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Bitcoin Developments in Denmark

The Startup Magazine

One of the first real-world uses of bitcoin was for buying and selling illegal drugs on Silk Road, an online black market that was popular in Europe. This makes it an attractive option for investors, as they will not have to pay any taxes on their gains. However, no specific regulations regarding Bitcoin were laid out at that time.

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McLaren Strategic Ventures Sajan Pillai Discusses the Top Five Trends for Advancing Global Technology in 2022 

The Startup Magazine

Advances in technology used to begin at the enterprise level and slowly trickled down to the consumer technology market. When the first microwave oven hit the market in 1955, it cost roughly $12,000 in today’s dollars; today you can pick one up for $64 on Amazon. Consumerization & Affordability of Technology. billion by 2022.

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Startups Need To Be Skeptical Of Bank Funding Offers

Startup Professionals Musings

That would be almost any bank that provides checking accounts, savings accounts, and money market accounts to businesses, and also makes loans to businesses. Startups looking for an angel investor, or a Venture Capital investment usually realize that neither of these sources of funds normally has any connection with a bank.

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Should An Entrepreneur Seek Out An Investment Bank?

Startup Professionals Musings

That would be almost any bank that provides checking accounts, savings accounts, and money market accounts to businesses, and also makes loans to businesses. Startups looking for an angel investor, or a Venture Capital investment usually realize that neither of these sources of funds normally has any connection with a bank.

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Top 29 Startup Posts May 2010

SoCal CTO

"Authentic" is dead - A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks , May 3, 2010 It's time to retire the following phrases. Bending over: How to sell to large companies - A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks , May 24, 2010 This is a guest post by Steve Hanov , who blogs about programming and startups. Stay Tuned.

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A Venture Capital History Perspective From Jack Tankersley

Feld Thoughts

The key reason for the explosion in capital flowing into the industry, and therefore the large increase in practitioners, had nothing to do with 1970’s performance, early stage investing, or technology. Instead, the driver was the 1983 bull market. Was this a function of “too much money chasing too few deals” as many pundits claimed?

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[Infographic] How Do Taxes Affect Your Startup?

YoungUpstarts

It is one of the commonly used strategies to survive, especially in today’s competitive market. According to studies by the Villanova University and its online Master of Science in Analytics program , however, there are still several types of tax a startup must pay in order to operate legally.