article thumbnail

Why Entrepreneurs Need To Keep Up With Changing Regulations

YoungUpstarts

by Kelvin Simmons , a partner at Nexus Group. How Government Regulations Influence Your Business. Laws and government regulations affect almost all business activities. Entrepreneurs whose products will come under government regulations must first make them official with the necessary branch of government.

article thumbnail

The FCC is About to Harm Millions of Patients

Austin Startup

Netflix recently partnered with T-Mobile so that T-Mobile customers get the streaming service for free. This would absolutely slow the rate of innovation in healthcare and erase the $35+ Billion investment the federal government made to digitize medical records. Call the FCC Here’s an example from a concerned citizen of Dubuque, Iowa.

.Net 48
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Does Your Small Business Need Workers’ Compensation Insurance?

YoungUpstarts

In Texas, workers’ compensation insurance is optional unless the business is a construction company on contract for the government. Every state also specifies whether sole proprietors, single member LLCs, partners, and family farms are considered employees and may opt-out or into workers’ comp. The Size of Your Business Might Matter.

article thumbnail

The Venture Capital Secret: 3 Out of 4 Start-Ups Fail

online.wsj.com

The company raised $45 million in venture capital from firms including DCM, Emergence Capital Partners and Bessemer Venture Partners, and built partnerships with AOL Inc., David Cowan of Bessemer Venture Partners has stuck with Mr. Dreymann. the previous year. Comcast Corp., and Verizon Communications Inc. All Rights Reserved.

article thumbnail

Where is the best place to find a rockstar developer to bring it to life?

www.quora.com

If you are a creative guy with a good head for business looking for an engineering partner, send me a summary of your idea and business plan, and I'll do the implementation!" There are no self-appointed rockstar developers which you want to partner with. Each partner brings a certain amount of credibility to the table.

article thumbnail

How to Start a Travel Agency

Up and Running

In California, Washington, Hawaii, Iowa, and Florida, you’ll need a Seller of Travel license. Further, we had a very simple organization structure, so ease of governance and compliance drove our choice of corporate structure.”. It’s important that your business partners share your values. For the U.S.

article thumbnail

Invest in Israel Newsletter June 2010 Edition

VC Cafe

Eureka was set up in 1985 as a legal framework allowing European companies to collaborate and receive government funding. Comsys was founded in 1994 when it initially produced a PC modem and then gradually changed its focus to develop processors for 3G mobile devices, which it sold to its strategic partner, Texas Instruments Inc.