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The Research and Development Tax Credit: A Comprehensive Guide

The Startup Magazine

If a corporation is eligible, claiming research and development tax credits might result in considerable cost savings and these advantages include the following: An increase in the flow of cash. If the certifying organization verifies that your initiative is a research and development project, you are legally entitled to receive financing.

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Revisiting Paul Graham’s “High Resolution” Financing

Both Sides of the Table

When I first read Paul Graham’s blog post on “High Resolution&# Financing I read it as a treatise arguing that convertible notes are better than equity. “A startup could also give better deals to investors they expected to help them most&# – That is a quote from Paul on the “high resolution financing&# post.

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What Makes an Entrepreneur (4/11) – Resiliency

Both Sides of the Table

We were strong in the UK and they were strong in Germany and Israel (where they had a development office). The agreement was that both sets of investors would fund the combined entity, we would reduce overlapped costs and become a healthier company. We committed to cost focus, customer adoption and delivering our numbers.

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How R&D Investment Grows Your Business

ReadWriteStart

Investment in research and development, in turn, means allocating and using finances to support this process with technology solutions, scientific and tech talents, equipment, etc. These are primarily China, the US, Japan, and Germany. R&D statistics. Direct government funding and tax support for business R&D.

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America’s Entrepreneurial Innovation Needs Help

Startup Professionals Musings

In addition, due to Sarbanes-Oxley and other regulations, accounting costs have gone up an estimated four times for all businesses, and 2008-2009 represented the worst IPO market in forty years. In most cases, no patent means no financing, no new products, no new jobs, and no new industries for tomorrow.

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Be Careful not to be Penny Wise, Pound Foolish

Both Sides of the Table

.&# I took it to mean, “making decisions with small amounts of money (pennies) that end up making bad sense for affecting larger amounts of money (pounds, as in Great British Pounds).&# I thought of it as people who cut corners on small costs but paid dearly in terms of lost productivity on expensive staff.

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The Case for Optimism and Risk at Startups

Both Sides of the Table

Last week a company we enthusiastically backed, uBeam , led by a very special entrepreneur, 25-year-old Meredith Perry , announced a $10 million round of financing. Entrepreneurs are driven to pursue their passions no matter the personal costs, societal pressure, family head-scratching or financial consequences.