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Rusty Tweed Explores How Sustainability is Impacting the Construction Industry

The Startup Magazine

The push is spurred by a growing body of evidence linking green building characteristic with the ability to attract tenants and increase rental incomes and property sales prices. In California, regulators have forwarded a measure to have buildings achieve zero net energy consumption. Introduction of smart metering.

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The Pitfalls Of State And Local Taxation For Startup Companies

YoungUpstarts

The sale of software isn’t subject to sales tax.”. Our product is delivered electronically; sales tax doesn’t apply to us.”. “We These tax liabilities, which many companies believe don’t exist, can turn into a heavy burden in the event that a company seeks investors, financing, IPO or sale. more than two days).

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Find an Angel Investor, Without Going Through Hell

Startup Professionals Musings

They probably won’t respond well to high pressure sales tactics, information overload, or bribes. The Founding Chapter is in Silicon Valley, California, (naturally), and I have a connection there if you need a start. Angel investors are people too. New England Investment Network.

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The @TWTFelipe Story – A Tale of US Visa Policy Gone Awry (#startupvisa)

Both Sides of the Table

By 2006 he had received proper authorization to move back to the US to join a company in the town I grew up in: Sacramento, California. The world’s best brains are on sale. Friedman again in this weekend’s (Apr 3, 2010) NYTimes: “Between 1980 and 2005, virtually all net new jobs created in the U.S. Let’s buy more!&#.

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A new field guide for entrepreneurs of all stripes

Startup Lessons Learned

In the kelp beds off the coast of Southern California, one can find thousands of species of fish, but two of the most sought after by commercial fishermen are the California Halibut and the White Seabass. Will you need a big net (full-page ads in the WSJ) to catch lots of small sardines?

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Flocks of Angels, and All You Need is One

Startup Professionals Musings

The Founding Chapter is in Silicon Valley, California, (naturally), and I have a connection there if you need a start. They probably won’t respond well to high pressure sales tactics, information overload, or bribes. A caveat is that this is a for-profit organization, so fees to present may be significant.

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boldstart 2018 recap and what’s hot in enterprise 2019

BeyondVC

For the more advanced enterprises who have migrated to the cloud, this will be a year of net new technology and building applications. Along these lines, we are starting to hear serverless more and more from the Fortune 500 and see this trend reflected in the sales pipeline at iopipe which has gone from mostly startups to larger companies.

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