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10 Best Cities in the United States for Startups and Entrepreneurs (2018)

crowdSPRING Blog

The overall culture in Austin is renowned for its supportiveness of the small business community. The celebration for its unique culture and flourishing business community is very appealing, and many new startups are flocking to the city to embrace it as their own. Boulder, CO. The companies out here, they’re rooting for each other.

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Who are the Major Revenue-Based Investing VCs?

David Teten

At least 12 months of customer history, generally 20+ enterprise customers or 200+ SMB customers. Founders First Capital Partners : “Founders First Capital Partners, LLC is building a comprehensive ecosystem to empower underrepresented founders to become leading premium wage job creators within their communities.

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Entrepreneurs are Everywhere Show No. 8: Phil Randazzo and Derek Andersen

Steve Blank

Derek Andersen , is the founder of Startup Grind , a 200,000-person entrepreneurial community with chapters in 75 countries run by more than 1,000 volunteers. Phil also owns Nevada Benefits Corp; and is the co-founder of Drive Safe Mode , an app that prevents teens from texting while driving. Derek Andersen.

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Two Entrepreneurs Turn Selling Men’s Leggings into a Global Business Success

Hearpreneur

The lightbulb moment was at Burning Man Festival in the Nevada Desert when Co-Founder Jordan Barnett noticed thousands of men all wearing ill-fitted women’s leggings. The Kapow brand was born at Burning Man in the Nevada desert with 35,000 men wearing ill-fitting women’s leggings because they couldn’t find cool ones for guys.

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8 Reasons To Incorporate Your New Company Early

Startup Professionals Musings

An LLC will work just fine for this, but if you know enough to anticipate more than 100 investors or special classes of stock, I recommend incorporating as a Delaware or Nevada C-Corp or S-Corp. Tax status can be assigned separately to match your preferences. Founder’s stock may be taxed at time of incorporation.

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Whores, Vegetarianism, Moral High Ground & Capitalist Baggage

crowdSPRING Blog

After answering 40,000+ customer questions, we’ve seen our share of pretty unusual questions. Last week, a customer sent us a note with a simple statement: “Hello whores.&#. So, Pete crafted this wonderful, detailed response offering the best guidance he could, to our customer Khaya. I don’t think so.

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Hello Whores

crowdSPRING Blog

After answering 40,000+ customer questions, we’ve seen our share of pretty unusual questions. Last week, a customer sent us a note with a simple statement: “Hello whores.&#. So, Pete crafted this wonderful, detailed response offering the best guidance he could, to our customer Khaya. I don’t think so.

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