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The Pitfalls Of State And Local Taxation For Startup Companies

YoungUpstarts

In today’s business environment where innovation and technology converge and the modern day entrepreneur has more support and incentive than ever to begin their dream startup company, more often than not discussions about state and local business taxes have a similar tone: “The company is losing money; we don’t owe any taxes.”.

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My story and support for the Founders Visa

K9 Ventures

I came to the United States in 1992 at the age of 17 (so there, now you know exactly how old I am!) Fortunately, I was accepted into the program and that allowed me to legally stay in the United States. Besides I was a young, first-time entrepreneur at the age of 23. to attend Carnegie Mellon University.

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Why Startup Entrepreneurs Need to Communicate More Like George Bush Than Al Gore

Both Sides of the Table

I use George Bush vs. Al Gore as allegory and I’ve been using it with entrepreneurs for years to sink in a simple point about how to communicate with the market. Most Silicon Valley tech entrepreneurs I know are more like Al Gore. Think of James Carville’s slogan for Clinton in 1992, “It’s the economy, stupid.”

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21 Entrepreneurs Reveal Their Favorite Business or Entrepreneur Turnaround Story

Hearpreneur

We asked entrepreneurs and business owners on their best business or entrepreneur turnaround story and here are the responses. #1- He has dreamed of becoming a successful entrepreneur since he was a child, and with that aim in mind, he has dedicated himself to hard work that has led him to where he is now. 1- General Motors.

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Connecting the Dots: How New Job Creation, IPO’s, and Venture Capital in America Are Intimately Linked

Pascal's View

The evidence: (i) Startups are responsible for virtually all the new jobs created in the United States since 1977 (Source: Kauffman Foundation). GDP growth, the U.S. will not generate the job growth necessary to rekindle meaningful sustainable GDP growth in the U.S.; (6) government dataset compiled by the U.S. (vi)

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4 Steps to Making Your Next Great Idea a Reality

Up and Running

According to The New York Times, in 2011 the United States Patent and Trademark Office had nearly “1.5 million patent applications…pending, compared with around 269,000 in 1992.”. Once you have an idea, do some work to figure out your next steps. After all, an idea is not enough. The truth is, everyone has an idea.

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10 Classic Business Naming Mistakes

Up and Running

I dealt with some young entrepreneurs who had a plan to acquire the domain name cameras.com to sell cameras. If you don’t believe me, first search cameras for sale and then look at cameras.com (no offense intended to the current owners of cameras.com, who aren’t the same entrepreneurs I knew back then). Too local.

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