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The Pitfalls Of State And Local Taxation For Startup Companies

YoungUpstarts

In today’s business environment where innovation and technology converge and the modern day entrepreneur has more support and incentive than ever to begin their dream startup company, more often than not discussions about state and local business taxes have a similar tone: “The company is losing money; we don’t owe any taxes.”. Wayfair, Inc.

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How to Translate Your Passion Into Your Purpose

Duct Tape Marketing

Liz’s journey from starting TransPerfect to her philanthropic endeavors serves as an inspiring roadmap for aspiring entrepreneurs and leaders. She's the founder and c e o of the Elizabeth Elting Foundation is an entrepreneur, business leader. John (04:05): I always love to ask entrepreneurs this question.

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6 Keys To Startup Wins Without Disruptive Innovation

Startup Professionals Musings

As an investor, innovation is a term I certainly like to hear these days, but many of you entrepreneurs try to take it to the next level, by claiming to have a “ disruptive innovation.” The disruptive technologies in electric vehicles and artificial intelligence have taken even longer to see any dramatic payback.

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20 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Names

Hearpreneur

Coming up with a business name can be one of the most challenging tasks that an entrepreneur will ever face. I’ll be honest, when I’m naming a business or a blog (I’m a bit of a serial entrepreneur), I always turn to a process I call ‘drunken brainstorming.’ Thanks to Corey Schwartz, Loanatik ! #5- Photo Credit: Richard Taylor.

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Twitter Link Roundup #226 – Small Business, Startups, Innovation, Social Media, Design, Marketing and More

crowdSPRING Blog

7 Habits of Highly Effective and Successful Entrepreneurs – crowdspring.co/S8CWPs. An Oral History Of Apple Design: 1992–2013 | Co.Design – crowdspring.co/1nJ2Ms0. What we learned by abandoning the shackles of an office to become a remote company (from Customer.io) – crowdspring.co/SuNgBT.

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Entrepreneurs Unplugged with Larry Gold – 2/18, 6:15pm

Feld Thoughts

This Entrepreneurs Unplugged with Larry Gold is going to be special. He’s been a professor at CU Boulder since 1980 and was the chairman of the Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology Department from 1988 to 1992. The post Entrepreneurs Unplugged with Larry Gold – 2/18, 6:15pm appeared first on Feld Thoughts.

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Digital Health Becoming a Reality

Both Sides of the Table

Seemed such a fantasy back in 1992. It’s two young guys who both dropped out of college to pursue their dream of becoming entrepreneurs. And as I wrote in this post, I think you need to be willing to take calculated risks to be a successful entrepreneur. Here are 4 areas / companies that I’m excited about: 1.