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7 Lessons They Don’t Teach You In Crowdfunding School

Startup Professionals Musings

Here are seven lessons I’ve accumulated from real life experiences on how crowdfunding can lead you astray -- and guidance on how to offset these potential negatives: Keep your attention on the business model as well as the solution. Keep all IP details close to the vest.

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Opinion: It’s a startup world

NZ Entrepreneur

experiments to build a product, find customers, test business models and hire amazing people. Creating this value is anchored in finding a repeatable, scalable business model. This equity will vest over 2-3 years. Underpinning this growth is good governance. Risk and reward.

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Start-up Tips: Identifying Intellectual Property, Simplified

YoungUpstarts

I’ve attended many IP seminars and conferences conducted specifically for businesses and they are generally always about Patents. Copyrights vest in literary, musical, dramatic and artistic work. While I’ve mentioned the basics of what each of the major streams of IP protect, there are instances where they overlap.

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Making Decisions in Context

Austin Startup

Set any vesting schedules and expiration dates on roughly similar terms, if for no other reason just so you can track all of them correctly. Your business works as intended if you can attract customers that fit into the context of your operation. If you’ve got patent or other IP needs, you may want to engage specialists in those areas.

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

Up and Running

It can help you consider areas you may not have thought of and the vast majority of overseas banks will require a business plan before they approve an overseas bank account. While there are a number of posts that cover the topic of writing a business plan in detail, some of the areas to consider will be: Business background.

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Term-sheets and Valuations: Thinking about Negotiations - Startups.

Tim Keane

3]   However, if they are built bottom up, they demonstrate and make explicit a range of business model assumptions the entrepreneur is using to think about his business and its revenue model. These include: ·       Vesting of Founder Stock.

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Beware The Consultant

infochachkie.com

There is an inherent conflict in a consultant’s business model and the needs of a startup. IP) is an ugly thing at a startup. Yet, it does nothing to help you execute your business model. Startups cannot afford such scapegoat luxuries. However, to a Big Dumb Company [.].

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