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With startups, it’s often never a matter of whether to raise capital. Raising capital is simply an entrepreneurial fact of life in many cases. It can be time consuming, complex and creative, and there are a number of important points to understand about the need to raise capital with a startup.
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In the past year, petitions to unionize have been steadily increasing. According to the U.S. National Labor Relations Board, union representation petitions filed at the NLRB from October 1, 2021, to June 30, 2022, have increased 58% over the same period the previous year.
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SEC guidelines outline two different ways that an issuer can demonstrate a reasonable effort has been made to verify investors’ accreditation status. Read More...
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A former Coinbase employee was just recently charged with wire fraud for buying coins with his brother, knowing they would soon be available for trade on the Coinbase platform. Together, with a friend, they traded 25 coins to the tune of a $1.5 million dollar profit.
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Sophisticated investors like these, who are thought of as knowledgeable about the economy and financial markets, and who generally do thorough research to understand the situation before deciding how to invest, stand on both sides of the argument.
Read MoreIt’s no secret that prices at the pump, grocery store, lumber yard, your local restaurants, and pretty much everywhere else have been steadily rising over the past year. We’re no longer strangers to above-average inflation. But what you may not have noticed is prices staying the same while the packaging shrinks.
If it sounds slightly shady to you, you’re not wrong. Shrinkflation is a sly tactic to inflate prices and save profit margins without overtly rising sticker prices.
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