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How One Woman’s Flat Tire Inspired A Global Trucking Movement

YoungUpstarts

You wouldn’t need a PhD to know that the driver of the car, Virginia, Ellen’s mother was out of sorts. Virginia was a strong person, but the signs were evident. Unfortunately, it seemed Virginia wasn’t going anywhere fast on that particular day. Then Virginia harkened back to that fateful afternoon in July.

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The 5 Best States In America For New Business

YoungUpstarts

Virginia topped Forbes Magazine’s list of best states for business in 2013. Virginia is known for its educated workforce and diverse industry. Lewis Robinson is a business consultant specializing in social media marketing, CRM, and sales. Nineteen percent of survey respondents started their businesses within the previous year.

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boldstart 2018 recap and what’s hot in enterprise 2019

BeyondVC

Tony Saldanha (P&G Next Gen Svces, Transformant), Farhan Shah (Allstate, CTO, Head of Platform Eng), Munu Gandhi (VP Infrastructure, AON), Virginia Lyons (CISO, Williams Sonoma) and GTM advisors?—?Natalie New CXO advisors join?—? Natalie Diggins (Neustar, ex-VP Cloud Platform/DevOps), Francesca Krihely (MongoDB, Dir.

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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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How to Improve Profit by an Average of 11.1%

Austin Startup

That goes for any industry, location or product; from enterprise SaaS in my home town of Austin, to live music ticket sales in Virginia, to B2C services in Seattle. We’ll get to the data in a second, but first we need to get something straight: pricing is the biggest problem you’re currently ignoring. Let’s break this down.

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Smooth-Stone Changes Name to Calxeda; Adds Hires

Austin Startup

Bob Baughman, previously with Polycom and Marvell, as Vice President of Business Development and Sales. Baughman is Calxeda’s new Vice President of Business Development and Sales. Today, Calxeda announces three significant executive team additions: Karl Freund, formerly of IBM and Hewlett-Packard, as Vice President of Marketing.

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30 Compelling Reasons to Start a Business

Up and Running

Starting a business comes with a lot of on-the-go lessons, but Jeremiah Boehner, a serial entrepreneur and senior director of sales at MyLikes, an advertising platform, says the most important lessons are those that teach you about yourself. “As Reason #24: The internet offers more sales possibilities. @TheSeasonalDiet ?.

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