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An Overview Of Cyber Risks

YoungUpstarts

by Bart McDonough , CEO and founder of Agio, and author of “ Cyber Smart: Five Habits to Protect Your Family, Money, and Identity from Cyber Criminals “ William and Nancy Skog had cherry-picked an impeccable, perfect, river-front residence in Wilmington, Illinois. If you hook it up to the Internet, we’ll hack at it. ?

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Internet Sales Tax: Will It Level The Playing Field… Or Destroy It? [Poll]

ReadWriteStart

A bill that would allow states to collect sales tax from Internet companies like Amazon and eBay passed the Senate on Monday by a wide margin of 69-27, in a largely bipartisan push to help level the playing field for brick and mortar stores vis-a-vis their online competitors. The bill’s detractors claim it will create massive confusion.

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Tapping the Strength of Intergenerational Living During a Crisis: A Nonprofit Board President’s View

Board Effect

As Board President, I’ve been using my expertise to focus on training the current board in best practices for nonprofit governance. We’ve formed a Safety Committee, a Property Committee, and a Governance Committee, and we’re looking for the right people to form a Programs and Services Committee.

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5/25-NYC – Investing in Intellectual Capital: Patents, Trademarks, Domain Names, Litigation, Government Rights, and other Intangible Assets

David Teten

I’m excited about the program below on “Investing in Intellectual Capital: Intellectual Capital: Patents, Trademarks, Domain Names, Litigation, Government Rights, and other Intangible Assets” Click here to make a reservation. Kevin Barhydt, Head of Acquisitions, RPX.

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

online.wsj.com

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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Advances in Identity Technology and Privacy

Austin Startup

As a staunch privacy advocates, we’ve been waiting for the general public to start paying attention to what data various companies and government agencies are collecting and what they are doing with that data and to start clamoring for restrictions on who has the data and how it is used. And it keeps not happening.

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Startups and Small Business: 5 Things We Really Need From Politicians

crowdSPRING Blog

But, here at crowdSPRING, these types of government rules, whether to address environmental or worker safety concerns, have next to no impact on how we operate. Many government contracts go to companies that provide generous contributions to politicians in both parties. Allow fair competition for contracts.