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Why The Government is Isn’t a Bigger Version of a Startup

Steve Blank

As there was no venture capital, these early startups were funded by early sales to weapon systems prime contractors and subcontractors. One of the unintended consequences was that many of the academics went off to found a wave of startups selling their technology to the military. America’s adversaries understand this.

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The Pitfalls Of State And Local Taxation For Startup Companies

YoungUpstarts

by Rebecca Stidham, Senior Manager – Tax Services at OUM & Co. The sale of software isn’t subject to sales tax.”. Our product is delivered electronically; sales tax doesn’t apply to us.”. “We an income tax or a sales tax collection responsibility) on that company.

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What does it mean to be Latinx in Tech Today?

Austin Startup

On October 15, Capital Factory hosted the Latinx in Tech Summit, where over 100 founders, investors, executives, and aspiring entrepreneurs from across the city gathered together for an inspiring and insightful afternoon. I've never been around this many Latinx in tech. As we head to 2020, Latinx will be the MAJORITY in the US.

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From Airbnb to TaskRabbit to Zimride, sharing is becoming big business

www.usatoday.com

Tech: Blogs. Technology Live. Talking Tech. Talking Your Tech. Sponsored Links Americans with heaps of stuff, skills and time are connecting online with tech-savvy and early adopters eager to share and rent homes, cars, tools and services in exchange for deep savings. Skip to Main Content. Game Hunters.

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Startup Strategy Roundtable: Not Coming To The Rescue Of Victory

ReadWriteStart

Well, I have coached early stage entrepreneurs for a couple of years now - diligently, patiently - and have learned a few things. But once a set of reference customers are in place, this business definitely needs a telesales channel, not a direct, feet-on-the-street sales force. Telesales simply don't work without reference customers.

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Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Check Out Stanzr

ReadWriteStart

It is also an excellent platform to address the questions from prospects and help clarify issues and objections for any sales process, which is one of the primary ways Voluble is seeing some of its major early customers using it. The next event will be on Tuesday, November 22, 2011, at 8:00 AM (PDT), register to attend here. Discuss.

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Strategy Roundtable: Do Not Spray and Pray

ReadWriteStart

Brad has had some success in working with retailers as well, but I advised him to be careful about the cash flow management. With enterprise customers, this would result in tremendous exit barriers, making sales cycles long and involved, which a small startup will find hard to withstand. TheNextBigZing.com.

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