AMPLĒO BLOG
Tips and tricks to help you run your business, from Amplēo's top financial and strategy experts
September 10, 2020
Seeing Your Strategy in Your Numbers
By Rob Lund
If you have a business strategy, it should be visible in your financials. Point blank. This may seem like an obvious claim, but surprisingly, not all business owners come to recognize this. Accor...
August 03, 2020
3 Ways to Develop a Culture of Accountability
By Dave Chase
If you’re a business owner, you know the feeling of balancing the world on your plate. Your main priority is to make your business succeed, and your hope is that you build out a high-performing team...
June 24, 2020
5 Steps to Survive a Cash Crunch
By Matt McKinlay
As a turnaround professional, I help companies that have fallen behind in their financial obligations to creditors, employees, and other stakeholders. The cash problems a company experiences usually s...
January 08, 2020
Why You Should Hire an Outsourced CFO
By Dave Chase
The Chief Financial Officer (CFO) is a key influencer on a business’s success. From startup to enterprise, every business benefits from a strategic CFO. Though different companies have different nee...
October 03, 2019
Convertible Notes, SAFE Notes, and Revenue-Based Financing Explained (In Simple Language)
By Dave Chase
We frequently are asked about the merits of various methods of business funding. When CEOs are curious about non-equity capital, those discussions inevitably come around to the ideas convertible not...
September 25, 2019
1 Question CEOs Should Ask Before Starting a Business
By Dave Chase
The Mark Zuckerberg era of moving fast and breaking things is over. A more socially aware society requires more from CEOs than ever before. Now, CEOs are not only expected to bring a value driven prod...
September 10, 2019
An Authentic and Humble Approach to Leadership
By Dave Chase
What is true leadership? Leadership isn’t fame, fortune, or even internal satisfaction. Rather, leadership is about creating a positive and lasting impact. Combined in a CEO, authenticity and humili...
August 28, 2019
Maximizing Your Valuation; Minimizing Risk for Your Best Valuation Yet
By JB Henriksen
The valuation of a business may seem complex, but it always boils down to this: the value of a business is the amount a buyer is willing to pay a seller. While the concept is simple, valuing a bus...
May 07, 2019
The Gig Economy and Finance — Why It’ll Work For You
By Patrick Ord
We are living in the “gig economy”. What does that mean for you and your business? The shift from full-time to gig-based work is shaking up the economy in a major way. But don’t be fooled –...
January 18, 2019
Women in VC and Compensation — An Analysis
By Dave Chase
Pitchbook recently posted an article on the gender pay gap in private equity and venture capital firms and their findings were extremely insightful. To summarize the findings, cash compensation was co...
January 02, 2019
3 Tips to Start the New Year on the Right Foot
By Dave Chase
It's day two of a new year and the perfect opportunity to plan for the year. Here are 3 tips to start your business on the right foot in 2019. Throughout the holiday season, I've spent a lot of...
December 18, 2018
Why Utah is the Place to Start a Business
By Dave Chase
When considering the best places to start a business, many people immediately think Silicon Valley. However, entrepreneurial hubs like Silicon Slips in Lehi, UT seem to be popping up around the countr...