Incblog for Entrepreneurs

Covering entrepreneurship and business start up questions for non-residents and US citizens.

 

Apr 29 2010

Do you need to wait for a co-founder for your startup?

by John Gordon | 13:04 GMT

There is a lot discussion among entrepreneurs and their advisers about whether one should simply start a business alone, or find one or more co-founders who can bring additional talents and resources to the table. Jobs and Wozniak, Bill Gates and Paul Allen, the list goes on and on of situations where there was a […]

 

Oct 27 2009

From my Irish Colleague, Sean Kavanaugh

by John Gordon | 09:10 GMT

Did you know… …that, in Ireland, the most common Director firstname is John and surname is Murphy? Or that the most common Director star sign is Cancer and the most common Director postcode is Dublin 4? So if you’re name is John Murphy, you live in Dublin 4 and have a birthday sometime between 22nd […]

 

Sep 17 2009

A new age of “transparency” for non-residents: doing business in the US requires disclosing your foreign bank accounts

by John Gordon | 14:09 GMT

This is from the IRS website: Q. A non resident alien who doesn’t meet the 183 day test is a partner in a US partnership where the US partnership deals with rentals; must he file an FBAR? A. With the October 2008 revision to the FBAR form and instructions, FBARs are now required by nonresidents […]

 

May 14 2009

Business plans, innovation and entrepreneurship

by John Gordon | 13:05 GMT

This year, The Wharton School (perennial competitor to my alma maters, Columbia Business School and London Business School) has again generated some interesting ideas in its annual Business Plan Competition: Article This year, hi-tech ideas have yielded ground compared to This year’s competition had 168 entries, showing the huge involvement of the student body of […]