As tax day rolls around, I was talking with one of our employees about taxes. While we do not (yet) offer a company sponsored 401K plan, it should not deter our employees from contributing to their own personally managed IRA. We did the math and one employee was able to save approximately $1500 in taxes, […]
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Start Up Costs and Operating Budgets
A friend of mine asked me the other day what our basic startup costs and operating budget was, not including employee salaries. Fortunately for him, we had a pretty clear breakdown of these costs created while investigating a joint venture with another company. This seems like exactly the information a new tech startup would need […]
Read MoreCopy Protection and Protecting Your Software Investment
When I initially thought about providing protection for our software, I assumed that the problem had been solved. Clearly solutions would be published and easy to find on the web, right? I couldn’t have been more wrong. It was fairly difficult to find free tools for protecting our program. There are a few companies selling […]
Read MoreThoughts on Business Marketing
Last week I had a great conversation with Thomas Lutz, from TalTech – the creator of Software Wedge. Over a decade ago I talked with him and one specific thing he said made a huge impression on me – so much so that I felt I wanted to talk to him more about it. What […]
Read MoreStarting a Business
Starting a business isn’t that tough, although it can seem daunting to do at first. My business partners and I started our company, Telaeris, Inc., as a California C-Corporation. I thought it might be helpful to others to see the tasks we completed to get up and running. As I find more things that I […]
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