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3 Economic Rules Every Crypto Start Up Must Obey

Austin Startup

They lower the transaction cost of the exchange sufficiently to justify the risk of volatility inherent in virtual currencies. Overall, bitcoin is probably the lowest transaction cost method to transfer “money” securely to anyone, anywhere, for any reason, and at any time. This is rule #2: Don’t go to prison. You bet it is!

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Making Decisions in Context

Austin Startup

August 20, 2017: This is another in my series of posts all leading up to a book on Startup Decision Making. One of the most common mistakes I see in startups is making decisions that lose sight of the context , including the past, present, and future. Sooner or later everybody in a startup knows what everyone else is getting paid.

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Crowd Funding – A Critique for Entrepreneurs and Investors

Gust

In the sum, substantial amounts of money (as much as a million dollars) can be raised for each startup company. Those US residents who do not meet accredited standards have been precluded from investing in startup companies. The Pros: So, why should the “laws of the land” be altered to legalize crowd funding of US startup companies?

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Startups, Please, Don’t Break These Laws.

Up and Running

Really, seriously: we teach this, we write this, we talk about it, but people ( and yes, I mean you ) somehow think it’s about some theoretical storybook startup, and not about them. You go to a local startups meeting after dinner, and the panelists tell the crowd they’re looking for investor. They’re immune.

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How Crowdfunding will affect Investors

Business Plan Blog

Thursday afternoon, President Obama signed off the Jumpstart our Business Startups (JOBS) Act – not only will it be affecting startups, but it will affect investors as well. Securities and Exchange Commission 270 days to review crowdsourcing and deliver policies for the public. The bill is allowing the U.S.

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Update on the JOBS Act and Raising Equity from Crowdfunding

Growthink Blog

As you may recall from last year, the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (called the JOBS Act) was passed and signed by President Obama in April, 2012. Work on your business plan Also, as always, have a solid plan for how much funding you need, how you will spend it, and what effects it will have on your operations and revenues.

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What Does It Take to Start a Comic Book Business? With Brian Wyrick of Robot Paper

Up and Running

I joke that that was my first experience in small business. I wouldn’t exchange it for the money we lost, but it was trial by fire. We commissioned a cover from him and created a company called Robot Paper. We were able to secure distribution with Diamond Comics, they’re the only real distributor, in the U.S.