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8 Ways The Maker Movement Turns Ideas Into Businesses

Startup Professionals Musings

There are already more than 2000 hackerspaces worldwide, as listed on the Hackerspace Wiki. It won’t cost you the many thousands of dollars to outsource your prototype to China, and risk losing the intellectual property, and it will hook you up to peers and investors who can help you make your dream a reality.

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Five Tips For People-Centric Data Security This Holiday Season

YoungUpstarts

In the hands of negligent or disgruntled employees, every device that accesses the network or stores data is a potential risk to intellectual property or sensitive customer data. Investing in people can help protect mission-critical data. A People-centric Strategy. Following these five tips, which focus on employees, can help.

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10 College Business Incubators We’re Most Excited About

YoungUpstarts

Founded in 2000, Tech Town boasts an incredible list of resources for tech-minded entrepreneurs, including work space, access to capital, educational workshops, and guidance with business development programs, coaching, and mentoring.

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ESADE Business School Commencement Speech

Steve Blank

I’m honored to be at a university noted for knowledge, and in a city with 2000 years of history – home of Gaudí one of the 20 th century’s greatest innovators. To buy innovation companies can buy intellectual property, acquire great teams, buy-out another company’s product line or even buy entire companies.

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Will Work for Equity - Investing in Clients - Arizona Bay

www.inc.com

Intellectual Property. Jumpstart was one of Grahams first clients; it signed on shortly after he founded Arizona Bay, in 2000. And his vendors ended up with nothing when his company, OpenAuto.com , went out of business, in 2000. Internet and Online Business. Business Software. Computer Security. Telecom and Wireless.

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5/25-NYC – Investing in Intellectual Capital: Patents, Trademarks, Domain Names, Litigation, Government Rights, and other Intangible Assets

David Teten

. “Jake” Geleerd is the President and Chief Operating Officer of Ocean Tomo, the global Intellectual Capital Merchant BancT firm providing financial products and services related to intellectual property. Mr. Geleerd has been a member of YPO since 2000.

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Should You Share Equity with Consultants?

www.inc.com

Intellectual Property. Copyright © 2000 inc.com. Internet and Online Business. Business Software. Computer Security. Telecom and Wireless. Technology. INNOVATION. Managing Creativity. Research & Development. Bringing Innovation to Market. The 2011 Inc. 500|5000 List. The 2011 Top Lists. 500|5000 Conference. Honorees Resources.