Kruze Consulting's Founders and Friends Podcast for Startups

Michael Piacente discusses his firm, Hitch Partners (https://www.hitchpartners.com), the leading Executive Search Firm for Security Professionals. Michael talks about the explosion in demand for Executives in Security and the downside companies face when they haven't invested properly in securing their IT Operations. Michael is a long time recruiting expert and shares tons of Best Practices for Recruiting as well.

Matt Miller of Embroker (https://www.embroker.com/) comes by to discuss his companies efforts to automate insurance for startups. Embroker is an online service that lets startup fill out an online form and get quotes for all kinds of insurance. Kruze Consulting is a large channel partner and big believer in Embroker's mission of making it easier for startups to get insurance.

Chuck Pettid discusses Republic's (https://republic.co) unique brand of crowdfunding equity investments for startups. Chuck runs Republic's Deal Team which means he leads origination and then vets all Republic equity crowdfunding campaigns. Every deal on Republic is vetted with professional due diligence, making it a more attractive place to invest in startups. In the interview, we talk about Republic's explosive growth and the company's future.

Josh Lowy discusses Hugo's software (https://www.hugo.ai) which makes documenting meeting insights easy and sharing with your team even easier. Hugo lets the team "be in the Know without being in the Room." Go to Hugo.ai and use the discount code "KRUZE" to get 6 months of Hugo for free!

Will Hawthorne of Code Advisors (www.codeadvisors.com) discusses M&A for Startups. Will explains how a startup can create leverage with multiple buyers, the importance of reliable financials and accounting and important deal points every Startup CEO should know.

Leslie Sagalowicz Barber of Intuit's Quickbooks discusses Quickbook's excellent online software package including the newly launched QB Community (https://qbcommunity.com/). Kruze Consulting has 150+ clients on Quickbooks Online and loves the service. QBO makes our clients' lives simpler and Kruze Consulting faster & more efficient.

With the launch of QB Community, Intuit has made life even better for startups and small business owners. Now they can ask their peers accounting, finance and even business operations question in a safe and productive community.

Kaushik Ranchod of the Ranchod Law Group (www.ranchodlaw.com) stopped by to outline the H1B Visa Process for Startups. Kaushik walks us through all the deadlines and best immigration practices. The Ranchod Law Group has an excellent track record with Kruze Consulting's team members and is recommended to all of Kruze's clients.

Zack Blum joins us to discuss Fleetsmith's (www.fleetsmith.com) new Cloud Based Mac Management Software. Zack talks about coming up with the idea while at Wikia, meeting his future co-founder Jesse Endahl at Dropbox and building the software at night and weekends for a whole year before raising venture funding.

Raphael Crawford-Marks has built a next generation employee recognition service called Bonusly (https://bonus.ly/). The Service's integration with Slack makes it quick and easy to reward co-workers for a job well done. Bonusly has become one of Kruze Consulting's most popular tools.

Reilly Brennan of Trucks VC (http://trucks.vc) invited us over to discuss early stage transportation startups. Reilly is a seed Venture Capitalist in the sector and also a Lecturer at Stanford. HIs passion is helping founders build their dream companies.