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Leveraging Expert Guidance: When Starting a Business

Business Consulting Agency

In 2021 alone, over 4.4 Venture capital investments in startups reached a record high of $150 billion in 2021, indicating robust investor interest in emerging businesses. They help with business registration, licensing, permits, and intellectual property protection, ensuring that the startup operates within the bounds of the law.

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The Global Tax Agreement – A Friend or Foe for the Big 4?

Tom Spencer

In June 2021 at the annual G7 summit in Cornwall, major western powers committed themselves to the idea of a global minimum corporate tax. For example, when a shell company located in a low tax jurisdiction has no business operations other than being the formal owner of valuable intellectual property, and collecting royalty fees for it.

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How to Prepare for the Cyberattack That Is Coming to Your Company

BCG

Cybersecurity is a $445 billion problem , and some predict that figure could rise to $6 trillion by 2021. The finances, operations, customer data, R&D, intellectual property, and brand reputations of all companies are at risk, which makes cybersecurity a fiduciary responsibility of the board and senior management.