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How Federal Government Can Help Entrepreneurship

Feld Thoughts

This afternoon in Boulder I’ll be on a panel as part of the White House Startup America Roundtable. More recently, I’ve focused my energy on the Startup Visa movement and the Startup America Partnership. Make it simple – eliminate capital gains if an individual (who is an accredited investor) invests equity (i.e.

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An Entrepreneurial Fix for the U.S. Economy? WSJ

Campus Entrepreneurship

In the WSJ , CEOs Edward Muller and Larry Zimpleman with a nod to the Kauffman Foundation: In our view, there is no hope of giving consumers renewed confidence in America unless governments at all levels mount a vigorous effort to get rid of rules that discourage entrepreneurs from launching and growing new businesses.

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McLaren Strategic Ventures Sajan Pillai Discusses the Top Five Trends for Advancing Global Technology in 2022 

The Startup Magazine

But analyzing data will go beyond capital gains and be used to create smarter policies for those in need, as noted in Gartner Group’s “Top 10 Data and Analytics Trends for 2021.”. According to research by Beroe, Inc., a leading provider of procurement intelligence, the global business intelligence market is estimated to reach $30.9

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The Innovation Crisis is Coming– Let’s Do Something About It Now!

Pascal's View

The gathering clouds of an innovation crisis in America are thickening, and the fundamental causes reach across taxation issues, the state of the capital markets, and America’s current foreign national visa policies. The fact is that the looming innovation crisis in America is not getting the attention it deserves.

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On Supercities, Economic Growth, and Income Inequality in a Post-COVID World

Ben's Blog

This could be viewed as an extension of the QSBS rules that today permit many entrepreneurs and some early investors to avoid paying federal capital gains taxes when they sell appreciated equity.

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5 Critical Tips to Reduce Your Business Taxes This Year [WEBINAR]

Up and Running

That’s a little more complicated, because there can be dividends, interest or capital gains, and there’s different tax rates for those. Individual income tax, payroll tax—that’s the same thing as self employment tax—capital gains tax, and then this new one for this year, or not this year, but last year, 2013.

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Friedman Figuratively Speaking

Seeing Both Sides

In it, he suggests a silly stimulus idea - "Call up the top 20 venture capital firms in America, which are short of cash today.and make them this offer: The US Treasury will give you each up to $1 billion to fund the best venture capital ideas that have come your way.". 3) Keep capital gains taxes low.