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Social Networking and Business Value

SoCal CTO

In 2005, Majid coauthored "Data Strategy" a book designed to help streamline information management within organizations. Richard Neff, Head IP & Tech Group of Greenberg Glusker Richard Neff is a partner at the law firm of Greenberg Glusker in Los Angeles and Chair of the Firm's Intellectual Property and Technology Practice Group.

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Dallas Startup Happy Hour Tomorrow

The Startup Lawyer

Blake has long been involved in the Dallas startup scene, having helped organize the first BarCamp Dallas in 2005. Danica is an entertainment, intellectual property and new media attorney with Bell Nunnally & Martin LLP. Gabriella Draney, Tech Wildcatters. Danica Mathes, Ignite Dallas.

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5 Ways To Protect Your Startup From Copycats

YoungUpstarts

It was a 13-hour struggle to change her name after getting married in 2005 that prompted Danielle to leave her medical sales career to develop and launch MissNowMrs.com , a premier online name-change service created to simplify the name-change process for brides and newlyweds nationwide.

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Is This Startup Ready For Investment?

Steve Blank

Since 2005 startup accelerators have provided cohorts of startups with mentoring, pitch practice and product focus. These included; identification of a compelling clinical need, large enough market, intellectual property, regulatory issues, and reimbursement, and whether there was a plausible exit.

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Entrepreneurship in the Fast Lane

Growthink Blog

Since 2005, they have been the two leading investors in Africa, investing $31 billion and $16 billion on the continent, respectively. In the U.S. so far, no company has raised more than $700 million and it is somewhat of a sad commentary that the biggest U.S. IPO by far this year will be the government ward General Motors. This is HARD.

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Should You Offer Equity Compensation to Employees?

Up and Running

In 2005, David Choe was invited to paint a number of murals at Facebook’s HQ in Palo Alto. According to intellectual property attorney Kurt Anderson, shareholders generally have the right to access certain corporate records and financial information. And is willing to share company finances, future, etc.”.

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How to Attract Talent to Your Start-up

www.inc.com

That was the thought behind Meebos decision to offer a $5,000 reward to anyone who referred qualified potential employees to the company that launched in 2005. 500|5000 The 2010 Inc. 500|5000 List The 2010 Top Lists Inc. So are referrals. The only stipulation? People would only get paid if the candidates got hired.