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The middle of a pandemic, with a deep recession looming, might not seem like a good time to start something new — but there are good reasons to launch now if you are in the right industry. It is often noted that companies such as Airbnb, Netflix and Microsoft were started in recessions. But you do not have to be…

The middle of a pandemic, with a deep recession looming, might not seem like a good time to start something new — but there are good reasons to launch now if you are in the right industry. It is often noted that companies such as Airbnb, Netflix and Microsoft were started in recessions. But you do not have to be…

The Initial Coin Offering (ICO) is one of the most talked about topics in the technology industry in 2018. An ICO is an event in which a new cryptocurrency project sells a portion of its cryptocurrency tokens to early enthusiasts in exchange for convertible virtual currency (e.g., bitcoin, ether) or governmental fiat. These tokens, often called coins, are digital coupons…

First there was an Industrial Revolution, then a Cultural Revolution, and now there is an Agricultural Revolution.
The Royse AgTech Innovation Network brought Silicon Valley to China this past December, hosting pitches, panels and presentation events in Shanghai, Beijing, ShenZhen and Hangzhou (and additional events in Taipei, Hong Kong and Seoul). Panels consisting of cross border VCs, tech companies and…

December 8, 2017
The Honorable Mitch McConnell
Majority Leader
United States Senate
317 Russell Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
The Honorable Orrin G. Hatch
Chairman
United States Senate Committee on Finance
219 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
The Honorable Charles E. Schumer
Minority Leader
United States Senate
322 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington DC 20510
The Honorable…

November 14, 2017
VIA U.S. MAIL
U.S. Senate Committee on Finance
219 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510-6200
I write in support of the tax reform efforts being considered by Congress and advocate for the removal of section III.H.1 from the Chairman’s Mark of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, JCX-51-17(2017).
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My law firm, the Royse Law Firm,…

Last Tuesday, on September 22, five GOP Presidential candidates participated in a forum in Silicon Valley. At our forum, you would not have heard questions such as “Do you think Carly is pretty?” or “Would you trust Donald to have his finger on the button?” or anything else that makes for good reality television and lousy elected officials. Instead, we…

September 15, 2017
VIA U.S. MAIL
The Honorable Orrin G. Hatch
Chairman
Committee on Finance
United States Senate
219 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Washington, D .C. 20510
Re: Proposal to Extend Section 179 of the Internal Revenue Code to All Intangibles
I write in support of the tax reform efforts being considered by the Senate Finance Committee and propose extending…

August 3, 2017
VIA US MAIL
The Honorable Cory Gardner
354 Russell Senate Office Building
Washington DC 20510
Re: ASIAN, Inc.
Dear Senator Gardner:
I write to you as a member of the Board of ASIAN, Inc. to encourage you to support full funding (at the current enacted FY2017 level) of the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Minority Business Development Agency…

Ideally, it would be fair for all employees whose sweat equity increases the value of a private company to share in the ownership of that company. But under current tax law, this type of employee compensation policy can be prohibitively expensive. Employees must generally include stock compensation in their taxable income at grant or when the shares become substantially vested.…