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Protecting Yourself from Counterfeit Products

The Startup Magazine

Impressive technology will help search for and close accounts of those in violation. If still in doubt, the alternative is to use a search engine to find out more about the company and product reviews. As individuals, we can also look at aspects such as the company or vendor. Additional Measures.

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Legal – How Real Estate Lawyers Support Business Clients

The Startup Magazine

Property owners must pay a few different kinds of property taxes, such as capital gains tax, estate tax, or rental income tax. A real estate lawyer will conduct title searches on your behalf, look for liens or encumbrances, and work with the opposite party to resolve defects in the title. The deed may itself be illegal.

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Why Entrepreneurs Start Companies Rather Than Join Them

Steve Blank

No wonder the most successful Google products, other than search, have been acquisitions of startups not internal products: YouTube, Android, DoubleClick, Keyhole (Google Maps), Waze were started and run by entrepreneurs. tax rate for individuals making over $100,000 was 70% and 90% (taxes on capital gains fluctuated between 20% and 25%.)

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5 Reasons Why Investors Are Doing More 1031 Exchanges Than Ever

YoungUpstarts

This is highly beneficial because it stops you from having to pay capital gains taxes on the sale of the old property. To ensure you don’t get stuck paying the capital gains taxes on the sale of your old investment property, it would be wise to go ahead and take advantage of the program while it lasts.

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HomeAway Shareholders Find Liquidity in Google Ventures

Austin Startup

Capital gains tax rates may go up after Jan 1st, and some people need to acquire that new Ferarri 458 or buy that ski cabin in Aspen. If an inside track gives them any sort of advantage or edge in the search game, HomeAway’s scale will exploit it to the max. Shareholder liquidity is always fun. CrunchBase Information.

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Encouraging the right type of innovation

The Equity Kicker

I wonder if that same thinking mitigates against empowering innovation – most people feel better making small gains over a short period of time rather than struggling for a long time in search of a big win. Whilst I might differ with Christensen on why we have less empowering innovation I’m 100% with him that we need more.

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Convertible Debt: Worst Form Of Seed Financing — Except For All The Others

Gust

Convertible equity strikes me largely as a solution in search of a problem. Yet startup lawyers and firms have cranked out thousands of convertible notes for startups over the past several years, particularly on the West Coast, without any signs of the apocalypse (yet). ” This is inherently a bad thing.

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