PEOPLE WHO ARE SIGNING UP FOR
NEW TAX I.D. AS A SIGN OF NEW
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT, NEW
BUSINESSES BEING STARTED IN THIS
COUNTRY.
>> IT'S SKYROCKETING.
IF YOU'RE GOING TO START A
BUSINESS, YOU NEED A TAX I.D.
THE TAX I.D. APPLICATIONS ARE
GOING UP AT A RATE I'VE NEVER
SEEN.
NOT ONLY ARE THEY GOING UP AT A
FASTER RATE THAN THEY WERE WHEN
PRESIDENT TRUMP TOOK OFFICE, BUT
PROMISED TO DO.
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WHAT IS IT LIKE DOING BUSINESS
NOW IN THIS ECONOMY,
NOW IN THIS ECONOMY?
>> I THINK WE'RE IN A TREMENDOUS
OPPORTUNITY FOR ANYBODY THAT HAS
AN IDEA TO LAUNCH A COMPANY
RIGHT NOW.
ONE OF OUR COMPANIES, V-CHECK
GLOBAL, WAS NAMED TO THE
INC5000.
THEY SAY 70% OF THE CEOS FEEL
WE'RE IN AN ENVIRONMENT THAT'S
AS SUPPORTIVE OF STARTUPS AND
ENTREPRENEURSHIP THAN EVER
BEFORE.
>> WHAT'S BEEN THE BIG.
BIGGEST
CHANGE?
WE'VE HAD A RECORD NUMBER OF
STARTUPS.
WHAT ARE THE SPECIFIC THINGS
THAT ARE GETTING PEOPLE SAYING
LET'S GO FOR IT?
>> I THINK THAT THE OPPORTUNITY
TO BE ABLE TO TELL YOUR STORY ON
GIVING PEOPLE THE CHANCE TO
REACH AN AUDIENCE THAT
HISTORICALLY THEY NEVER COULD.
THEY WOULD PUT OUT A PRESS
FRONT DOOR.
AT THE SAME TIME, WITH SUCH A
LARGE AUDIENCE, A STARTUP HAS TO
REALLY BE ABLE TO CAPTURE THE
ATTENTION OF THAT AUDIENCE AND
REALLY BE ABLE TO ADD VALUE,
OTHERWISE HAVING THAT PLATFORM
ISN'T GOING TO ADD ANY VALUE.
WE HAVE OVER 706 COMPANIES
WE HAVE OVER 70 CCOMPANIES
WE HAVE OVER 70 COMMPANIES
WE HAVE OVER 70 COMPAANIES
WE HAVE OVER 70 COMPANIIES
WE HAVE OVER 70 COMPANIESS
I THINK ONE THING WE'RE SEEING
POWERED COMPUTER.
SO THEY CAN GET WORKING ON AN
IDEA WITHOUT THAT MUCH STARTUP
CAPITAL INITIALLY.
BUT THEN WE SEE SO MUCH CAPITAL
OUT THERE, CHASING GOOD IDEAS,
THAT YOU HEAR FROM SOME PEOPLE
THAT WERE IN THE LATE INNINGS OF
STARTUPS BEING A THING.
I THINK WE'RE JUST GETTING
STARTED.
I THINK THE ENTREPRENEURIAL
SPIRIT IN THIS COUNTRY IS IN THE
VERY EARLY INNINGS.
ANYTHING THAT CAN TAKE VIC
TECHNOLOGY AND BRING IT TO A
VERTICAL IT WILL HAVE SUCCESS.
WE'VE TAKEN THE WORLD OF STOCK
THEN I THINK AS YOU SAID, THE
COMPUTER IN YOUR POCKET IS
REALLY SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO
BE A GAME CHANGER IN THE STARTUP
WORLD.
ADMINISTRATION HAS CHANGED THE
REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT.
SO YOU HAVE A NEW TAX
ENVIRONMENT WITH LOWER CORPORATE
TAX, LOWER TAXES FOR ALL,
IS THAT PART OF THE EQUATION OF
PEOPLE WANTING TO START
BUSINESSS IN.
>> I THINK SO.
I COME FROM THAT REGULATORY
WORLD.
I HAD V-CHECK, BACKGROUND
CHECKS, V-STOCK, VINTAGE
FILINGS, WE SOLD TO PURE NEWS
WIRE.
I'M A CORPORATE SERVICES FOCUSED
PERSON.
IF YOU CAN TAKE REGULATION AND
MAKE IT EASIER, YOU KNOW, NOT
EVERY GREAT IDEA OUT THERE MAKES
MONEY.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT ALL THESE
POTENTIAL STARTUPS HAVE TO
UNDERSTAND.
BUT AT THE SAME TOKEN, IF YOU
CAN TAKE TECHNOLOGY AND COMBINE
IT WITH REGULATION TO BE ABLE TO
REALLY TAKE AWAY A PAIN POINT,
THAT'S I THINK THE SECRET TO
A GREAT IDEA AND IT WOULD BE
NICE IF, BUT RATHER THAT IF
YOU'VE GOT A MIGRAINE LEVEL
PROBLEM AND YOU'RE SOLVING THAT
PROBLEM, THOSE ARE THE IDEAS
THAT I FIND -- I DON'T KNOW IF
BEST TYPES OF COMPANIES.
>> I AGREE, TOTALLY.
>> LOOKING AHEAD, WHAT WOULD YOU
LIKE TO SEE DONE NEXT TO KEEP
THIS MOMENTUM GOING?
>> YOU KNOW, I THINK --
>> WHAT'S YOUR WISH LIST?
>> I THINK WE HAVE TO BE
SUPPORTIVE OF THESE COMPANIES.
YOU MENTIONED THE
VALUATION ISSUE.
I PERSONALLY TRY TO GET UP EVERY
DAY AND JUST BUILD THE COMPANY.
I DON'T
I FON'T
I FOC'T
I FOCUS ON THE POTENTIAL -- I
DON'T FOCUS ON POTENTIAL
PROFITABLE COMPANY AND GENERATE
BUSINESS, I THINK PROFITABILITY
WILL COME.
I THINK YOU NEED TO PROVIDE A
TANGIBLE PRODUCT AND SERVICE AND