Financial Management for Technology Start-Ups

A Handbook for Growth

Alnoor Bhimani

• Publisher: Kogan Page
• Year: 2017
• ISBN:
  9780749481353
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Business
• Subtopic: Entrepreneurship
• Index: Business

All start-up businesses must be founded on product expertise, a grasp of digitization, and being aware of market forces. Tech start-ups also need a unique understanding of accounting to succeed, knowledge which is required to power their more innovative business models, and the ways of working that drive technology-based businesses. Unlike traditional accounting manuals or those aimed more generally at small business operators, Financial Management for Technology Start-Ups concentrates on what is important in financial terms for technology-based and innovation focused entrepreneurial businesses.Featuring a simple yet effective 'Start-Up Financial Control Loop' and 'Tech Start-Up Tracker,' Financial Management for Technology Start-Ups offers a complete and must-have financial toolkit for launching and managing a tech start-up. The book covers all relevant facets of accounting and finance not covered by any other publication by using straight-forward language, extensive practical illustrations and case studies to demonstrate the financial understanding that has become essential to technology and innovation-based start-ups.

INDEX

Note: chapter references and summaries are indexed as ‘references’ and ‘chapter summaries’; ‘further reading’ and ‘review questions’ are indexed as such. Page numbers in italics indicate Figures or Tables.

accounting standards and rules 97 see also Generally Accepted Accounting Principles and International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)

Airbnb 10, 34, 147, 202

and its impact on travel accommodation 27–28

Alphabet Inc 1, 10, 109

Amazon/Amazon.com 1, 5, 6, 27, 72, 73–74, 83, 84, 88, 91, 95, 93–94, 198

Affiliate 2, 5, 6, 27

Web Services (AWS) 19

analyses

financial 45

horizontal 113–14

ratio 114–15

vertical 113, 114

angel investors 157–58, 160–63 see also equity financing and venture capital valuation

Apple 5, 10, 110, 111, 174

App Store 22

iPhone 6, 33

merger with NeXT 156

Australia 3, 142

investors, tax and capital gains exemptions in 157

Balakrishnan, A 109

balance sheet (and) 70–72, 71, 73–74, 74–76, 77–78, 78–81, 81, 82, 88, 97

assets see balance sheet: current assets and balance sheet: non-current assets

equity: capital and retained earnings 80–81

liabilities se...