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10 Best Cities in the United States for Startups and Entrepreneurs (2018)

crowdSPRING Blog

That’s exceptional startup growth that other cities will find tough to match. Tony Hsieh of Zappos appreciates the “ endless possibilities ” he has discovered in Nevada. He began a venture fund in 2012, VTF Capital , which invests in other businesses interested in joining the Nevada scene.

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How to Minimize the Red Tape and Taxes of a Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

If you are certain that you are building a large national corporation with more than 100 investors, and multiple classes of stock, then you might as well start with a Delaware or Nevada C-Corp. Many entrepreneurs don’t realize that the tax entity election doesn’t have to match the legal entity. Upgrade your business entity as required.

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8 Reasons To Incorporate Your New Company Early

Startup Professionals Musings

An LLC will work just fine for this, but if you know enough to anticipate more than 100 investors or special classes of stock, I recommend incorporating as a Delaware or Nevada C-Corp or S-Corp. Tax status can be assigned separately to match your preferences. Founder’s stock may be taxed at time of incorporation.

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Stay in Your Lane

Austin Startup

Of course you can only field a role-diversified team if you have hired with that in mind. When you make hiring decisions, particularly for the most technical positions where prior work can be evaluated and tests can be given, you too may have multiple qualified candidates for the tasks at hand.

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Webinar Recap: Create a Business with Your Art (Q&A with Ann Rea)

Up and Running

Ann: If I said you are mute … If I said you are mute, that would be speaking for myself, would you hire me just based on me sitting here, looking like I am ready for the job without ever, without me ever speaking. She knows that her values match her customer’s values. I still have to got to answer your questions. Jonathan: Right.

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Learning from Obama: maneuver warfare on the campaign trail

Startup Lessons Learned

But nothing Ive read so far really does justice to what I witnessed in Colorado and Nevada. On the other hand, we could match them strength-for-strength as soon as we knew where to go. Im also a big fan of John Boyds work, and your story "from the inside" is a really insightful way of matching maneuver warfare to the political arena.