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For Many New Ventures, Location Is The Key To Success

Startup Professionals Musings

Today, Silicon Valley is the consumer and enterprise software capital of the world. Since 2006, the number of startups founded and funded outside of California, Massachusetts, and New York, has grown by more than 65 percent. Finance has homes in New York, Hong Kong, and London. Energy is still the domain of Houston and Dubai.

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When Planning A Startup, A Top Priority Is Location

Startup Professionals Musings

Today, Silicon Valley is the consumer and enterprise software capital of the world. Since 2006, the number of startups founded and funded outside of California, Massachusetts, and New York, has grown by more than 65 percent. Finance has homes in New York, Hong Kong, and London. Energy is still the domain of Houston and Dubai.

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

Steve Blank

Indeed, Silicon Valley was born as a center for weapon systems development and its software and silicon helped end the Cold War. And from then on, innovation in semiconductors, supercomputers, and software would be driven by startups, not the government. companies felt a patriotic duty to help their country defeat a common enemy.

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4 Key Questions To Identify Your Ideal Startup Site

Startup Professionals Musings

Today, Silicon Valley is the consumer and enterprise software capital of the world. Since 2006, the number of startups founded and funded outside of California, Massachusetts, and New York, has grown by almost 65%. Finance has homes in New York, Hong Kong, and London. Energy is still the domain of Houston and Dubai.

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The Pitfalls Of State And Local Taxation For Startup Companies

YoungUpstarts

The sale of software isn’t subject to sales tax.”. 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. Our product is delivered electronically; sales tax doesn’t apply to us.”. “We North Dakota , 504 U.S.

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In Boston, a School to Learn How to Work at a Startup

ReadWriteStart

They have all the needs of any business - including sales, marketing, product development and design - to go along with all of those software engineers. The six-week immersive program offers four tracks: software development, marketing, sales and business development, and product design. But there is more to it than that.

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Startup Location Is Still A Critical Success Factor

Startup Professionals Musings

Today, Silicon Valley is the consumer and enterprise software capital of the world. From 2006 to 2011, the number of startups founded and funded outside of California, Massachusetts, and New York, according to Wessel, has grown by almost 65%. Finance has homes in New York, Hong Kong, and London. The list goes on and on.