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6 Stories of Successful New Entrepreneurs to Inspire Your Business

Up and Running

Seeing a 200-percent revenue growth in just the first year after securing that loan, TRISTAR took out an additional $500,000 SBA-backed loan to expand its physical presence into two more locations. In 2001, they secured their second SBA loan for the business. In addition, those funds enabled the company to open a DC field office.

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The Pitfalls Of State And Local Taxation For Startup Companies

YoungUpstarts

The sale of software isn’t subject to sales tax.”. Our product is delivered electronically; sales tax doesn’t apply to us.”. “We These tax liabilities, which many companies believe don’t exist, can turn into a heavy burden in the event that a company seeks investors, financing, IPO or sale. more than two days).

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5 Legal Requirements to Keep in Mind for Your Small Business Website

Up and Running

There are also state-level laws such as the California Online Privacy Protection Act and the latest California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), which was passed in 2019. . Data security measures. Protecting and securing collected data is a whole other legal sector beyond data privacy. and similar policies in the U.S.

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Legal – How Real Estate Lawyers Support Business Clients

The Startup Magazine

Due to this value, legal controls on the sale, purchase, and maintenance of real property are numerous and real estate legal help is warranted for business real estate transactions. Since being founded, it has built a reliable reputation for providing solid legal advice to businesses in California.

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What is convertible equity (or a convertible security)?

Startup Company Lawyer

Quick answer: convertible equity (or a convertible security) is convertible debt without the repayment feature at maturity or interest. Form of Convertible Security Term Sheet. Form of Convertible Securities Purchase Agreement. Form of Convertible Security. Background. These documents are available at the links below.

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30 Entrepreneurs Reveal Their Favorite Business or Entrepreneur Turnaround Story

Hearpreneur

Airbnb founders Brian Chesky and Joe Gebbia had difficulty securing funding, so they launched a mini project to build some funds and catch investors' attention. The sales helped them raise $30K and the attention of a startup incubator, which offered them training and another $20K in funding. 8- Failing at my own business. 24- Jan Koum.

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boldstart 2018 recap and what’s hot in enterprise 2019

BeyondVC

All are developer first companies respectively in zero trust security, automation, and developer productivity. Ongoing press coverage of boldstart themes: every Fortune 500 is a tech company, developer first, and security including Fortune , Techcrunch , Wall Street Journal , Business Insider , SaaStr podcast , and more….

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