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83(b) Elections For Dummies

First, a few basics: If you have stock options, you do not need to file […]

The Best Kept Secret – How Your State Will Fund Your Startup’s Cash Flow Gap

Smartco Corp is a 2-year old startup that recently started selling product to a few […]

The Dumbest and Most Dangerous Startup Financing

Dumbo Corp is a 2-year old startup that recently started selling product to a few […]

You Incorporated Yesterday, Ten Things You Need To Do Today…

Well, maybe not today, but certainly within the next month. Get an Employer Identification Number […]

VC Term Sheet Lingo

To help those legalese challenged, we took the 10 most common terms found in a […]

How to Negotiate your Equity Compensation in VC-Backed Startups

In our work at venture-backed startups, we are amazed at how hard new employees will […]

UPDATE: Carried Interest. Inter-Partner Loans

As a follow-up to our recent post regarding the proposals to tax carried interest as […]

Carried Interest Tax Debate: Here We Go Again

President Obama released his FY2013 budget plan on Monday, February 13, 2012.  As expected, it […]

Stop! Think Before You Incorporate

We work with a lot of college student entrepreneurs, young entrepreneurs and first-time entrepreneurs.  We […]

International Taxation Hot Issue – Repatriation

“…$1.4 trillion of corporate cash is trapped overseas…” “…Corporate America needs a tax holiday to […]