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Start Up and Stay Up – How Small Businesses Survive & Thrive

The Startup Magazine

Since then it has grown to serve the tri-state New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware areas, but I still consider it a small business and my employees, more like a family. I’ve issued invitations to guest blog on my blog as a way of connecting. I started my Philadelphia area home appraising business in 2006.

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How to Work with Lawyers at a Startup

Both Sides of the Table

I recently read a post over on VentureHacks titled, “ Top Ten Reasons Entrepreneurs Hate Lawyers &# written by Scott Walker (who blogs on legal issues for entrepreneurs ). Founded it as a California LLC but your potential VC wants a Delaware C-Corp? I know that people have an allergy to lawyers out of fear of being screwed.

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What is a Social Enterprise?

Up and Running

Currently this structure is available in Arkansas, California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Vermont, Virginia, and Washington D.C., appeared first on Bplans Blog. Maryland was the first U.S.

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Seeking CEO+team for VC-backed startup: Make America Functional Again

David Teten

We assume we’ll be structured as a traditional Delaware C corporation. Source for the tweet which began this blog: Uber’s first employee, who’s now a billionaire, credits his success to this 1 tweet. The company has a long-term vision far beyond working with advocacy organizations.

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Introducing The Commitment Engine

Duct Tape Marketing

You’ll find important lessons about clarity, culture and community from a software developer in Chicago, a janitorial service in Ohio, a telephone answering service in Delaware and a skylight manufacturer in Iowa as well as my take on living and breathing business ownership every day for over twenty-five years.

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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. A few states, like Delaware and Nevada, offer tax advantages to large companies. I’ll offer you a few simple rules of thumb.

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The Concept of the Operating Philosophy

OnlyOnce

Patagonia (and lots of other companies) is a Delaware Public Benefit Corporation (PBC or often called a B Corporation), which must by law follow Stakeholder Capitalism and not Shareholder Capitalism. The post The Concept of the Operating Philosophy appeared first on The Startup CEO blog. Hopefully that makes sense.