Blue Spark’s Matt Carey was interviewed by Bankrate on what to expect in 2015 regarding taxes. He says this year’s tax changes rank among the most significant in recent memory. This year, high-earning Americans will pay the highest rate in nearly two decades and will also hand over more of their pay in Medicare taxes. We saw in 2013 saw the first categorical income tax…
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Winter 2014 Wine & Finance: Exubrancy
This quarter’s theme for our Wine & Finance event is Entrepreneurship: A Case Study. We introduce special guest Liz Wilkes, CEO and founder of Exubrancy, a start-up that helps organizations maximize employee health and happiness. Exubrancy provides programs to businesses that build company culture, including yoga and fitness amenities, massage and self-care, and group activities.Exubrancy’s office meditation sessions, on-site massages,…
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Fall 2013 Wine & Finance – Entrepreneurs: Nuts and Bolts
Our theme for this quarter’s event is Entrepreneurship: Nuts and Bolts. Many here ARE entrepreneurs – or WANT to be entrepreneurs – or perhaps are recovering entrepreneurs. It’s a special breed of person. Entrepreneurs are, by nature, passionate, visionary and optimistic. The event’s speakers have much experience working with entrepreneurs.
John Pompay is the owner of The POMPAY GROUP, which specializes in helping nonprofits and small businesses grow.
Elena Volkova is founder and partner in the law group ROIZIN and VOLKOVA, She is a lawyer specializing in small business and family and estate law.
Jasmine Takanikos is a marketing and branding specialist, with her own business, a consulting group. She also teaches at Parsons School of Design. Follow her on Twitter: @jasjtakanikos
How does divorce change your tax strategy?
Going through divorce is bad enough, the last thing you want to think about is your taxes. But after a divorce, you may be facing a very different tax situation, and it helps to determine your strategy well ahead of April 15. How does divorce change your tax strategy? Knowing the tax implications of child support and alimony, for example,…
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Cloud Computing Can Ease the Pain of Natural Disasters
Maura Griffin, CEO of Blue Spark Capital Advisors in New York, a recently launched firm with about $30 million under management, lost power for a week at home and in her office, both in Manhattan. “Luckily we had a disaster contingency plan so I could take my laptop and find a temporary office and keep working,” she says. Working in…
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