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7 Lessons They Don’t Teach You In Crowdfunding School

Startup Professionals Musings

Be prepared to manage a crowd of inexperienced investors. Keep all IP details close to the vest. Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 02/17/2016. Understating or overstating your request will likely kill your credibility or your startup in lieu of follow-on requirements.

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5 Legal Requirements to Keep in Mind for Your Small Business Website

Up and Running

While the details of the regulations might feel a bit overwhelming to manage, we’ve assembled a list of 5 legal requirements that help to protect your customers and web visitors. In the latest court proceedings, such as the lawsuit filed against Dominos in 2016 , the rulings have recommended the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.1

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Is Click Fraud Devouring Your Ad Budget?

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Some networks are highly sophisticated, and organisers disguise their IP addresses. If you conduct some intricate research (detailed below), you may be able to identify the IP address of competing businesses. Loads of PPC platforms ( Google Ads included) allow you to blacklist IP addresses. . Competing businesses.

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27 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Names

Hearpreneur

The company provides management consulting services to small to mid-sized businesses, as well as government agencies – I wanted clients to know that the company’s values include balance, perspective, integrity, stability, and practicality. Ran reports through a IP lawyer, they were all taken or didn’t sound good.

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Walmart’s Been On A Buying Spree. Which Company Could It Acquire Next?

Up and Running

acquisition of Jet.com in August 2016 transformed the company beyond the addition of the Jet platform. While Walmart hasn’t acquired in this area yet, its internal initiatives and IP show interest. Select investors: Lerer Hippeau Ventures, Slow Ventures, Maveron, Tiger Global Management. Walmart’s $3.3B

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Going Global: 8 Things to Consider If You Want to Expand Your Business

Up and Running

Many businesses throughout the world are struggling to protect their ideas and intellectual property (IP) rights, particularly when expanding into international markets. The choice of where to base your IP holding company has become a key strategic decision for a company’s board of directors. Intellectual property.

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Austin AI startups raised more than $50 Million in 2017

Austin Startup

The enterprise focus has a tough time showing their own IP versus the vertical business solutions have limited total addressable market. Million in their Series A led by Khosla ventures in Nov 2016. Enterprise platforms are also looking at various domains to excel at but they are still focused on the enterprise selling.

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