Past Events

November 13, 2018

9th Annual John Imlay Leadership Award Ceremony – Technology Leader of the Year

October 25, 2018

Maximizing Founder Liquidity – How to Optimize the Use of Debt Capital

September 18, 2018

Reimagining Risk: How Today’s Tech Leaders are Integrating Risk Management

August 21, 2018

Technology is changing how Employers/Employees look at Your Company Benefits

July 17, 2018

Inside a Successful Sales and Marketing Partnership: How technology leaders ensure marketing generates sales

June 19, 2018

Cybersecurity, Privacy & GDPR - What Every Tech Company Must Know (to reduce liability & comply with the law)

May 15, 2018

2018 Atlanta Technology Executive Compensation – An Interactive Session on How Tech Companies Acquire, Inspire, Develop and Retain Talent

April 17, 2018

Venture Capital/Growth Equity for Southeastern Companies: How to find it and what it costs!

March 20, 2018

Revenue Recognition – Top 10 Pointers Every Tech Company Needs to Know

February 20, 2018

The New Tax Act: Top 10 Major Impacts on Tech Companies

Questions to be covered:

• What are the major takeaways for private tech and software companies under the new Tax Act?
• How will the new Tax Act impact SaaS companies?
• Under the new Tax Act, what’s the preferred legal structure for tech companies – LLC, S corp, C corp, other?
• Should the new Tax Act change the international strategy for tech companies?
• Does the Tax Act change the way tech/SaaS companies should grant equity, options or restricted stock?
• How does the Tax Act impact estate planning for entrepreneurs?

Points of interest:

• Limitation of active business losses passed through to owners/partners
• Managing the impact of the interest deductibility limitation
• R&D expense capitalization requirement
• Executive compensation $1mm deductible limit– removal of exceptions for commissions and performance-based comp
• Equity grants – 5 year deferral of gain from exercise/vesting for private companies
• Managing financial reporting impact of corporate tax rate reduction and tax on foreign earnings
• Foreign Derived Intangible Income – special tax rate “Minimum” tax on “Global Intangible Low-Taxed Income”

January 16, 2018

Red Alert: Top 10 Key Pointers for Tech Companies to Reduce Liability for Sexual Harassment in the Workplace

December 12, 2017

Economic Forecasts For 2018 – Impact on Atlanta and our Technology Community (featuring Dr. Donald Ratajczak – Consulting Economist)