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How Startups Can Prepare For Their First Tax Audit

YoungUpstarts

They spend a lot of time, effort and resources on developing a business plan, and even more time and effort on raising capital, finding the right people and developing strategic partners. California and Massachusetts have state minimum taxes, whereas states such as Alabama and Tennessee impose franchise tax based on capital/equity.

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First LGBTQ+ in Tech Forum Gathers DFW Community for Inspiring Conversations

Austin Startup

While this isn’t Capital Factory’s first Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) event or initiative, this was the first of its kind in the DFW area and definitely not the last. We’re proud to be working with local leaders to develop more consistent LGBTQ+ community events that extend well beyond Pride Month. Check out our photo album.

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What does it mean to be Latinx in Tech Today?

Austin Startup

Our imagination is bounded by our experience,” Hector shared, and diversity, equity, and inclusion are critical to being able to imagine things properly. Capital Factory is excited to continue the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) conversation within our community through summits, workshops, and future programming to come in 2020.

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Startup Strategy Roundtable: Where Should You Raise Money?

ReadWriteStart

Jacqueline and her partner Cortney are designing and manufacturing the line out of China and selling in the U.S. She has a master's degree in electrical engineering and computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. First up today was Jacqueline Floro-Pierre with ShopTranslated from China.

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Texas Startup Manifesto 2.0

Austin Startup

These are all potential customers and strategic partners for startups. The University of Texas System is the third most innovative university in the world , behind only the University of California system and Massachusetts Institute of Technology in intellectual property patents. Twenty four are in Dallas and 22 are in Houston.

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Why Kickstarter and crowdfunding can’t replace traditional investors

The Next Web

Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Aaron Pitman , an angel investor and founder and partner of RA Domain Capital. The manufactured lock-picks snapped too easily, his backers started to turn on him, and soon he was being contacted by the Massachusetts attorney general’s office. Traditional investors, however, can.

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Startup Strategy Roundtable: Top 10 Tech Trends To Watch

ReadWriteStart

At this point, he can grow organically and leverage channel partners and other creative modes of non-equity financing and preserve equity as much as possible. She has a master's degree in electrical engineering and computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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