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How to Pick the Right Attorney For Your Startup

Up and Running

So far it sounded like a fair deal, considering we didn’t yet have a product developed – only a pitch deck, a business plan, a fleshed-out idea, and some user interface (UI) designs of what we thought our online product would look like. Do they (or does their firm) have experience with intellectual property and patents?

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Beware The Consultant

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For instance, many a BDC CEO has initiated a consultant to study cost cutting issues before announcing a significant layoff. Unlike employee training costs, which can typically be spread over years of service, the relative return from training a consultant is modest and pricey. They know everything – just ask them.

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What would you want to tell Washington DC about startups?

Startup Lessons Learned

That is just currently a full personal money sucking process, as you're taxed on income and have no business breaks yet, besides supplies, the majority of costs to start up a business have no tax advantages to creating a start up. Our patent laws have been weakened reducing the value of intellectual capital.

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