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How Startups Can Prepare For Their First Tax Audit

YoungUpstarts

California and Massachusetts have state minimum taxes, whereas states such as Alabama and Tennessee impose franchise tax based on capital/equity. Depending on the state where the company is doing business, even a company having loss may have to pay state franchise tax for the privilege of doing business in that state.

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First LGBTQ+ in Tech Forum Gathers DFW Community for Inspiring Conversations

Austin Startup

While this isn’t Capital Factory’s first Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) event or initiative, this was the first of its kind in the DFW area and definitely not the last. We’re proud to be working with local leaders to develop more consistent LGBTQ+ community events that extend well beyond Pride Month. ." Check out our photo album.

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Forget Presidential Politics: Here’s How We Create Jobs — And How You Can Help

Gust

In April 2012, Congress passed the JOBS Act , which authorizes equity crowdfunding and liberalizes some requirements regarding the issuance of securities by privately held companies. Now all eyes are on the SEC as it adopts regulations to implement the new law with the hope that it won’t get tied up in red tape. Healthcare Reform.

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What does it mean to be Latinx in Tech Today?

Austin Startup

Our imagination is bounded by our experience,” Hector shared, and diversity, equity, and inclusion are critical to being able to imagine things properly. Capital Factory is excited to continue the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) conversation within our community through summits, workshops, and future programming to come in 2020.

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Strategy Roundtable: Try To Get At Least $2M Pre-Money In Seed Round Valuation

ReadWriteStart

Bottom line, early stage equity is very, very expensive. As a thumb rule, try to get enough validation so that you can get to at least a $2 million pre-money valuation before raising equity capital. That is debt financing that converts into equity at the Series A valuation once the price for that is set. (I

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Strategy Roundtable: Open Opportunities in Cloud Computing and Rural BPO

ReadWriteStart

Whether it is credit or equity, funding is very, very tight. Because customer financing equals revenue, not equity. She has a master's degree in electrical engineering and computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. I gave Gio some advice on funding, which I will repeat here for all of you.

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Startup Strategy Roundtable: Where Should You Raise Money?

ReadWriteStart

In fact, I just did a case study on Coastal Contacts , a $150 million e-commerce company that sells contact lenses online and has built itself up largely by using inventory financing as opposed to venture capital and equity financing.