Clean Hands?

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I remember teaching my kids how to wash their hands.  No, not the ritual washing that we Jews do before meals- but they had to learn that process, too.  (Pour water from a pitcher- first on your left hand, then the right, the left, the right, and then say the blessing.)   Because that method certainly doesn’t remove the grime and dirt- or microbes- from our hands.  And, if you have young kids, you know that sometimes that grime is not just on the surface of the skin, but seems to have been imbued down to the stem cell layers of their skin.

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It’s Legal!!!!!

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Way back when, we helped several clients raise funds from “accredited investors” using SCOR (Small Company Offering Registration) programs. (These were often called U-7s, since that is the form that is employed for the offering.) This limited the capital raised to $ 1KK, but often provided just what they needed to “capitalize” on their markets. And, in at least two of the cases, provided the investors magnificent returns when they were acquired. (The other companies still provided a return to their investors, but more along the lines of a 10 to 14% gain.)

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Coming Soon to a Tax Agency Near You…

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You’ve read about my concept to make corporate taxes more fiar and inclusive for years.  No, I am not running for President.  But, that doesn’t mean I don’t have better ideas, ones that our government (and other world governments) should adopt to stop the erosion of capital (and tax revenue!) from the shores of the countries from which these funds were developed.

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Still?

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More than 3 decades ago, bowel surgery was the scourge of medicine. Folks undergoing such procedures were pretty much assured they would develop complications due to infection. Those infection rates were well upwards of 90%! The death rate was pretty high, too. Of course, not operating on these folks guaranteed the patients almost certain death.

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What’s behind the curtain?

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Many tech startups find ways to reward their initial complement of employees with stock in their nascent venture. As and if the company succeeds, that stock award often renders these folks wealthy beyond their imagination. (Our firms were tech-type firms; we never went public, but did award phantom stock to our initial crew- and continually to our key staff. It was a way for those folks to garner benefits as we grew. [OK. We did have one firm that almost went public, but the underwriters absconded with the funds. All we were left with was egg on faces- and a series of discussions with federal and state regulators.])

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Music is part of STEM?

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I’ve always been a great fan of Big Band music and Jazz.  So, I was only slightly surprised to hear Herbie Hancock explain the confluence of STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) and jazz.   He strongly believes that there is an intrinsic link between building things and playing music.   Which, of course, means that our schools’ idea of cutting music from the curriculum is not helping our kids with STEM education.

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