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How Baby Boomers Fit In The Realm Of Entrepreneurship

Startup Professionals Musings

They couldn’t possibly understand the new social media culture, new technologies, or have the determination to beat their younger counterparts in the market. All the learning from parenting pays big dividends here. Yet credible reports on current trends tell us just the opposite.

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Startups Are Not Just The Realm Of Young Generations

Startup Professionals Musings

They couldn’t possibly understand the new social media culture, new technologies, or have the determination to beat their younger counterparts in the market. All the learning from parenting pays big dividends here. Yet credible reports on current trends tell us just the opposite.

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Why GE’s Jeff Immelt Lost His Job – Disruption and Activist Investors

Steve Blank

He sold off slower-growth, low-tech, and nonindustrial businesses — financial services, media, entertainment, plastics, and appliances. Instead of lean innovation programs, there is a mandate to cut $2 billion in expenses by the end of next year, lift profits and raise the dividend. He doubled GE’s investment in R&D.

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More Successful New Entrepreneurs Are Baby Boomers

Startup Professionals Musings

They couldn’t possibly understand the new social media culture, new technologies, or have the determination to beat their younger counterparts in the market. All the learning from parenting pays big dividends here. Yet credible reports on current trends tell us just the opposite.

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Corporation or LLC? Business Organizations for Tech Startups.

YoungUpstarts

Owners of corporations also pay taxes when they are paid dividends or profit from sale of the stock, which is why it is common to say that corporations are “double-taxed.” Corporations are allowed to keep their earnings or pay them out as dividends. There are also limitations on how dividends are paid out.

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Flexible VC, a New Model for Companies Targeting Profitability

David Teten

Similarly, when Flexible VC structures are based off of the founder’s own compensation (often via salary or dividends), investors are specifically tying their returns to the financial success of the founder. Founder Earnings” (Founder Salaries + Dividends + Retained Earnings). Profits, Founder Salaries, and/or Dividends Declared.

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8 Key Ingredients to a Profitable Consulting Business

Startup Professionals Musings

Use visibility and social media to pull clients in. In addition to relationships, today’s clients want to see you and your expertise on videos online, industry conferences, and social media to feel the trust for differentiation. The days of a hardworking introvert hiding in the back room are gone.