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2018 Au Pair Taxes: Comprehensive Guide for Host Parents

TheRealTomRose — Wed, 13 Mar 2019 18:03:39 +0000

I just finished doing my 2018 Au Pair taxes. Here is a list of everything I had to look up to get the job done. Does my Au Pair have to pay taxes in 2019? (For the 2018 tax year) Yes. They will almost certainly have to pay something, regardless of when they started work. …

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10 Rules for Fundraising Using a CRM

TheRealTomRose — Tue, 21 Mar 2017 10:00:00 +0000

In my last article, we discussed how fundraising is a sales job. In that vein, let’s now take a look at the number one tool of the effective salesperson, and therefore the number one tool of the effective fundraiser: using a CRM. CRM stands for customer relationship management [snore]. It’s basically a log of conversations …

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Fundraising Is a Craft, Not a Magical Power

TheRealTomRose — Tue, 07 Mar 2017 07:53:06 +0000

The most bashful question I get from other entrepreneurs is how to raise money. People ask privately or else whisper it. I think this is because entrepreneurs often feel as though fundraising is something they’re supposed to know how to do already. I’ve closed 150+ investment transactions with more than 100 different investors, and I still …

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How to Vote Early in NC without an ID

TheRealTomRose — Tue, 08 Mar 2016 17:38:00 +0000

UPDATE: 4/26/2016: I discovered after the fact, that my provisional ballot was not counted, and was illegally discarded without sufficient cause. I just voted early in NC without an ID. Here are all the things I was surprised by. You can vote early. If you can vote early, why would you vote on any other …

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Finally, an RSA Key Backup Plan: Boxcryptor

TheRealTomRose — Mon, 07 Dec 2015 11:52:00 +0000

I have finally figured out a way to create an easy to setup backup plan for RSA keys. Here’s the short version: use the service Boxcryptor to create an encrypted directory on your dropbox account. Put your RSA keys in there, then create a symlink to an automatically searched .ssh directory in your terminal path. …

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Pain is Memory

TheRealTomRose — Tue, 17 Jun 2014 08:29:00 +0000

I am my memories. They define me. The make me who I am. When I hunt back over my memories, they wash over me. They come quickly in jerks and jitters. My mind skips from one to the next. Sometimes, I pause and linger over a single experience. Something punctuated by an intense physical moment. …

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Finally, an entrepreneurship tax! Thank you Massachusetts.

TheRealTomRose — Thu, 12 Sep 2013 11:42:00 +0000

In case you haven’t heard. Massachusetts has recently enacted the worst possible legislation I can think of for the local entrepreneurial community: a 6.25% tax on all intra-state revenue for software services. You heard that right, if you have an online business that traffics in data and has an office in Massachusetts, starting July 31st, …

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Bloomberg: The MBA Show Must Go On

TheRealTomRose — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 01:33:00 +0000

Ever dream of being the Jay Leno of the MBA crowd? Well, now’s your chance.Miro Kazakoff and Tom Rose, creators and hosts of The MBA Show, a YouTube program that was part shtick and part news, have graduated and put down their microphones to launch a business. So they’re looking for a couple of funny …

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Testive in TechCrunch: TechStars Grad Testive Raises $500K From HubSpotCo-Founder, Others For Its Test-Prep Platform That Adapts As You Study

TheRealTomRose — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 21:22:00 +0000

Testive, an alum of TechStars’ Boston accelerator, has developed a new line of test-preparation products in partnership with MIT that seek to make old-school testing and test prep obsolete. With 10,000 students already using its customized test prep experiences, the startup is today announcing that it has raised $500,000 in seed funding, led by a …

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How to debug python or Django in Heroku

TheRealTomRose — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 12:32:00 +0000

I recently had a problem where I was able to run a python script on my local virtual environment, but not on a heroku server. Doh! How do I debug this?! (We’re running django inside of virtualenv ala heroku’s recommendations, which are pretty standard.) Now, this is a web-app with a heavy js front-end, so …

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