Monthly Archives: December 2010

A worker compensation policy is not optional.

Posted on December 17, 2010 by Dave Berkus

This is one that early stage CEO’s are almost universally unaware of.  Most every state requires that any company with employees be covered by a policy of insurance against claims by workers for injury on the job, or worker compensation … Continue reading →

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Insurance is always too expensive until needed.

Posted on December 9, 2010 by Dave Berkus

This insight seems obvious to most anyone.  But it is a fact that business insurance is one of the more poorly managed mitigation of risk in small and some medium sized corporations, often because of failure to assign the responsibility … Continue reading →

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Stock options: Guard the Gold

Posted on December 6, 2010 by Dave Berkus

Use stock options and warrants to pay for service only rarely. Earlier, I stated that stock options are the currency of early stage business.  This truth is obvious when a start-up has no cash.  For this insight, we will assume … Continue reading →

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