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The Great HQ Migration

Feld Thoughts

When the Federal tax laws were changed in 2018 to eliminate the deductibility of state income tax, I made the assertion, in the context of Startup Communities, that this would cause movement of people and companies across state lines, as this now created another layer of competitive advantage for states with no income tax.

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25 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Names

Hearpreneur

I focused on what it is I do, I want to be approachable to the community and also I thought it important to express an idea of ‘moving with the times’, being fresh, consistent with modern practices and the such. It came gradually until I realised that I was constantly coming back to Net Lawman and comparing with others.

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Disturbing

Austin Startup

I will always remember his pre-speech pep talk: “Dyer, your entire net worth rides on not screwing this up.” Hurricane Irma had a major negative revenue impact on one whose fall book of business was mostly in Florida. I got the message. Might your company be the bell-ringer that makes one of them a big winner? May you be disturbed.

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How Universities Can Help Students and Alumni Work in the Tech Industry

David Teten

Along with some friends from Yale (my alma mater), I recently brainstormed some ideas to accelerate a university’s campus tech community. Marketing of tech community : Yale Tech News , Yale Entrepreneurship Magazine. Those unique assets are sometimes leverageable into a resource for strengthening the university’s tech community.

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Remote Work, Not Taxes, Threatens Cities: Why That Threat has Peaked but Others Remain

This is going to be BIG.

This theory also makes no sense because, regardless of whether there are tax increases or not, you’re still going to have places like Florida that provide little to no public infrastructure or services and therefore zero income tax. Florida is always going to be a cheaper place to live, regardless of a 1-2% tax shift either way.

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25 Entrepreneurs Explain Their Major Accomplishments in 2019

Hearpreneur

I’m especially excited because some of the well-respected investors in the VC community have agreed to be a part of our advisory/mentorship board which will give our program the much-required credibility. That’s when I started looking into other means to make money as a safety net and when I learned about blogging.

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Is Your City Right For A Small Business Revolution?

YoungUpstarts

by Quint Studer, founder of Studer Community Institute and author of “ Results That Last: Hardwiring Behaviors That Will Take Your Company to the Top “ No doubt about it: Small businesses are leading the way to revitalize America. Strong communities are good for business; I think we can all agree on that.