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Completing your first capital raise: ten lessons for startups

NZ Entrepreneur

The pitch: StockTrim is a SaaS API which uses a machine learning algorithm to look at past stock behaviour and project future demand to avoid the common situations of over-ordering, under-ordering or miscalculating delivery times and quantities. StockTrim is cloud-based and deliverable anywhere worldwide.

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Corporation or LLC? Business Organizations for Tech Startups.

YoungUpstarts

Owners of corporations also pay taxes when they are paid dividends or profit from sale of the stock, which is why it is common to say that corporations are “double-taxed.” Ownership of a corporation is measured in stock. Stocks are issued at the time the company is formed, and more can be issued over time. Verdict : It’s a tie!

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How to Form a Corporation

Up and Running

Agree upon how much of this business each of your leaders owns, and write that down on slips of paper called “stock certificates”. California can be appealing to California-based investors (particularly fast-growth tech companies) despite high income and corporate taxes, and franchise fees for all businesses regardless of size.

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supermac War Story 1: Joining supermac

Steve Blank

The company was the laughing stock of the Mac market. They had an existing distribution channel and their dealers and customers thought they knew who the company was and what it stood for. They sold to a set of customers I knew nothing about. Why I was interested was equally obscure.

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Can You Trust Any vc's Under 40?

Steve Blank

Posted on September 14, 2009 by steveblank Over the last 30 years Wall Street’s appetite for technology stocks have changed radically – swinging between unbridled enthusiasm to believing they’re all toxic. Your firm worked with an investment banking firm that underwrote and offered stock (typically on the NASDAQ exchange) to the public.

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4 Steps For Setting Up A Living Trust Fund

YoungUpstarts

After your death, the trust distributes the collected funds to the people you have named as beneficiaries. These can include your car, your house, jewelry, property, stocks, bonds, or any other insurance policies in your name. The first thing you should do is to make a list of everything that you own. Find an Attorney.

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4 Things You (and Every Small Business) Should Know About Taxes

Up and Running

So the S corporation splits the owners income into two parts, wages and pass-through distributions. But you’ll avoid employment tax on the income distribution. Typically a C Corporation is a good idea when: You need to raise equity, to maximize medical deductions or you plan on using multiple classes of stock.