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The Legal Side of Entrepreneurship

YoungUpstarts

Craig Schmitz, a partner in the Technology Companies Group at law firm Godwin Proctor LLP who works on corporate, governance, board and fundraising issues, and Erika Fisher, an associate in the firm’s Business Law Department who deals with IP, fielded questions about the legal issues startups face.

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Let’s Tax the Boy Scouts

Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

One must have at least seed money, or more, to get a start-up going. How would you feel if Kroger’s lobbied the government against farmers markets or food co-ops? Banks are for-profit (although this is “in theory” — didn’t we, as in our government, just rescue many banks to the tune of billions?