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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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Why Boardroom Technology Is Necessary for Effective Succession Planning

Board Effect

They take stock of the board’s current skills, abilities and talents. Technology can be a substantial help in taking stock of the board’s future needs. based activist group challenged the legislation with a lawsuit alleging that the new law is illegal under California law. Effective nominating committees are a hub of activity.

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Why The Future Of US High-Tech Is Bright

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Is the entire sector destined to a sudden and quick demise, similar to the dot-com bust of 2001, with widespread stock market collapses and mass layoffs? The same is true for Internet services, digital media and most products that involve significant up-front research and development (R&D) costs.

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30 Entrepreneurs Reveal Their Favorite Business or Entrepreneur Turnaround Story

Hearpreneur

Eventually, Reddit became wildly popular and was bought by Condé Nast, the owner of 20 other brands and media like Vanity Fair, Vogue, and The New Yorker. Joe Coulombe had an idea after running a small chain of convenience stores in southern California. When Koum was young, his poor family emigrated to California from Ukraine.

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How to Work with Lawyers at a Startup

Both Sides of the Table

Founded it as a California LLC but your potential VC wants a Delaware C-Corp? Forget to get around to setting up that Employee Stock Option Plan and want to be able to give the early guys their options at a low strike price? They usually ask for warrants (basically like a stock option) in exchange for taking a deferred fee.

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Six Nudges: Creating A Sense Of Urgency For Higher Conversion Rates!

Occam's Razor

In-stock status. In-stock status. Only 15 left in stock. Or, 1 in-stock in the REI store next to your office. Our average delivery times to California are 50% faster than Amazon. I love the nudge they have built-in showing how many in my size are in stock (only one!)…. Life of current price. Personalization.

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Should Early Stage Startups Move to Austin because of Capital?

Austin Startup

Tim O’Reilly, Founder at O’Reilly Media and promoter of open source and Web 2.0 Paying 0% in state income tax in Texas versus up to ~10% in California or ~6.5% The exodus of Silicon Valley techies to Austin has largely been fuelled by a quality of life that compares to California, but comes at half the cost of living.