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How to Work with Lawyers at a Startup

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Shame about not getting it in legal writing that you owned the original IP. I know he’s smart but you wouldn’t hire a Javascript developer to do your database design – would you? But if you can stomach that he’s a star and contingency work / risk sharing on IP claims is key! Here’s a hack for you.

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What Makes an Entrepreneur? Cojones (7/11)

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If this idea was so big then why would they risk not being first to market, not building defensible IP for the sake of a few hundred thousand dollars extra in lock-up money at a big company? Servers, databases, bandwidth – they’re all virtual now. I finally called bullshit. It’s lost salary for a period of time.

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This Week in VC: Michael Montgomery (President, Montgomery & Co.)

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He said that there remains a very healthy market for “data oriented&# software companies because the world is moving more toward measurability and software companies with differentiated IP often get a premium in the market. Developer of database software for business intelligence and data warehousing applications. TechCrunch.

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How to Kick Start Your Community’s Startup Scene

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To interconnect these computers we needed IP-based telecommunications equipment build by the likes of Cisco Systems and Juniper Networks. It required a diffusion of personal computers that led to the massive growth of Hewlett Packard, Intel, Apple Computers and others.