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Why The ‘Fail Fast’ Mantra Needs to Fail

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Because I have met so many young entrepreneurs who tell me, “we don’t need business plans anymore, there a waste! We’re going to put our product out there and fail fast!&# [note: business plan to me does not equal long Microsoft Word document. If not, are there buyers of the intellectual property?

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Why Lawsuits Are On the Rise at Startups and What To Do About It

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Because even in 2015 I still see people riffing on ideas and working on business plans, product flows or coding on projects without first forming a company, signing contracts that assign intellectual property to that company and trusting that “friends” would never sue you.

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