I'm Just Getting Started

Great ideas are not easy to find and even harder to make a reality—Alerding can help. How will I capitalize the startup phase? What kind of an accounting system do I need to properly account for all of the activity of my new venture and provide me the necessary information to make the right decisions and measure success? How can I best take care of my employees and start them on the road to success with me? What kind of tax elections and certifications do I need before I begin?

Looking for answers to these and other startup issues? We can help.

Start by asking for our proprietary business planning tools, “The Seven Elements of a Business Enterprise.” It’s a valuable guide through each step of the planning and startup phase. And look to us to help you navigate through the bumps and bruises that come with starting any new venture.

Alerding & Company will provide you with tools to assist you in drafting your business plan and preparing projections that will allow you to see your future before it happens. Then we’ll help you measure the level of your success once it happens. We not only look at traditional revenues and expenses, but our proprietary projection model integrates the profit and loss statement into the balance sheet and the statement of cash flows. The product of our proprietary projection model gives you all you need to go to market with a viable and comprehensive plan.

Once we help you see your future, we help you find the financing that suits your goals and which can support your growth. We work closely with banks, private equity groups, Angel Investors, mezzanine funds and the SBA to find the right capital structure to fit not only your start-up needs, but also your first-stage growth needs.

Our tax professionals assist you in obtaining all of the necessary tax ID numbers, form the proper entity (corporation, LLC, etc.), apply for the necessary tax elections and certifications and establish a tax strategy before you get started. We also refer you to lawyers to develop the necessary legal documents so that you start on the right foot.

Alerding & Company can help you set up an effective accounting system, whether it starts with QuickBooks (we have certified experts on staff) or a more sophisticated software package. We can help you with establishing your new venture by setting up a chart of accounts, a new 401(K) plan for your employees, articles of incorporation, a system of governance, etc.

The bottom line is we have the team of professionals that you need to allow you to run your business from the start while developing an effective structure around you, built on fundamentally sound business practices that will serve you for many successful years to come. Contact us now.