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8 Portfolio Assets Are Key To Your Startup Valuation

Startup Professionals Musings

Don’t pick a company name until you are certain that you can get the comparable domain name, so Internet brokers won’t hold you hostage. Internet domain name. Internet domain names can be acquired from most hosting providers or Network Solutions , for as little as $10/year each. Business Plan. This name (www.

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Your New Venture IP Portfolio Sets Investment Value

Startup Professionals Musings

Don’t pick a company name until you are certain that you can get the comparable domain name, so Internet brokers won’t hold you hostage. Internet domain name. Internet domain names can be acquired from most hosting providers or Network Solutions , for as little as $10/year each. Business Plan. This name (www.

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5 Things You Should Never Say When Fundraising

Up and Running

Almost any attorney can break through a non disclosure agreement, so it doesn’t protect your ideas at the end of the day anyway. Any one of those ideas or business plans can easily cross competitor boundaries. Here is my 50 page business plan and PowerPoint”. Presenting the formal plan comes later.

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Every Startup Needs Intellectual Property To Thrive

Startup Professionals Musings

Don’t pick a company name until you are certain that you can get the comparable domain name, so Internet brokers won’t hold you hostage. Internet domain name. Internet domain names can be acquired from most hosting providers or Network Solutions , for as little as $10/year each. Business Plan. This name (www.

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8 Intellectual Property Items Every Startup Needs

Startup Professionals Musings

Don’t pick a company name until you are certain that you can get the comparable domain name, so Internet brokers won’t hold you hostage. Internet domain name. Internet domain names can be acquired from most hosting providers or Network Solutions , for as little as $10/year each. Business Plan. This name (www.

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Crowd-Funding Success Usually Brings New Challenges

Startup Professionals Musings

Many entrepreneurs seems to be convinced that the “crowd” of regular people using the Internet will somehow solve their startup funding needs, when they sense a lack of interest from accredited investors. In all cases, to keep non-professionals attention, the content of the offer online, or pitch presented, is very limited.

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Someone Stole My Startup Idea – Part 2: They Raised Money With My.

Steve Blank

Welcome to the Internet bubble.) We consciously didn’t ask potential customers to sign a Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA). No business plan survives first contact with customers The real value is finding the product/market fit. Here was a competitor who had appropriated our idea and gotten funded.