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By announcing quarterly earnings results, a product line discontinuation and a round of layoffs, Twitter certainly made some news this week. The moves come at a critical juncture for Twitter as the company is struggling to achieve profitability.

Legislation could be a boon to Biotech. By a largely bipartisan vote, the House (392 to 26) and the Senate (94-5) approved the $6.3 billion 21st Century Cures Act to fund various health and life science initiatives.

EisnerAmper's “East Meets West: Entrepreneur’s Perspectives” webinar features noted entrepreneurs and academics Sep Kamvar, a professor at MIT, and Mung Chiang, a professor at Princeton.

Technology Company Blog: Sometimes You Need to Make Mistakes. A well-managed mistake can actually build respect and have a positive impact on a company’s reputation. To follow are examples of Facebook and Netflix mistakes and how they handled the challenge.

Retailers have argued that ecommerce companies and consumers are able to profit from a sales tax loophole. A retail coalition advertisement urged U.S. lawmakers to pass a bill that would prevent companies, like Alibaba, from enabling online shoppers to circumvent sales tax.

Eighteen percent of U.S. IPOs last year showed profits using their own accounting methods (as disclosed under the Non-GAAP Measures heading in their IPO filings); but reported losses when they used traditional standardized (GAAP) accounting rules. Will differing accounting measures mislead investors?

Digital health technology in the spotlight. The number of digital health companies at the J.P. Morgan Health Care conference was perhaps a result of the Affordable Care Act and the HITECH Act which encourages health care providers to improve health care quality, safety and efficiency.

Blog from Venture Summit West where there was a consensus that venture capital is a personal business with a focus on helping investments succeed. Panelists noted New York and Silicon Valley are great and very much happening but venture capital opportunities are everywhere.

Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss hope to create the first regulated Bitcoin exchange. The exchange, named ‘Gemini’ for the twins, already has a test model running and is waiting for regulatory approval. The Winklevoss twins are financing the Bitcoin exchange themselves.

The price per barrel of oil hit a six-year low in January. While Wall Street may be nervous about the negative impact of the instability of oil prices, consumers and businesses that are able to take advantage of lower prices at the pump can use those savings to spend more and possibly invest more.

Can students play video games and get a college scholarship? eSports or Electronic sports, also known as competitive gaming, is becoming popular with many notable colleges and universities and there is big money to be made. Find out more about eSport leagues and scholarships.

Information on the repeal of the Federal Medical Device Tax in the Affordable Care Act and the Protect Medical Innovation Act. Updates on the Medical Device Excise Tax. To the extent that the tax is repealed, we will provide guidance with regard to filings for potential refunds and more.

Considering your financing options when your end goal is an IPO. Looking at all financing options as you raise capital while keeping an eye on a later business valuation which might affect an IPO. More info on debt financing and equity financing and how it could impact an IPO decision.

Growing a business to become a public company. Is company size and/or length of time in business an indicator whether a company is ready for an IPO. Also info on how a business valuation and corporate structure might indicate the time is right for an IPO.

A risk assessment is a benefit to a private company, especially one moving toward an IPO. Risk assessment is required of public companies and a private company will be best prepared by documenting their risk before going public. How to create and sustain a resilient risk management infrastructure.

January 29, 2014 By Marc Fogarty, CPA, CFEThis series has examined many steps on the path to bringing a private company to an IPO. We considered the many motivating factors for a private company to want to go public and

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Is your company considering an IPO? This blog series discusses pros and cons of becoming a public company and the legal requirements. From financing options to risk assessments, we cover What you need to know before an IPO including registration with the SEC.

The past three years have shown an increase in IPO activity. IPOs continue to be prominent in the tech and health care sectors, due to an upturn in those markets. Conversely, there are concerns that the IPO market will not fare as well for other sectors.

IRS issues guidance that provides more flexibility in allowing the research and development tax credit for taxpayers working to develop new drugs, in a development viewed as taxpayer-favorable by the industry and accounting firms. Taxpayers and certain qualified research expenses (QREs) for developing new pharmaceutical drugs and therapeutic biologies.