Start Up Blog

JANUARY 26, 2012

A startup blog regular – Josh Moore has been asking for as post on Property Investing. Which like anything can be treated like a startup. You can draw out profits (capital gain) from a property that has grown in value and not pay tax on it. Investors should choose between yield or capital growth when investing.

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The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

Behavioral Finance: Understanding the Human Element in Investing Behavioral finance delves into the psychological factors that influence decision-making in the context of investing. RIAs leverage insights from behavioral finance to help clients identify common cognitive biases that may hinder sound investment decisions.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 20, 2020

Statistically, plenty of startups fail — up to 90% a year. That’s why lenders rely on the five C’s as a guide: credit, capacity, capital, collateral, and conditions. Here are several unconventional ways to generate the fiscal momentum necessary to breed startup success: 1. Consider owner financing.

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Gust

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

How to finance a new seed-stage startup? ” Ressi in particular seems to be passionate about removing the “debt” component from convertible debt seed financing transactions. .” I won’t rehash all of the customary convertible note financing deal terms and points of negotiation here. (For

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Steve Blank

APRIL 11, 2018

If you asked me why I gravitated to startups rather than work in a large company I would have answered at various times: “I want to be my own boss.” “I It never crossed my mind that I gravitated to startups because I thought more of my abilities than the value a large company would put on them. I love risk.” “I

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VC Adventure

AUGUST 15, 2018

It was and is imprecise science but – at least in the case of venture backed startups – there wasn’t much harm in an option being priced low. These reports are generally quite lengthy and not always particularly comprehensible to non-finance professionals. I was wrong.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 24, 2021

But markets have changed and I think investors, founders and experienced executives who want to join later-stage startups can all benefit from playing the long game. This “overnight success” was first financed in 2004. Interim liquidity plus long-term capital gains work really, really well. It literally drove FOMO.

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The Next Web

JULY 21, 2013

Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Güimar Vaca Sittic , a two time Internet entrepreneur currently working at Quasar Ventures based in Buenos Aires, and a Startup Chile Judge. Usually entrepreneurs include vesting clauses when incorporating the company or raising a financing round. This is why vesting is so important.

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K9 Ventures

MARCH 23, 2011

The convertible note was really intended as an instrument for a “bridge financing” – when an equity round was imminent, and likely to occur, but the company needed some money in between. In that case, it made good sense to have a debt instrument, where the note holder then converted into equity when the financing occurred.

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The Startup Magazine

JUNE 23, 2021

With a residential mortgage, you borrow money to help you finance buying a home. Of course, when you get a business mortgage, you are also making a significant capital gain. Over time, property prices always eventually rise, so purchasing premises can be a great way of realizing capital growth in the long term.

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Scott Edward Walker

APRIL 9, 2012

Introduction We are in the golden age of seed financing. Venture capital funds, seed funds, super angels, angel groups, incubators, and “friends and family” are all playing the seed financing game and investing early in startups in an attempt to land the next Facebook.

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ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 28, 2022

With the rise of startups and growing businesses , it has become more critical for investors to have a thorough understanding of equity to be aware of all of the advantages they are receiving from the companies they have invested in. Why do startups issue company equity? You have a financial stake in a startup if you have equity.

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The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 3, 2019

Financing a business venture is a difficulty that many start-up owners have encountered. For those struggling to gain access to money lending via traditional banking institutions, stock loans, also called securities lending, can be a helpful financial resource. The post Can Stock Loans Help Your StartUp?

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Startup Company Lawyer

MAY 13, 2009

The budget proposal would modify IRC Section 1202 to provide for a complete exemption from capital gains tax for qualified small business stock issued after February 17, 2009 and held for five years, and the amount excluded would not be added back for alternative minimum tax purposes. Current Law.

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The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

The advantage of investing in stocks, bonds, and index funds is that you can take the money out at any time without penalties, but you will be subject to capital gains taxes if your investment has shown a profit. The post Atkinson Prakash Charan’s Beginners’ Guide to Investing appeared first on The Startup Magazine.

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The Startup Magazine

JUNE 24, 2024

It involves selling investments that have incurred losses and using those losses to offset gains from other investments. This can be particularly useful in managing capital gains taxes. The post Tips that Can Help You Save Money on Your Taxes appeared first on The Startup Magazine.

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The Startup Magazine

MAY 4, 2023

These costs include capital gains, investment returns, and retirement proceeds. The post 7 Tax Planning Strategies for Small Businesses appeared first on The Startup Magazine. Likewise, net income is the money distributable to shareholders. How about you increase these expenses?

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Startup Company Lawyer

JULY 20, 2009

Founders of startup companies often wait to incorporate a company until they are confident that their concept is viable or fundable. Trying to clean up pre-incorporation promises to grant equity in a startup company is a painful task, especially if founders part ways before there are formal documents in place to deal with the situation.

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K9 Ventures

OCTOBER 10, 2017

This post is intended to be a dynamic document, and I will attempt to update it from time to time with new questions that may arise or as financing trends evolve. Q: What amount of financing is considered Pre-Seed? Typically, Pre-Seed rounds are less than $1M in aggregate capital raised. Q: Define Pre-Seed?

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www.payne.org

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

Startup Equity For Employees. The re-heating of the venture funded tech market has pushed a heat up of the hiring market, and Im getting more calls from friends asking for help understanding startup stock (equity) offers. Most venture-funded startups have different classes of stock: common and various flavors of preferred.

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K9 Ventures

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

Let’s say you’re the founder (I use a solo-founder in my example to keep things simple, but this could just as well apply to a founding team) of a startup called Blood, Sweat and Tears, Inc. They want to keep the founders “all-in” in the startup, because they feel that otherwise the founders won’t be motivated enough.

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K9 Ventures

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

Let’s say you’re the founder (I use a solo-founder in my example to keep things simple, but this could just as well apply to a founding team) of a startup called Blood, Sweat and Tears, Inc. They want to keep the founders “all-in” in the startup, because they feel that otherwise the founders won’t be motivated enough.

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Up and Running

APRIL 29, 2014

But basically, your personal finances and business finances are little more intermixed when it’s pass-through entity. That’s a little more complicated, because there can be dividends, interest or capital gains, and there’s different tax rates for those. The last one here is your long-term capital gain.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 30, 2010

And the tax changes for 2011 could cause a further end-of-year sell-off: Another factor often not discussed is that the capital gains tax increases coming into effect in 2011 are might just lead to a stock market sell-off in Q410 as investors “lock in” gains at a lower tax rate.

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techcrunch.com

SEPTEMBER 2, 2012

As a refresher, a convertible note is a loan that automatically converts into equity upon the closing of a Series A round of financing. Although these types of notes are relatively easy and cheap to form, many have argued that these types of vehicles are not startup-friendly for a variety of reasons, which we’ll explain below.

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The Startup Magazine

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Financial Readiness: Assessing Your Budget and Financing Options Before diving into the second home market, take a close look at your finances. Explore different financing options: Conventional loans: Most suitable for those with strong credit and a sizeable down payment. Image Credit 1.

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