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How to Protect Your Business When Employees Get Poached

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Here’s an example: A California sales executive who jumped ship for a competing employer took along a folder of customer lists and marketing plans. Businesses looking to negotiate this rocky terrain have a valuable tool at their command: restrictive covenants. A decline in business from certain clients, or their bankruptcy.

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State by State Incentives Guide

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CALIFORNIA – updated for 2014. The California Capital Access Program (CalCAP): Encourages participating banks and lending institutions to provide loans to small businesses that fall outside of conventional underwriting standards. Any unused credit may be carried forward for a period of nine years.

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STATE INCENTIVES GUIDE

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CALIFORNIA. To qualify, a taxpayer’s research must be conducted within California and include basic or applied research of scientific inquiry, original investigation for the advancement of scientific or engineering knowledge or improved function of a business component. Possible city business tax exemption.

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