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Intellectual Property for Startups in the Real World

Gust

Many thanks to David Rose , Ilana Grossman , Justin Stanwix , and the whole Gust team for making the Gust Blog such a valuable platform and resource for entrepreneurs and angel investors. How much risk do IP issues in the aggregate pose to our business ? Large companies] win by locking competitors out of their sales channels.

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How to Pitch, Plan, and Track Your Business with LivePlan [VIDEO]

Up and Running

I am here to talk about LivePlan and give you some big picture information on business planning, forecasting, how to really kick your business off in the best possible way. A persona is an aggregate of all the traits that your customers have, so that it becomes your most common customer. You can’t forecast. Good morning.

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Resources for Entrepreneurs Writing a Business Plan

Up and Running

It’s the high-level plan of what you want to do, who your customers are, how you’re going to make money, and what your key strategies are for sales and marketing. It aggregates various U.S. Probably one of the most intimidating parts of business planning is forecasting and budgeting. For the U.S. Get funding.

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Top 30 Startup Posts for July 2010

SoCal CTO

Welcome to the Lost Decade (for Entrepreneurs, IPO’s and VC’s) - Steve Blank , July 15, 2010 If you take funding from a venture capital firm or angel investor and want to build a large, enduring company (rather than sell it to the highest bidder), this isn’t the decade to do it. Here’s an example in a direct sales channel.