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Nuts & Bolts of Intellectual Property for New Startups

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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. Most of our early-stage startup clients fit this description.

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Lousy Products Might Break Your Bones – But A Name Will Seldom Hurt You

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Thus, join the ranks of Yahoo, Google, Amazon, eBay, Cisco and Microsoft and focus your limited time and resources on perfecting your customer value proposition, not on devising an ideal company name. When selecting your company and product names, consider the following: Uniquely Familiar. Intuitive URL. Avoid Hyphens.

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LinkedIn's Series B Pitch to Greylock: Pitch Advice for Entrepreneurs

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For early stage companies, it’s important to show that you’re on path, that you have prospects, and that you can get to your vision. This is mostly a mistake slide because customer slides are more appropriate for enterprise pitches. Great customers are predictive of future customers for enterprise businesses.