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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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Venture Capitalists, Super Angels and the State of Startup Funding

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The competition for funding startups is increasing the valuations of startups, giving entrepreneurs and founders better investment terms. San Diego, California) Jobs Comentum is a dynamic and cutting edge company.Be Unfortunately, none are very focused on Florida (California and New York are the top two destination).

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Series Seed Financing Documents

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Sets the valuation at the time of the investment. It would be helpful to get a California standard employee manual, employee contract/agreements, IP ownership release to company, and confidentiality. I'm interested to know why you didn't choose a convertible note structure. Posted by: toby | 03/01/2010 at 09:52 PM.

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

VC Cafe

It’s nice to have protected IP, but that will mostly matter later on in the event of an acquisition. For consumer web startups, the more traction you show, the better valuation you will get. Patented Technology? Technology also depends on the investor – some would really care about it, others will prefer to see traction.

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Venture Capitalists, Super Angels and the State of Startup Funding

mashable.com

The competition for funding startups is increasing the valuations of startups, giving entrepreneurs and founders better investment terms. Unfortunately, none are very focused on Florida (California and New York are the top two destination). SCVNGR Makes Major Enhancements to iP. Angel rounds also tend to close quicker.

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Startup Resources

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IP Location Tools. Seed Stage Valuation Guide. British Library Business & IP Centre : Funded by the London Development Agency, the British Library supports inventors, small businesses and entrepreneurs from that first spark of inspiration to successfully launching and developing a business. Xtranormal. Presentation tools.

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How to Start a Startup

www.paulgraham.com

But its hard to raise money with an IP cloud over your head, becauseinvestors cant judge how serious it is. Before you consummate a startup, ask everyone about their previous IP history. 6] What I didnt grasp at the time was that the valuation wasnt just the value of the code wed written so far. Dont do what we did.

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