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The Pitfalls Of State And Local Taxation For Startup Companies

YoungUpstarts

internet-based businesses with interstate sales) is becoming increasingly popular by states and increasingly burdensome for taxpayers. Alabama, South Dakota, Tennessee, Massachusetts, Vermont and Wyoming have all adopted economic nexus rules effective during 2017 or prior with regard to sales and use tax. more than two days).

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PowerInbox Aims To Transform Boring Static Email

YoungUpstarts

Founded in 2010, Cambridge, Massachusetts-based PowerInbox is an email technology company that hopes to do exactly that by enabling live, interactive email inside of most popular email services, such as Gmail, Hotmail, Yahoo Mail and Outlook. . We’ve all heard that clarion call more than a few times.

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Massachusetts Sales Tax “Fairness”

Andrew Payne

1554 are winding their way through the Massachusetts legislature. But I object to these bills because they put Massachusetts at a competitive disadvantage in the emerging Internet economy, at a time when more entrepreneurs are eyeing NY and CA for new companies, instead of MA. In case you missed it, H.1731 1731 and S.1554

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Year-End VC Report Shows Strength of Internet & Early Stage Investment

ReadWriteStart

New York Takes the #2 Spot For Tech VC from Massachusetts. Massachusetts, 207. billion for Massachusetts. Sure, this isn't a rousting of Massachusetts by New York. 60% of the funding in the state when to Internet and Healthcare companies. Internet Hot, Hot, Hot. Funding to New York companies came in at $1.22

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Forget Presidential Politics: Here’s How We Create Jobs — And How You Can Help

Gust

As a native of Silicon Valley , I’ve witnessed the creative destruction of wave after wave of innovation as nearby corporate campuses repopulated themselves : From defense contractors to data centers , computer mainframe manufacturers to Internet search engines. Intellectual Property. Free Speech. Healthcare Reform. Yes, really.

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Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: How Do You Catalyze A Region's Entrepreneurship?

ReadWriteStart

Today, building Internet businesses, or businesses that are primarily marketed through the Internet, is viable for entrepreneurs all over the world. Gerard started off by saying that anyone looking for a customer on the Internet is a potential customer for this business. It is no longer Silicon Valley's exclusive domain.

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Seed and Later Investments for Startups are Booming

Startup Professionals Musings

The Internet sector is tops for seed deals. Not surprisingly, the Internet sector is still the primary destination for seed investing. Massachusetts is a distant #3 but in terms of the rate of follow-on financing, Massachusetts has the highest rate. California and NY dominate for number of seed deals.