Tag Archives: Guest Blogger

Your Equity – Protect It

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 [...]

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Who is Your Business Plan Written For?

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 [...]

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It’s Not Your Daddy’s Chamber of Commerce!

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 [...]

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Going Social at Austin City Limits

Going Social at Austin City Limits

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, [...]

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Will You Be Ready to Recruit?

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 [...]

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20th Anniversary of the Austin Technology Incubator

20th Anniversary of the Austin Technology Incubator

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 [...]

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Accelerator Review from TechDrawl

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 [...]

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You Don’t Need To Be An Extrovert To Network At SXSW (Or At Any Conference)

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 [...]

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Employee Engagement and Business Culture

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 [...]

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Advice for Startups That Outsource Key Roles

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. [...]

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