A well-organized financial foundation is essential for scaling your business. This session will guide you through managing budgets, bookkeeping, tax compliance, and financial reporting to ensure your business is ready for growth.

Building a business? Ever wish you could speak to and learn directly from subject matter experts (while never leaving your couch)? Join host Andy Lee from the University of Minnesota's Technology Commercialization office each Wednesday for this exciting and casual AMA ('ask me anything') style series on business building fundamentals. Check out all of the talks here: https://www.crowdcast.io/@techcomm

This event series is brought to you with support from Launch Minnesota, a statewide collaborative effort to accelerate the growth of startups and amplify Minnesota as a national leader in innovation.

Angel Even is the founder of Led by TRUTH, an organization that supports Founders of Color in realizing their dreams.  Led by TRUTH offers tailored support and services to entrepreneurs such as grant funding and cohort and 1-to-1 education in topics like financial support, business planning, financial forecasting, operations, budgeting and more. She has served on a number of boards and ecosystem-wide coalitions, as well as served an entrepreneur in residence and business coach for Lunar Startups. 

She firmly believes that success is not just a destination but a mindset, one that thrives on strategic planning and the sharing of valuable insights. She understands firsthand the challenges entrepreneurs face and has crafted a nurturing space where founders can cultivate their CEO mindset and tackle business hurdles with confidence.

Angel isn't just a coach; she's your guide, your confidant, and your biggest cheerleader on your entrepreneurial journey. Through Angel’s work, she doesn't just envision change; she's here to walk alongside you and help you turn your vision into reality.

Paul Carlson is a principal with CliftonLarsonAllen in the Life Science segment of the Healthcare and Life Science industry group. He joined CliftonLarsonAllen in 2014 and provides assurance and tax services to privately-held clients in the manufacturing and life science sectors. Paul works closely with organizations to navigate intricate financial landscapes, focusing on revenue recognition, equity-based payment awards, and business combinations.

Paul and the team at CLA prioritize collaboration and strategizing with companies at various stages, adding financial clarity from pre-revenue startups to those surpassing $100 million in revenue.

Paul specializes in financial statement audits, reviews and compilations as well as business and individual tax services, buy side quality of earnings and sell side quality of earnings.

Building Your Back Office: Financial Management & Systems