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Small Business Check-In: Which Sectors Are Recovering Better and Why?

StartupNation

just two months later as businesses slashed headcount, reduced inventory and began reimagining nearly every in-person service through the lens of a remote delivery model. In the face of extreme uncertainty, small businesses sought payment relief and access to capital wherever they could. The unemployment rate soared from 3.5%

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Public Policy Quarterly Newsletter Issue 2

Angel Capital Association

Qualified Small Business Stock and Section 1202 Qualified Small Business Stock (QSBS) provides for up to 100% exclusion of Capital Gains taxes. QSBS is treated favorably for capital gains purposes if both the investor and the company meet certain requirements. Small businesses and entrepreneurs were particularly helped with this Act.

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How Habitto managed to break into the Japanese Fintech scene in record time without knowing a word of Japanese

AsiaTechDaily

Register Japan, for many non-Japanese entrepreneurs, is a wonderful market but with many barriers. Founded in 2014, they are an early-stage venture capital firm that’s active in both the US and Asia, with a total AUM of 400 million USD. A different language. A culture very different from that of the Western world.

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How to Use AI to Successfully Build and Scale Your Retail Business

StartupNation

The commitment and time sacrifice are significant, and the expenditure of capital combined with the stress of managing numerous tasks can be overwhelming. As many entrepreneurs know, the customer journey doesn’t end once a customer leaves the store. Providing a personalized service is how you will retain customers.

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How a SaaS Startup Grew Their Sales Team and Increased Revenue with Non-Equity VC Funding

Entrepreneur's Handbook

Udesh understood there was an opportunity for growth, the demand is there, but the financial resources to capitalize on it are not. Here the lack of available growth capital is just slowing down expansion, a great moment to start fundraising. And that, they realized, could be leveraged for more capital without diluting themselves.

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Weekly #15: How to build and sell your online business for 6-figures

Entrepreneur's Handbook

Read here: Six Things I Had to Give Up to Make 6-Figures Online 3 entrepreneurs who sold their business for 6 figures In partnership with our friends at They Got Acquired The exit option isn’t just for VC-backed startups or companies that sell for $1B. Here are three examples of entrepreneurs who sold an online business for 6 figures: 1.

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Children believe in unicorns. Investors believe in racehorses.

Entrepreneur's Handbook

Founders receive the capital injection they need to continue scaling, and investors receive a consistent return on their principal. And, much like traditional venture capital, investors can also maintain equity in the company. Mopinion was on the upward path to growth, but they didn’t have the capital to expand their team.