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What is PartnerBeat

PartnerBeat is a Business Accelerator organization that helps software companies increase their opportunities, either in the US market or internationally; and provides them with a series of services to help them in their strategic planning, international operations, sales and marketing, partnering, access to capital.

PartnerBeat, within the company name of CarMal International LLC, leverages the experience of some seasoned business execs and marketeers that have made a career internationally in the IT space, and a network of selected service providers.

The localization in the Pacific NorthWest, one of the hubs of cloud computing, allows a very direct connection with some of the most important software platform vendors, Microsoft first, together with the opportunity of developing programs tailored to improve the sales and marketing alignment with these vendors.

Seattle the #1 Best City for Technology Jobs in the US

This is the news that Forbes publishes, based on high-tech employment data collected from EMSI and charted by the Praxis Strategy Group. During tough economic times, technology is often seen as the one bright spot. In the U.S. this past year technology jobs outpaced the overall rate of new employment nearly four times. But if… Continue reading »

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Where taxes hit the most

A new and updated report on Tax Revenues has been published from OECD. Some good news: taxes are decreasing a bit (“driven downward by declining economic activity and tax cuts”), in average; but these good news are not consistent across the world though, and 8 countries in Western Europe are above 40%: Denmark has the… Continue reading »

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Why You Should Start a Company in… Seattle

It used to be, if you were serious about starting a tech company, you went to Silicon Valley. But emerging entrepreneurial hubs around the country are giving startup aspirants options. Laura Rich, from Fast Company, has been doing a virtual road trip of sorts to the nation’s technology hubs, asking people in those communities to… Continue reading »

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All nice ways to say NO – but there is hope in every rejection

I found a very educational,and CONSTRUCTIVE article from Matt Shapiro – where the funny part is the list of the many ways, nice and not so much, that you can use to say NO to startups looking for capital (well, I believe the list can  be extended…). The good part of the article is where… Continue reading »

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US: the crossroad nation

Yes, the 20th century went by with the great expansion of the US as an economic and political super power. What are the perspectives for the 21st century, what its role as we see China and India drive growth?  The US still have an incredible opportunity, and I believe David Brooks picks well when it… Continue reading »

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Smart IT companies pay very low taxes…. a location-based competitive advantage

“Two thousand U.S. companies paid a median effective cash rate of 28.3 percent in federal, state and foreign income taxes in a 2005 study by academics at the University of Michigan and the University of North Carolina. The combined national-local statutory rate is 34.4 percent in France, 30.2 percent in Germany and 39.5 percent in… Continue reading »

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Should European companies look West?

You know, east and west are only relative terms (my west is your east), but these days companies should really look at the new opportunities that technology and an economic crisis is offering them… And it is very true that many Euro companies should challenge their localization, and see where growth awaits them. TechCrunch discusses… Continue reading »

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Seattle the #1 Best City for Technology Jobs in the US Where taxes hit the most Why You Should Start a Company in… Seattle All nice ways to say NO – but there is hope in every rejection US: the crossroad nation Smart IT companies pay very low taxes…. a location-based competitive advantage Should European companies look West?