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7 Important Tax Strategies for Startup Founders

Startup Blogpost

From including your team in deductibles to researching specific exemptions, here are seven answers to the question, “What are your most helpful tax strategies that every startup founder needs to be aware of?” One strategy worth considering is an Interested Stockholder Tax Basis Adjustment (ISTBA).

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Advanced tax strategies for startup founders

TechCrunch

Peyton Carr is a financial advisor to founders, entrepreneurs and their families, helping them with planning and investing. You can implement numerous advanced planning strategies to minimize capital gains tax , reduce future estate tax and increase asset protection from creditors and lawsuits. Peyton Carr. Contributor.

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5 Mistakes Derailing Startup Founders

StartupNation

Sometimes when you’re in the zone as a founder, a case of the twisties can utterly derail progress. As a consultant to many of the world’s most innovative global brands as well as motivated founders looking for a jump-start, it’s important to be able to know what steps along the way are absolutely necessary and which ones are nice to have.

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Startup Vital Signs: The Case for Prioritizing Founder Wellness

Revolution

In the process of finding, funding, and supporting startups that will transform their markets, investors can get caught up in KPIs, ROI, and other three-letter success indicators. Founders are not machines. Thankfully, as mental health continues to lose its stigma, more founders are opening up about their experiences.

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As a startup founder, you really need to understand how venture capital works

TechCrunch

A lot of the pitch decks I see, however, make me wonder if the founders have really thought through what they are doing. The corollary of that is that I suspect a lot of founders don’t really know how venture capital works. That’s a problem for a number of reasons. So let’s take a look at how it all hangs together!

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Startup founders need to be data-informed, not just ‘data-driven’

TechCrunch

Previously trending tech startups in fields like BNPL, crypto and the delivery market are struggling to show the growth and returns they promised in their initial funding rounds. Simple but necessary shifts in mindsets can change the way startups and investors look at data when making major investment decisions.

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Startup founders set up hacker homes to recreate Silicon Valley synergy

TechCrunch

In Y Combinator’s early days, founders would move to Palo Alto, split a two-bedroom with five others to save money and trade notes around the clock with their new, like-minded roommates. Now that they can work from literally anywhere, many entrepreneurs are forming homes with other founders. ” Image Credits: The Launch House.