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25 Entrepreneurs Reveal The Industry With The Most Optimist Future

Hearpreneur

The trend of digital migration must go hand in hand with securing networks to avoid breaches and possible losses in this digital age. 2- Federal government contracting. Public sector contracting and more specifically federal government contracting is a cash cow. 11- IT and cyber security companies. 5- Transportation.

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Starting an Online Casino

The Startup Magazine

This next level will also require that you work with government regulators. The government will not allow you to conduct your business without a license. Securing your online casino. It is expected that any starting venture encounters problems and in the online space this takes the form of security.

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Helping Entrepreneurs Succeed: Mark Zuckerberg (Words of Wisdom)

Scott Edward Walker

Securities and Exchange Commission , we again present Mark Zuckerberg , co-founder of Facebook and indeed an amazing, inspirational entrepreneur. As people share more, they have access to more opinions from the people they trust about the products and services they use. We expect this trend to grow as well.

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Making Decisions in Context

Austin Startup

Of all your hires, if you have commissioned sales people, those will give you the most problems if they’re not all given an equal chance to make their quotas and achieve their personal earnings goals. You risk being held prisoner by some long-forgotten shareholder who painted your office when you first opened in exchange for a few shares.

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Should Equity-Based Crowd Funding Be Legal?

Growthink Blog

The result is that far too many entrepreneurs can't start or grow their ventures—and can't provide jobs and new products and services to spur our economy. Broadening the Base Currently, equity-based crowd funding falls under strict Securities and Exchange Commission rules governing angel investing.

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Small Business and Startups: The Trends for 2014 (Pt II)

crowdSPRING Blog

Recently the Securities and Exchange Commission proposed new rules to govern the upcoming changes in equity crowdfunding for startups and small businesses. Consumerization of products. The calculation is that many consumers would happily pay the tax in exchange for the convenience. Remember kozmo.com ?

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The Secret History of Silicon Valley 11: The Rise of “Risk Capital.

Steve Blank

These technology startups had no risk capital – just customers/purchase orders from government/military/intelligence agencies. Million in 1946 as a closed-end mutual fund ) which meant ARD was regulated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC.) military and intelligence agencies and defense contractors. Whitney Co.