Stock options in Silicon Valley are like free drinks in Las Vegas—and accounting for equity-based compensation often gets treated with the breezy inattention of a gambler ordering another round. But eventually some kind of tab will come due. Think company money and time, restatements and increased auditors’ scrutiny. Our new report, Stock Options: Do You […]
Let’s face it: whatever the climate for M&As and IPOs, positioning your business for a high valuation can be tricky. What if you could assemble a brain trust to give you the insider perspective on ensuring a big payday? RoseRyan hears you. We pulled together a roundtable of Silicon Valley’s sharpest minds in accounting, investment […]
RoseRyan, along with the Melita Group, is presenting a free breakfast seminar, “Equity compensation: end-to-end strategies for private companies,” on October 30 in Palo Alto. Your equity compensation plan’s design and execution affects your ability to retain employees, your readiness for exit and your market valuation, as well as other areas of the business. How […]
RoseRyan has two new gurus to introduce: Cedric Armstrong and Sharon Knestrick. Cedric is an IT compliance specialist who likes nothing better than to assess systems for risk and develop policies and procedures for IT security and computer operations; he’s also got SOX IT down. He has abbreviations like CISA, CISSP, CTGA and CFE following […]
RoseRyan’s nearly 20 years of helping Silicon Valley companies have shown us a thing or two about what it takes to make it here. We didn’t want to keep all that insight to ourselves, so we’ve compiled some of our best observations and advice in our new report, Strategic Finance in Action: How Dynamic Silicon […]
We’re welcoming a new crowd of consultants to the RoseRyan brain trust. Our newest gurus are technical, SEC and compliance powerhouses, with deep and broad experience across a range of industries large, small and international. Dan Belong: Dan is a controller’s controller. He was most recently at Exar as assistant controller and then corporate controller, […]
If our experience is any indication, the recession may be waning (knock on wood). We’re excited to announce the arrival of new consultants, all ace finance and accounting gurus whose experience ranges from top-level IPO and M&A work to deep technical accounting and compliance, plus a good dose of nuts-and-bolts accounting. Susan Alves: Susan really […]
Enterprise risk management (ERM) tends to be thought of as something only big companies need (or can afford). But it’s not just a megacorp thing—it can protect assets; rescue your company from unforeseen catastrophes, like a supplier going out of business or an epic PR crisis; guard against weak links in your supply chain; and […]
Last week RoseRyan CEO and CFO Kathy Ryan and 99 other women leaders chosen as Women of Influence by the San Jose/Silicon Valley Business Journal were celebrated, wined and dined. Here’s what she had to say about the honor and how business has changed for women since she started her career. What makes this a […]
The San Jose/Silicon Valley Business Journal named Kathy Ryan, the firm’s co-founder, CEO and CFO, as a 2012 Women of Influence. The Business Journal published the list of 100 women leaders Friday, April 6. We are quite pleased Kathy is included in such prestigious company, which includes women in astronomy, computing, academics, government, the arts, […]
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