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The Bubble Redux
Lots of print now from very smart people about “the Bubble” (with a capital “B”) in the San Francisco Bay Area. http://fortune.com/2014/05/08/yes-were-in-a-tech-bubble-heres-how-i-know-it/ But if you...
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IRS Initiates 409A Valuation Audits
Tax code Section 409A audits of selected taxpayers are underway reports BVWire. While the initial scope of the audits is limited, this is likely just the first step toward a more expansive project....
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The Brenner Group Website Garners Award
Graphic Design USA has recognized our website design firm, Michael Patrick Partners, in its recent American Graphic Design Awards. The accolade for The Brenner Group’s website is one of seven awards...
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Demystifying Valuations – Webinar in January
There are many occasions for a valuation in the life of a start-up company: preparing for the sought-after financing from a premier VC, the highly anticipated sale to a strategic partner at a hefty...
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An Ounce of Prevention is Worth a Pound of Cure
Benjamin Franklin is credited with this saying in 1735, and with respect to our domain, which is providing finance and accounting guidance to early stage companies, it is a particularly appropriate...
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The Brenner Group Advises KG Technologies on its Sale to Hongfa
KG Technologies, Inc. announced on May 29, 2015 that it reached an agreement to sell KG Technologies, Inc. and the assets of its parent company Clodi LLC to Hongfa Holdings U.S., Inc., a wholly owned...
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The Brenner Group Joins Armanino
I have some very exciting news to share! After nearly 30 years of building The Brenner Group into one of Silicon Valley’s most well-known and respected professional services firms, we have found a...
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Executive Search Team Says “I DO!”
Together ever after, the premier executive finance professionals group in the San Francisco Bay Area. September 1st was a very festive day for us. Armanino LLP, one of the top 1% of accounting firms in...
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2016 Fund Raising Environment: Valuation Corrections
Having worked with thousands of private VC backed companies since 1987, The Brenner Group (TBG) has seen all the cycles imaginable over the past 30 years. Feels like we are in one now: a tough...
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Five commandments for Unicorns to survive the new fundraising normal
1. You will cut costs, and your cash flow will set you free. This one seems obvious but couldn’t be further from it. In an environment where all you were focusing on was market share, it is painful to...
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Is it really startup Armageddon out there?
Last week our CFOs and controllers responded to 5 simple questions on the market sentiment here in Silicon Valley. As much as our consultants acknowledge we are going through somewhat of a correction,...
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2016, the Year of the Lukewarm Summer.
The Brenner Group Index The Brenner Group measures the collective confidence of its financial consultants in the technology startup space on a quarterly basis through its Brenner Group Index. Going...
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The CFO Who Cried Wolf
The Brenner Group recently surveyed its CFO and controller consultants to measure their confidence in the technology startup market. The results paint a fairly optimistic picture, although colored with...
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The Brenner Group Becomes Armanino
A year and a half ago The Brenner Group joined forces with Armanino, one of the nation’s largest and fastest growing accounting and consulting firms. As time moved on, I realized it was a natural...
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