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One Little Ice Cream Cart That’s About to Have Big Growth

Up and Running

From the beginning and all along the way, careful planning has guided the business from revenues of $35,000 in 2011, to $400,000 in 2014, and estimates of $700,000 for 2015. During 2010 and 2011, Stuart and Emily spent nine months developing recipes, “using our lucky neighbors as taste-testers.”. The little cart that could. No kidding.

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Probable and Improbable Lobbying Wins: The 1,000-stockholder Rule

Gust

In 2011, virtually every new consumer Internet startup incorporates a social/UGC element. The Securities Act of 1933 requires that any type of securities offered to the public be registered with the SEC, involving a major undertaking to prepare and file a registration statement on Form S-1 – known to many as an IPO prospectus.

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