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Can You Replace Lawyers With Software?

The Startup Magazine

A business runs on diligence, passion, and creativity — but it also needs a whole lot of legal help. You need lawyers to help you with incorporation and IP creation. Thus, as with many other expensive aspects of starting a business, many entrepreneurs like you are turning to software. The Issue of Artificial Intelligence.

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Intellectual Property 101

Up and Running

If someone asked whether or not your business has Intellectual Property (IP) and your answer is “I do not know” or “I doubt it,” you are not alone. It is difficult to be in a business situation completely devoid of IP worth identifying and protecting. IP is a not just a legal issue.

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The 5 Biggest Legal Mistakes That Startups Make

Scott Edward Walker

Mistake #2 : not buttoning-down IP ownership issues (at 10:20). Mistake #5 : not doing your due diligence on potential investors (at 38:36). Mistake #2: Not Buttoning-Down IP Ownership Issues. Mistake #5: Not Doing Your Due Diligence on Potential Investors. Startup Weekend issues .

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The 5 Biggest Legal Mistakes That Startups Make

Scott Edward Walker

i) Rule 506 preempts State law, which means all you have to do is file a Form D and pay a filing fee; and (ii) no disclosure requirement/PPM Possible to sell to “friends and family” (e.g., issues to address include: How have they treated their other portfolio companies?

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How to Ensure Your Business Stays on The Right Side of the Law

Women Entrepreneurs Can

That is why you are going to want to employ a trustworthy accountant or invest in reliable accounting software to keep your tax affairs as tidy as possible because the IRS doesn’t have a “forgive and forget” policy, so it’s best to stay in their good books.

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Google Analytics Health Check: Is Your Configuration Broken?

ConversionXL

Is the office IP address filtered out? Are the IP addresses of your affiliates filtered out (agencies, freelancers, etc.)? Is your home IP address filtered out? Are the IP addresses of remote employees filtered out? Solution: Add your Google Analytics code to 404 and 500 pages. Are you doing country filtering?

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EU Cookie / Privacy Laws: Implications On Data Collection And Analysis

Occam's Razor

For example, people are really shocked when they hear that even with no web analytics or advertising analytics tool on a site their behavior on the site gets automatically logged into server web logs. Information like IP address, the page requested, time stamps, browser ids and more are stored. DoubleClick, Microsoft and more).

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