MIdjourney the Independent Research Lab
Midjourney is the new emerging technology with the potential for some serious growth.
Author: Durantae Lucas
Durantae Lucas is Director of Finance at Atlanta Ventures. A CPA with a decade of experience building alongside founders in tech, he helps guide the financial health of growing businesses and budding entrepreneurs.
The Ins and Outs of Your Finance Software Stack
As you evaluate your tech-stack, here’s a few softwares that are helpful to support the billing/finance side of business.
Startup Banking 101
The ins and out of what to ask yourself when choosing a bank for your startup
Fiduciary duties in a downturn
Five ways you can steward your money in an economic downturn.
How to Get a Business Started…Legally and Beyond!
Here are the steps needed to get your business started.
Do you have to be a C corp to get funding?
Durantae Lucas shares about what structure (Sole proprietorship, Partnership, (LP, LLP), LLC, and Corporation) could be right for you.
Avoid Grossly Overstated Revenue Projections In A Pitch Deck
Outside of in person meetings, a pitch deck is similar to a first impression, a clean snapshot of your company. Decks communicate a company’s values, its market, value proposition, the team, and its future. Entrepreneurs communicate this in a number of ways over a 10-22-page slide deck. At times, what stands out in a pitch […]
Why You Need a SaaS Dashboard in Addition to Financials
I’ll be one of the first to say that financials are awesome, they’re great! A Profit and Loss Statement (P&L) can show you what the business is doing, a Balance Sheet can point to some inefficiencies with capital and leverage, and a Statement of Cash Flows shows where cash is primarily coming from (operating, investing, […]
Alternatives to Avoid the Monthly Invoicing Time Suck
So you’ve started your business (preferably an LLC early on to benefit from some of the flow through tax-wise). 3 months in, you and your co-founder have signed your 1st paying client; excellent! You’re negotiating payment terms, and the advocate asks if can they do monthly invoicing. Although the frequency of receiving payments monthly isn’t […]