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The Pitfalls Of State And Local Taxation For Startup Companies

YoungUpstarts

298 (1992), which requires “substantial nexus” in the form of property or people to impose sales tax on out-of-state sellers. 298 (1992) which may allow states to constitutionally tax out-of-state sellers with no physical presence within a state. North Dakota , 504 U.S. Wayfair, Inc. North Dakota , 504 U.S.

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Pioneering Women in Venture Capital: Kathryn Gould

Steve Blank

Kathryn has been the founding VP of Marketing of Oracle , a successful recruiter, a world class Venture Capitalist, a co-founder of a Venture Capital firm, a great board member, one of my mentors and most importantly a wonderful friend. The answer of course, was Venture Capital, but that was not in the cards—as yet.

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Connecting the Dots: How New Job Creation, IPO’s, and Venture Capital in America Are Intimately Linked

Pascal's View

6) The most efficient fuel for this IPO engine is venture capital. government dataset compiled by the U.S. .” “… it is highly unlikely that a company that does not take venture capital ends up going public. … Four of the twenty companies with the largest market capitalization in the U.S.—Microsft,

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Mentors 6/18: The Best Mentor Relationships Eventually Become Two-Way

Feld Thoughts

Charlie started his own company, The Feld Group, in 1992 , when my company (Feld Technologies) was five years old. In 2000, I invested via Mobius Venture Capital in The Feld Group and joined the board. Suddenly, Charlie and I were having peer discussions about our respective consulting businesses.

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Reversing Unintended Consequences From Regulation is Critical to Restoring Small Company IPO’s

Pascal's View

First, the National Venture Capital Association has published data revealing that over 90% of the jobs created by venture-backed companies occur AFTER they go public—and this relationship holds over the past 40 years.

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My story and support for the Founders Visa

K9 Ventures

I came to the United States in 1992 at the age of 17 (so there, now you know exactly how old I am!) There were a sum total of three or four “venture capital” funds in Pittsburgh at the time, and none of them had done much with this new fangled thing called the Internet. to attend Carnegie Mellon University.

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Why Startup Entrepreneurs Need to Communicate More Like George Bush Than Al Gore

Both Sides of the Table

Think of James Carville’s slogan for Clinton in 1992, “It’s the economy, stupid.” It was a journalist who covered Venture Capital. You need to rattle off why you rock in 60 seconds or less and have a group of strangers undertand what you do. ” It was so easy it was repeated frequently.