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How to Make Sense of the PPP Loan Program for VC-Backed Startups

Both Sides of the Table

You need to: study the rules, make sure that you don’t violate the “affiliate rule” (more later), consult with your Company Counsel, consult with your board and investors and then make your own determination. Everybody is talking about the “Affiliate Rule”?—?what This is completely unrelated to the Affiliate Rule. what is that?

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Startup Resources

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No need to worry about security and such. affiliate and referral marketing on the web. Cloud Security. Evolution Securities. Global Security Challenge. M86 Security. Pusher and Spire.io will handle all of it for you. Stripe  / Dwolla : Super Easy payment for your app. Leaflet : Need Maps? Try Leaflet.

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The Ultimate Guide to Starting a Software Company

Up and Running

Delaware law gives preferred stock investors of a corporation certain voting rights and control over the corporation. Thanks to a combination of these traits we were able to secure a first round of six-figure VC funding, which gave us a jump-start to start developing our sales and marketing channels.”. Step 7: Market and launch.