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The Internal Revenue Service has been ramping up enforcement of tax compliance. Previously I have posted about mis-catagorization of employees vs. contractors. It is important as a small business owner to know the rules and guidelines to avoid hefty fines and penalties. IRS agents are starting to request client backup files from small business accounting [...]
The District, Maryland and Virginia (DMV) are proving to be a powerhouse in Startup America registrations. Is the DMV the next super startup hub? Startups: Fifth place Virginia is hanging on to a slim lead over Illinois and with little hope of overtaking Texas. 9th place Maryland continues to pull away from Connecticut is slowly [...]
According to PWC MoneyTree, VCs in this government town are more risk averse then their bureaucratic government counterparts. Actually it’s ex-Core Capital executive turned Energy Department Lending Czar, Jonathan Silver who took the fall for the government’s investment in Sylindra and proved government bureaucrats may have more tolerance for risk than DC VCs. In 1999 DC [...]
Which VCs are investing in DC? What is the geographic origin of the region’s venture financing? Q4 saw a big increase in DC VCs investing in the Capital Region with 48 percent of the checks written being signed by DC VCs. That’s up from 29% in Q3. Another trend is the growing number of international [...]
The Startup America Startup registrations get real interesting when you rank jurisdictions by density. Looking at the registrations as a ratio to 100K in population gives you some idea of the intensity of the startup community. DC is ranked 1st in this category which may be a little misleading if you take into account that [...]
VCs based in DMV or with Offices in the DC region made over 270 investments last year with 90 investments made right here in their own backyards. These firms made 68 investments in Q4 23 of those investments going to work in companies around the beltway. Last quarter was a large increase in transactions from [...]
Maryland pulls away from Connecticut and DC pulls away from Georgia. Help your state by registering here Rank + – State Startups Population Per 100K of Pop Population Rank 1 CALIFORNIA 638 37,253,956 1.71 1 2 NEW YORK 368 19,465,197 1.89 3 3 TEXAS 328 25,674,681 1.28 2 4 FLORIDA 323 19,057,542 1.69 4 5 VIRGINIA 228 [...]
What DC regional companies closed on VC funding in the 4th quarter? Well according to the NVCA and PWC Moneytree there were 45 deals concluded with a total value of $179M. That ranks the Capital Region 8th, in dollars invested and 5th in deals of the regions tracked. Of the companies that garnered cash [...]
Maryland pulls ahead of Connecticut and DC ahead of Georgia with VA maintaining 5th place. All the DMV jurisdictions are well above the their population and average density rankings. Help your state by registering here Rank + – State Startups Population Per 100K of Pop Population Rank 1 CALIFORNIA 633 37,253,956 1.70 1 2 NEW [...]
It’s a Friday in February in Maryland which means it’s High School Hockey Night. The Conference leading and defending state champion Churchill Bulldogs are playing the #2 Whitman Vikings. The two teams played 4 weeks earlier in a hotly contested, down-to-the-wire, game that ended with a late tie breaking goal for the Bulldogs. On that [...]
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