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Are You Hiding Behind Your Business Name?

YoungUpstarts

Even if you aren’t a corporation or an LLC, your state government may have rules about what business name you can use. Also, you’ll want a business bank account in your trade name, to keep your business finances separate from your personal – your tax accountant and the IRS will love you for it. Are you hiding behind your website?

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The Venture Capital Secret: 3 Out of 4 Start-Ups Fail

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Distribution and use of this material are governed by our Subscriber Agreement and by copyright law. Firms Miss Out on Jobs Push A new federal program that lets states give companies financial incentives for hiring jobless people hasnt gained traction, illustrating the complications of government attempts to tackle unemployment.

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When Big Companies Are Dead But Don’t Know It

Steve Blank

Even though the company was in Silicon Valley, he ran it like it was in Kansas: no frills, no hype, no crazy expenditures, just year after year of increasing revenue and profits. Their failures in multiple markets is no longer just a failure of management but a failure of board governance. More on this in another post.).

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How to Do Keyword Research for Content that Generates Leads

Duct Tape Marketing

The person who searches for “home remodeling ideas” is probably looking for something different than the person who searches for “best home remodeler in Kansas City,” right? The other is about financing; people often search about loans or government incentives associated with remodeling.

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How to Kick Start Your Community’s Startup Scene

Both Sides of the Table

Or the growth of Dwolla in Iowa or C2FO being built in Kansas City? So when my friend Willis Jackson from Kansas City asked Cintrifuse the question “how did you get Mark Suster to Cincinnati” the answer was obvious. In LA we have entertainment, finance, textiles, aerospace, transportation, fashion and so forth.