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The 5 Best States In America For New Business

YoungUpstarts

Utah has long been recognized as a great place to start a business. Utah has a growing economy and low unemployment. Utah businesses benefit from low corporate taxes, business friendly regulations and energy costs 29 percent lower than the national average. Here are five of the best states for starting a business: 1.

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6 Stories of Successful New Entrepreneurs to Inspire Your Business

Up and Running

This led to iRobot’s sale of more than 4,000 PacBot robots that perform perilous missions (like bomb disposal) in support of soldiers and first responders in combat. Since then, more than $30 million in SBIR funds have enabled iRobot to conduct 33 research initiatives to develop new sensors and other robot capability enhancements.

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SpeedMenu Open to New Customer Base

Austin Startup

SpeedMenu announced today that their mobile menuing, ordering and payment software has entered the beta testing stage with Micros Systems Point of Sale (POS) software. SpeedMenu clients benefit from increased table touches, higher revenues and associated tips as well as repeat sales.

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What eCommerce Startups Need to Know About Online Sales Tax

Up and Running

Estimated taxes are separate from sales tax and employment taxes. Unlike estimated taxes and employment taxes, sales tax for online business does not work the same way as brick-and-mortar stores. You need to be familiar with rules for sales tax on internet sales and penalties for not collecting it. What is sales tax?

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The 22 Unexpected Places Where You Can Find Great Employees

Mike Michalowicz

I realize that some sales reps may go to trade shows looking for work. Omniture set up shop in Utah. They wanted a strong sales force, and the Mormon culture was already conditioned for it. Even if you’ve lost touch with old co-workers you respected and enjoyed working with, you can always find them on LinkedIn.

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How To Create A Culture Of Learning And Growth

Duct Tape Marketing

They're in Provo, Utah, and they turn Instagram photos into, or actually Lehigh, Utah. Recently, they did a show on the four day work week. Whitney Johnson (17:15): Yeah, I do actually. So, and they're not in the book. So it's a company called Chatbooks. It's a great culture. People like to work there.

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Who are the Major Revenue-Based Investing VCs?

David Teten

The mode purpose for funding is (in order of frequency) Sales, Marketing, Market Expansion, Product Development, and Hiring Employees. Additionally, Feenix typically needs fewer financial covenants and can provide quicker turnaround for due diligence with the benefit of transparency they receive by tracking credit card sales activity.

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