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Welcome to The Frontier – An Ode To Startups

Feld Thoughts

That summer, this bumpkin/badass former governor from Vermont running for president (Howard Dean) had found this guy Joe Trippi to run his presidential campaign. Friends from the campaign went on to run Obama’s Internet operation. We are the leaders in our market, and they will follow, after we’ve found and laid the path.

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Be a Benevolent Dictator (And Eight More Lessons For Getting Your Stalled Start-up Off The Ground)

YoungUpstarts

It’s a lot like investing in the stock market — once everyone else starts jumping on the bandwagon, you’ve missed the window. I was thrilled that what I did employed 50,000 people and did business in every state but Vermont, with international operations in China, Japan, Brazil, and Mexico.

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What is an L3C?

Up and Running

Vermont became the first state to establish the L3C as a legal structure. Examples of current L3Cs include: a motorcycle safety school, farmer’s markets, and a research organization to make pediatric Xrays and CT Scans safer for kids. In 2008 in the U.S., Since that time, it hasn’t been without its proponents and detractors.

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Why Starting A Non-Profit To Create Social Change Is A Bad Idea

ReadWriteStart

The state of Vermont, the first state to enact this type of company , explains that an L3C is “a cross between a non-profit organization and a for-profit corporation. Or do they generate revenue from cause marketing or licensing?”. One way is to create a B Corporation (an option I wrote about several months ago in ReadWriteweb).

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What Is a Benefit Corporation?

Up and Running

Now, you can create a benefit corporation in: Arkansas, California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Vermont, Virginia, and Washington D.C., with many more states in the pending legislation phase.

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Why Starting A Non-Profit To Create Social Change Is A Bad Idea

ReadWriteStart

The state of Vermont, the first state to enact this type of company , explains that an L3C is “a cross between a non-profit organization and a for-profit corporation. Or do they generate revenue from cause marketing or licensing?” One way is to create a B Corporation (an option I wrote about several months ago in ReadWriteweb).

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Proposal for Tte Importation Of Drugs From Canada – The Merits and the Risks

Women Entrepreneurs Can

The importer should be a wholesaler or pharmacist licensed to operate in the United States. The prescription drug to be imported into the United States market from Canada should have approval from Canadian authorities to sell in the Canadian market. The Approval Process for Drugs to Be Imported. The Road Ahead.

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