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The Founder and Investor Trust Problem: It's not what you think.

This is going to be BIG.

Don’t get me wrong—I don’t mean trust in the sense that VCs think founders are just going to get a fake passport and move to Fiji, or that investors are secretly plotting to take over the company. The price negotiation process is pretty straightforward, and once a deal has been agreed upon we move on. That doesn’t mean we trust each other.

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The Screwy Logic of Crowdfunding and Venture Fund Regulation

This is going to be BIG.

You know, because sometimes startups just simply don't make it [shrug] but you gotta watch out for those financial hucksters who are looking to take your money and run off to kick it in Fiji. Or, as a bigger fund, you could hire a placement agent--someone who specializes in helping you raise a fund. tanning salon/seed fund combo.

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Understanding Paying Taxes for Small Businesses

Women Entrepreneurs Can

Countries such as Fiji are used by corporations to avoid paying high corporation tax; that is, by registering their business in that country, they pay far lower taxes than if they registered in the United States, even if they operate mainly here in the US. Hire an accountant. Hire an accountant.

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How Startups Can Benefit From Cloud Accounting

YoungUpstarts

This means you can have all of the information at your fingertips whether you’re at the office or on vacation in Fiji. In addition to the points outlined above you also won’t need to hire a team of IT people as everything is handled by the software provider.

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What living in different countries has taught me about life (and work)

Austin Startup

From running around Manhattan in 2008 selling to restaurants while the world economy was in tatters, to the first hire of a startup based out of Estonia, to my current role in Austin, Texas it sure has been a windy road. Looking at my career thus far, it has not followed a textbook game plan by any means.

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Mastering Delegation: How to Transform Your Business and Life

Duct Tape Marketing

Set the strategy and vision, hire the right people for the right seats and assure access to enough capital and resources to get the job done. The H is for hire the right people in the right seats. I think a mistake folks make is hiring only junior level folks or thinking they can't afford senior level folks.

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Transcript And MP3 Of My $180,000 Website Flipping Presentation

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

The deal went through, I bought the website, and eventually hired a team of writers. What you can do with a blog that’s got a little bit of traction and a little bit of traffic is hire a team of volunteers. I’d hired the volunteer authors and I had hired Rob to look after them, so this website was passive.