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How Companies Can Claim R&D Tax Credits Software Benefits

The Startup Magazine

Puerto Rico, or a U.S. Although it is not complicated to calculate the R&D tax credit, understanding which expenses qualify and whether you have the right documents to back them up, presents more challenge for many small businesses. Research done after the start of commercial production. Surveys or studies.

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Insuring The Success Of Your Small Business

YoungUpstarts

As a small business owner, you are very much aware of some of the expenses facing you in the first couple of years. What follows is a little information that will help you cut through the noise: Two Categories of Business Insurance. One of the expenses you may not have considered is insurance. Hint: it most likely is not.

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Doki Doki Announces Donation of $15,000 For the Stand with Austin Fund and the National Federation…

Austin Startup

Doki Doki Announces Donation of $15,000 For the Stand with Austin Fund and the National Federation of the Blind of Texas The Raise Your Voice event featured Austin artist Peelander-Yellow doing a live show on the Dabel platform to raise funds for the blind community and small business of Austin.

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Turning the Unemployed Into Entrepreneurs

ReadWriteStart

Department of Labor just announced that $35 million in funds were available to “develop, enhance and promote SEA programs in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Big Government - or Small Business? To some startups an unemployment check may seem too small and trivial to make a difference.

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Am I Properly Insured as a Business Owner?

Up and Running

Running your small business without the proper insurance is a little like skydiving without a parachute. Many variables determine what sort of business insurance you should carry, including the size of your business, whether or not you have employees, and what sort of work you do.

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The Complete Guide to SBA Loans

Up and Running

Small Business Administration was created in 1953 to help Americans start, build and grow their businesses. territory including the United States, Puerto Rico, Guam and the U.S. Broadly speaking they are divided into 4 main categories: General Small Business Loans (7a) . What is an SBA Loan?

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Clusters, Class, Culture and Unfair Advantages

Steve Blank

In my neighborhood, successful entrepreneurship meant small businesses entrepreneurs. Before my parents divorced they had owned a small grocery store. No one I knew had ever started a company (other than a small business). I wouldn’t eat in a real restaurant until I went to college.

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