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Flexible VC, a New Model for Companies Targeting Profitability

David Teten

John Berger, Director Operations & Impact Solutions, Toniic , observed that this has clear investor benefits: “ The grace period became a feature because it benefits investors in regions like the US where there can be tax differences between short and long term gains. Payments are commonly delayed for a grace period of 12-36 months.

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30 Entrepreneurs Share Their Thoughts on Industries That Need Technology Innovation The Most

Hearpreneur

The advancements in artificial intelligence, machine learning, and big data have enabled businesses to improve their operations and increase productivity. Thanks to Erin Murphy, Best in Ireland ! #13- We need a new distribution system that can cater to both large and small volumes. As of now, food waste is a major problem.

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My Life as a CEO (and VC): Chief Psychologist

Both Sides of the Table

My first company was founded in Ireland, headquartered in England and had country operations in the UK, France & Germany. Equally I had to spend time with the heads of sales & marketing to keep them confident I wasn’t going to undermine their authority in the country operations. We faced it when we were small.

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Registering A UK Limited Company As A Non-UK Resident

YoungUpstarts

This is usually a simple decision based upon the planned distribution of trading profits. Profit distribution is based on the shares held by each shareholder. Companies House is responsible for approving incorporations in all UK jurisdictions, of which there are three: England and Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland.

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Understand the tricks Multinationals use to avoid paying tax

Start Up Blog

A jurisdiction where the tax rates are lower, think Singapore, Ireland, the Netherlands, the Cayman Islands. Often high enough to remove any local profit for operations in higher taxed economies. Outlaw lobbying, and we’ll go a long way to having a more equal income distribution and claw back the one percenter’s grip on the economy.

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24 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

Several years prior to this my wife started a newborn photography business, over time I became more involved in the back end operations of the business and within several years had helped her grow her business into a full-time professional position. So I thought, why not apply the same business model in Ireland?

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Benchmarking Cassandra Scalability on AWS - Over a million writes per second

techblog.netflix.com

There was no setup time, no discussions with IT operations about datacenter space and no more cost once the test was over. distribution plus Netflix specific tooling and instrumentation. Takeaway Netflix is using Cassandra on AWS as a key infrastructure component of its globally distributed streaming product.

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