.0

Do you have a lawyer?

0:27.0

I say, here's a short list.

0:28.0

Yeah, me with these two, three people.

0:29.6

And on the short list is Scott and Cruise.

0:31.5

They do a great job.

0:32.5

They've worked with a bunch of companies that I've been lucky enough to be in the seed

0:37.0

round before the products we even launched.

0:39.0

Com, density, superhuman.

0:40.6

You know these names.

0:41.6

They've been incredible companies for me to work with and incredible companies for Scott

0:45.0

to work with.

0:46.0

Welcome back.

0:47.0

Scott.

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