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Top 40 Startup Posts for August 2010

SoCal CTO

Start-Up Chile: $40k to Live There and Start a Company - Ben Casnocha: The Blog , August 14, 2010 Governments round the world are trying to stimulate entrepreneurship. The Chilean government recently announced a bold initiative that stands apart from the usual innovation and start-up handwaving. Have convertible notes really won?

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Out of the Crisis #12: Curative founder Fred Turner and Celine Halioua on diagnostic supply chains, scaling up testing, and partnering with government

Startup Lessons Learned

The story of how Curative pivoted and scaled is about moving with entrepreneurial speed to find a solution, then collaborating with investors and government for the public good. We've just been doing our first tests in Florida and doing our first delivery to Alaska as well. creating a model for how other cities can do it.

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The Venture Capital Secret: 3 Out of 4 Start-Ups Fail

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Distribution and use of this material are governed by our Subscriber Agreement and by copyright law. Firms Miss Out on Jobs Push A new federal program that lets states give companies financial incentives for hiring jobless people hasnt gained traction, illustrating the complications of government attempts to tackle unemployment.

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Does Your Small Business Need Workers’ Compensation Insurance?

YoungUpstarts

In Texas, workers’ compensation insurance is optional unless the business is a construction company on contract for the government. Alaska provides an exception for commercial fishermen. The Number of Employees You Have Matters. In most states, if you have just one employee you must carry workers’ compensation insurance.

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The Spirit of America

Growthink Blog

The current guy in charge was born to an immigrant father and a teenage mother who was so poor that she received government assistance in raising her only child. Information - organized and accessible here. #8. Ideas - backed here. #7. The Fast Company 50. Entrepreneurs - inspired here. #6. Space - open here. #5. San Francisco.

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Public Hospital Modern Woes – Aging Infrastructure, Unions, Pensions, High Regulation. 

The Startup Magazine

This article will focus on the impact of hospitals in that equation, specifically those public health system owned and controlled by local Governments. [2]. Further into their lifecycle, though, they found themselves beholden to certain financial and governance handicaps. Hospital System Roots. Unions often cast an outsized presence.

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All That You Need to Know About U.S. Income Tax

The Startup Magazine

For starters, ‘income tax’ is just a kind of tax imposed by the government on the earnings generated by companies and people within their area of authority. With this tax, governments fund public services, pay their obligations, and fulfill their duties to the citizens.