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Why Entrepreneurs Must Learn to Love Paperwork  

The Startup Magazine

For startups established as an LLC, the operating agreement is the original blueprint that specifies how the company will be run and which members (partners) hold which responsibilities, among other concerns such as profit-sharing. Protect your intellectual property. You must abide by your operating agreement.

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Social Networking and Business Value

SoCal CTO

Richard Neff, Head IP & Tech Group of Greenberg Glusker Richard Neff is a partner at the law firm of Greenberg Glusker in Los Angeles and Chair of the Firm's Intellectual Property and Technology Practice Group. He has written several books on intellectual property law. He was raised and educated in London.

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Elon Musk Makes Right Decision Over Tesla Patents

YoungUpstarts

Partner with the competitors in your industry by creating key relationships with the right people who have the right skills and can properly complement your strengths. In Orange County, California, for example, there is a street called State College. We’re now living in the collaboration economy and your competition is now your ally.

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

Up and Running

One recent development has been that larger companies are now looking at small innovative companies in a new light — as potential partners in developing new products, processes and services. The result of all of these factors is to slow down innovation potential at large companies. A Case in Point.

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

Steve Blank

The initial hypothesis for Epiphany (from my much smarter partner Ben ) was that as departments in the enterprise (manufacturing, finance, customer support sales) became automated, the marketing department would eventually get its turn. Are These Your Slides? I quickly leafed through them and replied, “Sure they’re our original slides.

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How Philanthropy Can Make You A Better Entrepreneur

YoungUpstarts

Further, explore those areas by partnering with one or more admirable funders in that space and researching the issues you care about. Kevin Xu is the CEO of MEBO International , a California- and Beijing-based intellectual property management company specializing in applied health systems. Commit to the Cause.

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Equity for Consultants – Keep it Simple!

www.mattbartus.com

I can’t tell you how often a client calls me up and says something like this: “Matt, we have this great new consultant who is going to make introductions to us to [pick type of business partner]. California companies can have specific salary arrangements with salaried employees. Intellectual Property.

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