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Nokia as “He Who Must Not Be Named” and the Helsinki Spring

Steve Blank

While the government says they love startups, the first thing they did this year is raise the capital gains tax. Filed under: Business Model versus Business Plan , Customer Development , Teaching , Venture Capital. Many founders mentioned this as a reason not to incorporate or grow their companies in Finland.

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Top 29 Startup Posts May 2010

SoCal CTO

They’re deep into Customer Development ,” he said. Why Taxing Carried Interest As Ordinary Income Is Good Policy - A VC : Venture Capital and Technology , May 29, 2010 The House has passed a bill this past week that would change the taxation of carried interest from capital gains treatment to ordinary income treatment.