Stock as Compensation and Paying Taxes: What to Keep in Mind and How to Plan
Stock options can be a very effective way for early-stage businesses to attract and retain talent. While offering stock options can be an easy and seemingly inexpensive way to hold on to talented workers, there are a few tax rules to keep in mind. In this blog, we’ll...
Uniting for Change: Nonprofits Creating a Lasting Impact
Around the world, nonprofits are tackling some of the biggest socioeconomic and environmental problems we face today. In the U.S. alone, the nonprofit sector represents the third largest workforce, employing over 12 million people. Nonprofit organizations continue to...
Innovative Housing Solutions for Thriving Communities
Image by Harry Strauss; Pixabay As the housing crisis continues to displace and destroy communities across the country, mission-driven organizations are hard at work developing innovative solutions aimed at addressing the failing system. Crossing Capital Group...
Pride in Transforming Communities
Each June we celebrate PRIDE, a month-long celebration that recognizes and honors our LGBTQIA+ community and their contributions to society. We use this time to not only acknowledge the challenges faced by this community, but to stand in solidarity as allies in their...
Press Release: CoPeace Joins Cutting Edge as Co-Owner of SVX US Impact Investing Platform
DENVER – CoPeace, PBC, a diversified impact holding company, has announced an investment in Social Venture ConneXion, LLC (“SVX US”), a financial services firm that operates an innovative online impact investment platform. CoPeace will be a co-owner in the venture...
One Flight, One Crew: Opening the door to a more inclusive aviation community
The professional aviation community is full of skilled pilots who command aircraft across the globe. With the world more open than ever, it’s easy to assume that the pilot pool is just as wide and diverse. However, if that was the case, Cutting Edge client FlexAir...
Employment Law II: Noncompete and nondisclosure – keeping things in the family
Noncompete and nondisclosure agreements have become common pieces of employer/employee and contractor relationships, as well as in relationships with suppliers and parties in a range of contracts. Many enterprises benefit from having, and using, these agreements,...
Investing in Our Planet: Sustainability Goals at Work
Each April, we celebrate Earth Month and Earth Day, recognizing and advocating for the need to protect our planet, its resources, and the people within it. In commemoration of Earth Month, we're featuring clients actively investing in our planet and putting...
Employment Law I: Founders Need to Get Ahead of Employment Law Issues
As enterprises grow, they demand more people power. And as they work to respond to that demand, enterprises inevitably encounter employment law questions. To avoid costly and damaging missteps, it is important for founders and leaders to understand the laws involved...
Women Lead: Celebrating Paths of Empowerment
Working with mission-led, impact-focused organizations has afforded Cutting Edge the opportunity to partner with individuals representing a wide array of communities. This month, we're featuring women-led/women-founded organizations pioneering change in their...
Transforming African American Communities through Economic Power and Wealth
At Cutting Edge, we strive to build an economy that provides opportunities for everyone to participate, thrive, and build wealth. Unfortunately, traditional capital raising models often exclude people who want to invest in businesses and organizations that provide...
Diversified Community Investment Fund: A Versatile Vehicle for Democratizing Capital
Image by Anna Dyshel from Pixabay Community investment funds are an idea whose time has come. And the menu of offering strategies available to build community investment funds has now gotten slightly longer, with the addition of a particularly versatile strategy. At...
Cutting Edge Awarded City of Chicago Community Wealth Building and Technical Assistance Grant
Cutting Edge is a proud recipient of the City of Chicago Community Wealth Building and Technical Assistance Grant, as awarded by Chicago Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot, the Office of Equity and Racial Justice (OERJ), and the Department of Planning and Development (DPD). The...
Workers to Owners: Recent Co-op Conversions Power a Worker-Owned Economy
Image by John Hain from Pixabay Worker-owned cooperative conversions are the wave of the future. It’s no surprise then that tech companies are riding that wave straight to employee ownership. We are excited to showcase two new worker ownership conversions led by...
2022 Year in Review: Celebrating a Year of Opportunity
Whether you are a partner, client, community member or general supporter, we'd like to share our gratitude and appreciation for helping Cutting Edge make 2022 a successful year. Join us in a moment of reflection as we highlight client achievements, legal advancements,...
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