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Tips For Hiring An Independent Contractor

YoungUpstarts

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has set guidelines for determining if someone is an employee or an independent contractor. Sometimes called a confidentiality agreement, this gives you confidence that your independent contractor is not sharing your business plans or trade secrets with competitors or other businesses.

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The REAL Story Behind Growthink

Growthink Blog

A lot of folks think of me as the business plan guy. And if I'm the business plan guy, when I started my company Growthink, you would think I would have spent a lot of time writing my business plan. You would think I would have developed a comprehensive marketing plan. back to August 1999.

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The Ultimate Guide to Starting a Software Company

Up and Running

Since the term “cloud computing” was coined in 1996—at least as we have come to understand its meaning—the software as a service industry has exploded. In fact, SaaS industry revenue is projected to grow from $49 billion in 2015 to $67 billion in 2018, a compound annual growth rate of approximately eight percent.

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How to Start a Startup

www.paulgraham.com

We alsothought wed be able to sign up a lot of catalog companies, becauseselling online was a natural extension of their existing business.But in 1996 that was a hard sell. Some angels, especially those with technology backgrounds, may be satisfied with a demo and a verbal description of what you plan to do. This money isnt revenue.

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Busted or Confirmed? 3 Common Myths About Starting A Business

crowdSPRING Blog

Fortunately, many startup myths revolve around three common topics (business plans, money, and unnatural hustle). Many aspiring and even experienced entrepreneurs blindly believe those myths to be true and either take too long to start their business or never feel confident enough to get going.