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The Pitfalls Of State And Local Taxation For Startup Companies

YoungUpstarts

298 (1992), which requires “substantial nexus” in the form of property or people to impose sales tax on out-of-state sellers. 298 (1992) which may allow states to constitutionally tax out-of-state sellers with no physical presence within a state. North Dakota , 504 U.S. Wayfair, Inc. North Dakota , 504 U.S.

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America’s Entrepreneurial Innovation Needs Help

Startup Professionals Musings

Since 1992, Congress has diverted nearly $1 billion in applicant-paid fees already earned by the USPTO to other uses (like the 2010 census), leaving the patent office unable to deal with the threefold increase in patent applications over the last 20 years. Fix the patent office to keep up with the backlog.

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Digital Health Becoming a Reality

Both Sides of the Table

Seemed such a fantasy back in 1992. I read about how in the future our heart rates would be remotely monitored, our food intake monitored and our grocery lists automatically created when our wrappers were thrown away. Yet 2010 is already showing me how connected our lives and our health are starting to become.

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Digital Transformation And The Evolution of Apps – What’s The Link?

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each retailing at a cool US$4,000, with the first text message (SMS) only sent in 1992. However, it wasn’t until 1983 when the first commercially viable mobile phones went on sale in the U.S. However, the mobile phones available then were large and bulky, and innovation was driven by the desire to communicate untethered.

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Those Beautiful Nest Eggs

Lightspeed Venture Partners

Tony –working on “iPhone” circa 1992 Me–product manager, having a ball. Not only was he exceptionally gifted technically, he gained everyone’s respect for his integrity and strong convictions about the company’s product direction and overall strategy.

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The 10 Best Teams Ever Assembled (And What We Can Learn From Them)

YoungUpstarts

The 1992 team’s roster reads like a list of the greatest NBA players ever: Michael Jordan, Larry Bird, Magic Johnson, Patrick Ewing, Karl Malone, Charles Barkley. As another summer Olympics came and went, there were rumblings about this year’s U.S. men’s basketball team being the best ever.

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A Very Short peak into the Metaverse

VC Cafe

The term Metaverse was first coined by author Neil Stephenson in the novel ‘Snow Crush’ published in 1992. As investors in gaming, entertainment tech and consumer, this is a topic my partner Kevin Baxpehler and I have been actively researching and investing in at Remagine Ventures for the past few years. . What is the metaverse?