When: Saturday February 05, 2011 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Class Size: Only 2 seats left!
Price: Only $100.00!
Have a great idea for a new company but don’t know where to begin in order to establish your business? Join attorney, Certified Public Accountant, and mediator Matt Zenko in a 1/2 day workshop introducing you to the key legal, financial, and operational tasks you should be considering before beginning any new business venture.
All attendees will receive:
This workshop was created to provide you with a well-rounded understanding of the fundamental topics and tasks you should be thinking about before starting any new business venture. Over the course of the day we’ll cover five crucial topics, including:
As a business owner your attention should be focused squarely on the tasks which contribute to the company’s growth. So we’ll kick the workshop off with an overview of the key individuals which you should be adding to your team right away in order to ensure your attention isn’t unnecessarily divided:
Several different business entities are recognized within the United States, and each possesses its own unique set of advantages and drawbacks. Determining which business entity makes the most sense for your purposes will be pivotal in terms of your ability to efficiently manage and grow the company. To help you sort out these details, this step introduces the following topics:
After having decided upon an appropriate business entity, it’s time to form the business and get to work! In this step you’ll learn more about the formation process, helping you to ensure a smooth and rapid transition towards an established entity:
“Death and taxes”, as they say. Understanding how business taxation works will play an incredibly important role in your company’s financial health, and in this step you’ll be exposed to the steps you should take to make sure your company is properly positioned to handle the tax burden in the years to come:
Although you might excel in writing software, building picture frames, publishing books, or designing clothes, keeping tabs on the bottom line will undoubtedly be a talent you’ll want to possess for years to come. In this concluding step you’ll learn all about budgeting, revenue streams, bookkeeping, reporting, and why people, processing and planning will make or break your business. Topics include:
Matthew A. Zenko is an attorney, Certified Public Accountant, and mediator with fifteen years of experience providing a wide variety of clientele with effective business and legal services. In addition to currently serving as the popular CodeMash Conference‘s attorney, Matt’s current and past advisory roles span a wide range of companies, ranging from scrappy startups to respected firms such as the luxury chauffered service ground transportation provider CLS WorldWide Services.
Prior to founding his law firm, Matt served as a Senior Financial Analyst and Quality Analyst for the Berkshire Hathaway Company NetJets Inc., dividing his time with the company between Columbus, Ohio, Portugal and Switzerland, and started his career as a Senior Accountant for Ernst & Young LLP.
