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Yahoo! vs Facebook: Lame Lawsuit, Good Timing ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

CEO Scott Thompson alluded to their plan a couple weeks ago but the IP lawsuit itself was only official late afternoon yesterday (and now public). ’s claims of IP infringement or offer a litigator’s perspective of Yahoo! Thompson reportedly dealt with this IP lawsuit personally along with Yahoo!’s

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Five signs it’s time to get your business organized

www.greenhornconnect.com

1) You and your partners have developed IP critical to your business. Intellectual property is the most valuable asset most startups possess, so it is crucial that the startup, not the founders, own IP developed for the business. 19) December 2010. (13) 13) November 2010. (18) 18) October 2010. (20) 24) May 2010.

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Lessons Learned: The lean startup

Startup Lessons Learned

I am somewhat of an expert in this having created one of the first pioneering labs and incubators in the Internet era, from N AZ where the normal course of action was to prove lean ventures with our retirement only to see them copied by deeper pockets on the coasts when we went searching for capital. April 6, 2010 8:23 AM Colie Brice said.

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26 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Names

Hearpreneur

Several “experts” in marketing and advertising, and IP lawyers, tried to talk me into changing it. So if you were to use Google or any other search engine, your name would be lost in the crowd. If you search the word “Affygility” we are the only company in the entire internet that displays. Buttercloth was born.

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Picking Ventures: Part 2 - Startups and angels: Along the way to.

Tim Keane

" We all have heard/repeated the investment mantra about "big, growing markets" with "unfair advantage IP" position. " We all have heard/repeated the investment mantra about "big, growing markets" with "unfair advantage IP" position.      Search. October 2010.

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Series Seed Financing Documents

www.seriesseed.com

Step 2 (as opposed to version 1.1) » 02/25/2010. Posted by: toby | 03/01/2010 at 09:52 PM. Posted by: Ted Wang | 03/01/2010 at 10:45 PM. Posted by: Yokum | 03/01/2010 at 11:30 PM. Posted by: Walt | 03/02/2010 at 02:43 AM. Posted by: Dan Greenberg | 03/02/2010 at 05:43 AM. Blog Archives.

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6 Ways to Recruit Talent for Startups

mashable.com

Pros: The search bar makes finding info a snap. Searching for team members is easy. Cons: There is no way to search for profiles of job-seekers. Pros: You can search for students whose locations and skill sets match up with your company. Members post messages to the running feed, which is searchable by keyword.

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