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53 Questions Developers Should Ask Innovators

TechEmpower

Do you have legal (Founder Agreement, IP, etc.) What channels will you use (e.g., Do you have a name, a logo, and have you thought about brand positioning? Tell me about the business. How are you funding this? What level of funding do you currently have? Who’s helping you with fundraising? What are your big milestones?

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13 Critical Small Business Legal Requirements to Start a Business

Up and Running

Nonprofit – An organization whose mission primarily isn’t to make profits for the owners but to channel revenue it generates to fund a social mission or cause. Register your business name. The name of your business identifies your enterprise, which makes it easy for people to notice and understand your business.

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Battling Big Business Bullies On The IP Playground: Minimizing The Risk Of Intellectual Property Litigation

YoungUpstarts

Intellectual property (IP), which is often the heart of a startup’s business strategy, constitutes a small subset of those legal rights. Not surprisingly, the best way to avoid IP litigation is to prepare for IP litigation, and the only way to prepare is to know the rules. Generally, popular name brands are trademarks.

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Intellectual Property for Startups in the Real World

Gust

Last month we covered the basics of intellectual property (IP) for startups, including a simple taxonomy, some common issues and related documents for entrepreneurs to use when forming a new startup. How much is it worth investing in cultivating and enforcing an IP portfolio ? Barriers to entry ?

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Pick the Perfect Name for Your Startup

mashable.com

Anyone who has sat stymied with their cursor blinking in a “username” field knows that coming up with a name is harder than you’d think. We talked to bloggers, social media gurus, linguists and naming experts (yes, they exist!) to get the scoop on finding a name that will work on the web. How Do I Start? Ask yourself: 2.

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Analytics On The Bleeding Edge: Transforming Data's Influence

Occam's Razor

Analytics teams are named for the silos and limitations within which they trap themselves. The other gloriously scaled global practice is our pre-flight check, which we call the Minerva Check – named for the Greek goddess of wisdom. :). Product/regions/channels. Paid Media. Owned Media. Customer Service. Data Warehousing.

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EU Cookie / Privacy Laws: Implications On Data Collection And Analysis

Occam's Razor

Information like IP address, the page requested, time stamps, browser ids and more are stored. But information like IP address, browser user agent id, time stamps, page urls and much more are recorded in web logs. Nuance on the cookie issue:] Cookies are fine, IP addresses can't be collected or only partly collected.

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