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• Are you starting your business for profit or to help a cause? If you’re just concerned with helping others and aren’t operating for profit, forming a nonprofit can grant you tax-exempt status—although there’s a lot of paperwork required.
• Will your company be owned and operated democratically by its members with no single owner? Known as a “Co-op”, this type of business is rare.

After you’ve answered these questions and have decided which type of business is best for your startup, the next steps are dependent on your state and local laws and ordinances, as you may need to fill out additional forms specific to your location and type of business. There are a number of books and resources for this. Many of them recommend using the Small Business Association as the starting point since they maintain local offices. Finally, check your local and state laws regarding running a business out of your home, as zoning laws can sometimes be an important factor in deciding which type of business you want to create, look into TikTok followers.

Sole proprietorships are the most common type of online business due to their simplicity and how easy they are to create. A sole proprietorship is a business owned and operated by a single person, and requires no registration. If you’re operating a one-person business, you’re automatically considered a sole proprietor by the government. However, depending on your products and location, you may need to register for local business permits with your city or state.

WordPress Optimization of Database MySQL

Hopefully these lines of code will help you shrink your wordpress databases

You must use these by accessing PHPadmin from your control panel

DELETE wp_term_relationships FROM wp_term_relationships
LEFT JOIN wp_posts ON wp_term_relationships.object_id = wp_posts.ID
WHERE wp_posts.ID is NULL;
SELECT * FROM wp_commentmeta WHERE comment_id NOT IN ( SELECT comment_id FROM wp_comments );
DELETE FROM wp_commentmeta WHERE comment_id NOT IN ( SELECT comment_id FROM wp_comments );
SELECT * FROM wp_commentmeta WHERE meta_key LIKE ‘%akismet%’;
DELETE FROM wp_commentmeta WHERE meta_key LIKE ‘%akismet%’;
SELECT * FROM wp_postmeta pm LEFT JOIN wp_posts wp ON wp.ID = pm.post_id WHERE wp.ID IS NULL;
DELETE pm FROM wp_postmeta pm LEFT JOIN wp_posts wp ON wp.ID = pm.post_id WHERE wp.ID IS NULL;
DELETE FROM `wp_options` WHERE `option_name` LIKE “_transient_timeout_rss%”;
DELETE FROM `wp_options` WHERE `option_name` LIKE “_transient_rss_%”;
DELETE FROM `wp_options` WHERE `option_name` LIKE “_transient_timeout_feed_%”;
DELETE FROM `wp_options` WHERE `option_name` LIKE “_transient_feed_%”;
DELETE FROM wp_commentmeta WHERE comment_id NOT IN (SELECT comment_id FROM wp_comments);
DELETE FROM wp_terms WHERE term_id IN (SELECT term_id FROM wp_term_taxonomy WHERE count = 0 );
DELETE FROM wp_term_relationships WHERE term_taxonomy_id not IN (SELECT term_taxonomy_id FROM wp_term_taxonomy);
DELETE from wp_comments WHERE comment_approved = ‘0’;

MAKE SURE YOU OPTIMIZE YOUR DATABASE AFTER YOU DO THIS!

• Debt and Liability: Most small businesses and startups accept the personal liability associated with a sole proprietorship or partnership as a necessary risk of doing business. If you’re in a high-risk industry (such as selling CBD or firearms online) or simply want to keep your business and personal matters private, you can limit personal liability by filing for a more formal business structure. The downside is that this typically takes more paperwork, costs more to register, and may have greater reporting or upkeep requirements than simpler business types, learn about TikTok views.
• Filing taxes: To oversimplify a bit, you have two options when it comes to filing your business taxes. You can file business profits/expenses on your own personal tax returns, or you can have your business file taxes separately as its own entity. Most small business owners prefer the simplicity of filing taxes on their own returns, but filing business taxes individually can help you keep your personal and business finances separate.
• Partners or Investors: If you’re starting your business with a partner or private investor, you won’t be able to form a sole proprietorship. You can choose between a partnership (where all responsibilities and liability are shared equally), a limited partnership (which lets you dictate responsibilities and liabilities for individual members), or an LLC (to protect all members from personal liability).
• Hiring employees: Some of the simplest business types—like sole proprietorships—can make it difficult to hire employees down the road. While it’s possible to change your business type to grow with your business, if you already have employees or plan to hire employees, it may be better to future-proof with a more formal business structure like an LLC or corporation.

Youtube Video Copyright Infringement Issues

This is a great blog post about Youtube Copyright infringement Request

http://chriszabriskie.com/2013/04/how-i-end-up-with-youtube-copyright-claims-on-my-own-songs/

Shocked at Starbucks #security #starbucks #freehack

Surprised by a company as large as Starbucks would release an app that had this big of a security hole.

I remember sitting in a meeting with another large company who said the tradeoff is development vs legal liability.  Is the customer really first?

Starbucks app leaves passwords vulnerable

http://money.cnn.com/2014/01/15/technology/security/starbucks-app-passwords/?hpt=hp_t3

Audi Commercial – Old Spock battles New Spock in the greatest car commercial ever

Audi Commercial – Old Spock battles New Spock in the greatest car commercial ever

Yes, this is great marketing. I am sure this will be on the Super Bowl Commercial List!

Google and Mr Roboto NOMO? What is Google’s big plan – take over Microsoft’s offices with Robots?

Google buys major military robot maker: Why does search giant want to be ‘BigDog’ of automation?

Google is on a robot shopping spree, and its recent purchase of a military robot maker has some wondering what exactly the company intends to do with its own zoo of electronic creatures that creep, crawl, and climb.

It may seem odd for the Internet search giant to purchase a Boston Dynamics, a company that makes rugged machines that can run up to 29 mph, traverse rocky terrain and hurl cinder blocks up to 17 feet. The company is the eighth robot maker Google has snatched up. But the deals also indicate that the Internet giant and pioneer of self-driving cars is serious about a robot-filled future.

Read More

http://www.nbcnews.com/technology/google-buys-major-military-robot-maker-why-does-search-giant-2D11744237

What does your cell phone company sell? Verizon data

Data collected from your smartphone is shaping the future of marketing — and cell phone companies are cashing in.

What your phone knows about you — where you are, what you’re searching for and what you like — is mouthwatering for advertisers. Combined with other third-party data, including your age and salary range, marketers are using cell phone customers’ information to make decisions about how they advertise.

Though all four major carriers sell their customers’ smartphone data, Verizon’s (VZ, Fortune 500) year-old Precision Market Insights program is the farthest-reaching. Here’s how the Precision program works, according to Verizon spokeswoman Debi Lewis

Read More  —-http://money.cnn.com/2013/12/16/technology/mobile/wireless-carrier-sell-data/index.html?hpt=hp_t3

Schools starting to use Social Media Monitoring Services

Is your school using social media monitoring services. We had this conversation with our teen and he didn’t think so. Yes they are, and yes they are looking.

Digital Pickpockets use SmartPhone Technology to steal credit card information Look Out

http://www.local12.com/news/features/local-12/stories/digital-pickpockets-using-smartphones-steal-credit-cards-5731.shtml

Digital pickpockets have found a way to use the same technology to line their pockets with goods and services bought with stolen credit cards. The newest smartphones are making it easy for thieves to steal and use stolen credit cards.

Read More at: http://www.local12.com/news/features/local-12/stories/digital-pickpockets-using-smartphones-steal-credit-cards-5731.shtml

Creating Email Newsletters with tools like AWeber

Reviews of Tools like AWeber will help you gather names from the web and start to market to those leads.

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