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    • Tax Incentives for Tech Companies in Armenia

      While a deep talent pool and lower salaries garner the lion’s share of the headlines when tech companies explore the benefits of hiring in emerging markets like Armenia — they are not the only benefits for tech startups and growing companies. Many countries around the globe with growing tech markets have found ways to attract…

    • Why Tech Startups Are Turning to Central Asia

      Tech startups represent the future of the tech industry and an estimated 1.35 – 1.4 million tech startups launch each year around the globe — but an estimated 20% of tech startups fail in the first year and another 70% fail within the first five years. The challenges faced by tech startups include financial shortcomings,…

    • How To Guarantee On-Time Global Payroll for Remote Teams

      When you build a remote team with talent from around the world, it can make some aspects of management more complicated — like payroll. A global, multi-country payroll involves complex local employment laws in a country you may not be familiar with, complicated tax laws, multi-currency banking, and keeping track of private employee data across…

    • Why Hire Remote Tech Talent in Kyrgyzstan

      Central Asia has fast become a major source of talent for the tech industry and is headlined by countries like Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan. Kyrgyzstan is the latest country in the region to cement itself as an emerging market for tech talent and the ideal place for U.S.-based tech companies and tech startups to find…

    • Impact of AI on Global Payroll and Employer of Record Services

      Artificial Intelligence plays an important role in software development and will continue to be a vital part of the tech industry well into the future. It has an impact on almost every aspect of our day-to-day lives from the technology we use to how we search for, find, and understand information on Google — and…

    • How To Hire International Employees with an Employer of Record

      International employees provide a competitive advantage for tech startups and tech companies that are in search of global talent to add to their teams. Tech startups may find the talent they need in emerging markets like Central Asia and the Caucasus — but how do they find, recruit, hire, and manage that talent? An Employer…

    • 2026 Tech Salary Guide for Armenia

      Employee pay and salary are key elements of the hiring process to consider. U.S.-based tech companies that hope to find premier talent at lower salaries and tech startups that are looking for a competitive hiring advantage over larger tech companies may find the solution in emerging tech markets like Armenia, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, and other…

    • Labor Laws in Armenia

      Armenia is fast becoming an emerging market for U.S.-based tech companies that are in search of remote talent to add to their team. With a deep talent pool, cost-effective labor, lower taxes for employers, an emphasis on STEM education and tech-focused education, a rapidly growing economy, and familiarity with Western work culture, Armenia provides hiring…

    • Why Kazakhstan is an Emerging Market for Tech Startups

      Tech startups are a catalyst for growth and innovation in the tech industry. These rapidly-growing tech companies take risks, disrupt markets that have become stuck in their ways, drive new ideas, accelerate commercialization of many tech products, and force more established companies to modernize faster. Tech startups represent growth in the industry, and when many…

    • Guide to Transitioning Remote Contractors to EOR Employees

      Tech companies that hire remote talent from around the world are faced with a few options when it comes to the how. Many companies will choose to partner with an employer of record service. Others will work to establish their own legal entity in the country where they decide to hire. And even more will…