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Nuts & Bolts of Intellectual Property for New Startups

Gust

So you’ve chosen a name for your startup, product, or both. It’s possible to have a company with literally millions of customers (users) that employs only a handful of people, working in a small rented office, with hardware and software costing in the tens of thousands rather than millions of dollars.

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Someone Stole My Startup Idea – Part 3: The Best Defense is a Good IP Strategy

Steve Blank

Or it can be your brand , logo or domain name. Copyright gives you the right to prevent others from copying, distributing or making derivatives of your work. A contract is a binding legal agreement that is enforceable in a court of law. Each patent filing will cost your company $10-30k and take 1-4 years. Copyright.

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The Ultimate Inventor’s Guide to Inventing Things

Up and Running

So, if I were going to invent something, I’d probably start by creating an affordable jeweler’s workbench, not least because I’d be able to test it, and because I already know all the distribution channels I’d need to hit in order to sell it. Of course, you could also calculate your price based on the cost of materials and manufacture.

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

Gust

Pick a name for the new legal entity (e.g., and search for its availability as a corporate name, domain name and trademark (all separate inquiries). Advisory board agreements. Small-dollar-amount, routine commercial agreements. Confidentiality or non-disclosure agreements (NDAs). Newco, Inc.”)

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13 Helpful Organization and Productivity Apps For Small Businesses

crowdSPRING Blog

There are templates for everything from project planners and investor worksheets to more fun uses like baby naming apps and wedding planners. Whimsical may have a silly name, but its features are anything but that. How to replicate their benefits for remote workers and distributed teams is a challenge many companies face.

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How to hire a programmer to make your ideas happen

sivers.org

Each document has a from-language, to-language, and a name. For example: in my translation site story, above, the first milestone might be just a plain ugly web page where a company can create an account, create a new project, then upload named documents into that project. Youll estimate time and cost better.