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Someone Stole My Startup Idea – Part 3: The Best Defense is a Good IP Strategy

Steve Blank

Early on in my career I took a “we’re moving too fast to deal with lawyers” attitude to patents and Intellectual Property (IP.) At one of my entrepreneurship classes at Stanford, Dan Dorosin , of Fenwick & West LLP guest lectures about startups and Intellectual Property. Intellectual Property.

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Social Networking and Business Value

SoCal CTO

Companies also use social networking sites in the hiring process, and increasingly, to do innovative advertising (such as the recent Jack in the Box campaign). He is a former chairman of the Business Software Alliance, and currently is Chair of the LA Chapter of the Technology Council of Southern California.

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Take Advantage of a New Trend: Big Business Looks to Small to Innovate

Up and Running

An increasing number of big companies are hiring small businesses to help them develop innovative products, processes and procedures. By 2010, Vuzit had been hired by two large companies – a bank and an aerospace firm — to “help brainstorm and implement new technologies.” A Case in Point.

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7 Steps For Building Strong Startups In The Highly Regulated Biotech Industry

YoungUpstarts

To get an even better understanding of regulatory sciences and what’s going on in your field, start attending conferences, conventions, or informational sessions, such as Biocon , BioPharm America , California Bioenergy , and Xconomy events. Hire a consultant. Thinking Aloud biotech biotechnology Kevin Xu startup'

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The Latest Questions Small Businesses Are Asking

Up and Running

A venture feasibility study analyzes an idea from several perspectives: market opportunity, competition, resources available, resource gaps, financial viability, operational issues, intellectual property rights, development timeline and technology needs. Do I need to hire a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) for my small business?

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Out of the Crisis #20: the founders of Bitwise on the role of technology in empowering people, spreading benefits to underserved communities, and the creation of OnwardUS

Startup Lessons Learned

They founded Onward, a platform that matches displaced workers--usually, hourly workers--to industries that are hiring rapidly right now. They created a program called Onward California in partnership with the State of California and with the support of governor Newsom. A company headquartered in Fresno, California.

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Can You Track An Employee’s Cell Phone Without Installing Software?

YoungUpstarts

In California, the penal code prohibits any “movable thing” from being tracked. As of 2018, California is the only state that has written laws stating that employees are prohibited from tracking employee’s personal vehicles (which still doesn’t answer the cell phone question).

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