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Social Networking and Business Value

SoCal CTO

Sam Cimino, Sales Manager SW of YouTube/Google As YouTube’s Southwest Regional Manager, Sam is responsible for generating revenue across YouTube and the Google Content Network which comprises a media network that reaches nearly 80% of all internet users worldwide. He was raised and educated in London. a communications tool for enterprises.

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

Steve Blank

Welcome to the Internet bubble.) Someone Stole My Startup Idea – Part 3: The Best Defense is a Good IP Strategy » 24 Responses Tweets that mention Someone Stole My Startup Idea – Part 2: They Raised Money With My Slides?! Here was a competitor who had appropriated our idea and gotten funded. That’s not found in a set of slides.

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10 Tips for Making your Startup More Attractive for Investors [Presentation]

VC Cafe

Patents are nice but… in a consumer Internet business, it’s most likely that you aren’t re-inventing the wheel. It’s nice to have protected IP, but that will mostly matter later on in the event of an acquisition. Patented Technology?

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Compromise vs. Problem Solving

Feld Thoughts

This is a key national conference held in Boulder at the intersection of technology and public policy with a particular focus on the Internet. This year’s conference subtitle was “ The Challenges of Internet Law and Governance.” ” There was plenty more in that vein, but this was tame compared to what came next.

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Most Common Early Start-up Mistakes

Both Sides of the Table

To the best of my knowledge US law allows you to work on your own resources and in your own hours and let you personally own your IP. I don’t know 100% that this is true in all 50 states (if any lawyers read this please put notes in comments section) but I’m pretty darn sure that this is statuary law in California.

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Do It Right The First Time, Part II: Visit the Doctor or House Call?

Gust

Take any steps needed to qualify Newco to conduct the business it plans to conduct wherever it’s located (for example, a filing made in California qualifying a Delaware corporation to do business there if the management team is located in San Francisco). Almost nothing on this corporate list is work I would recommend to do-it-yourselfers.

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How to Protect Your Small Business When Advertising Sales and Discounts [Part 2]

Up and Running

However, another piece of legislation, the California Online Privacy Protection Act of 2003, requires that your privacy policy on your website must outline: The types of data gathered, How the data may be shared with other parties, The process your customer can follow to review and make changes to the data you have on them, and.