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The Pitfalls Of State And Local Taxation For Startup Companies

YoungUpstarts

by Rebecca Stidham, Senior Manager – Tax Services at OUM & Co. Alabama, South Dakota, Tennessee, Massachusetts, Vermont and Wyoming have all adopted economic nexus rules effective during 2017 or prior with regard to sales and use tax. Rebecca Stidham is Senior Manager – Tax Services at OUM & Co.

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Hiring a Freelancer? Here’s What That Means for Your Taxes

Up and Running

Meanwhile, states like Arkansas, Missouri, New Jersey, and Vermont — as well as the District of Columbia — have established their own thresholds. Despite changes to the federal tax laws regarding the gig economy, gig workers and the businesses that employ them need to be aware of the tax codes of their states. Almost every state in the U.S.

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21 Entrepreneurs Reveal Their Favorite Business or Entrepreneur Turnaround Story

Hearpreneur

Cohen and Greenfield borrowed $4,000 to build their first ice cream business in Vermont in 1978, with a total investment of $12,000. Knowing how to manage a successful business is one thing; knowing how to but knowing how to rise above seemingly impossible odds is a whole other skill. Things started to move quickly.

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Team, Team, Team

ithacaVC

You all likely know that most VCs consider the management team to be the top measure of potential success of the venture. I want to instead focus on the importance of the entire team (not just management) and the importance of making sure that the team can play together. Vermont wanted revenge, clearly. I knew this going in.

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Be a Benevolent Dictator (And Eight More Lessons For Getting Your Stalled Start-up Off The Ground)

YoungUpstarts

With those out of the way, I’d take a management walkabout checking with staff members at all levels. According to a variety of studies, the cost of firing senior- or middle-management personnel can be as high as 300 percent of that person’s annual salary, and in some cases even higher. Let “Mother” do the hiring.

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Where To Find The Most Angels To Fund Your Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

This software platform is used by most local Angel organizations for managing deal flow. This is an online platform connecting entrepreneurs based in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont, with Angel investors worldwide. It powers over 1,000 investment Angel and VC groups in 80+ countries.

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8 Non-Traditional Ways to Attract Financing and Resources for Your Business in 2022

Up and Running

For example, an initiative in Vermont sought to identify 10,000 women-owned businesses by the end of 2022. Meg Smith of Vermont’s Women Fund remarked that “money came into the state earmarked for women and minority-owned businesses, and there was no way to find them.” . Maybe you worked as an HR manager and want to become a consultant?