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Technical Signs Of A Well-Managed Business

YoungUpstarts

Modern businesses rely on technology to support their operations. As businesses rely on technology more, the demand for tech proficiency and the effective implementation of solutions grows as well. Today, you can measure if a company is well-managed from how it implements and uses technology. One IP for All.

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Has Blockchain Fever Died Down In 2018?

YoungUpstarts

“Blockchain is a foundational technology: It has the potential to create new foundations for our economic and social systems,” the authors of The Truth About Blockchain , Marco Iansiti, and Karim R. The process of adoption will be gradual and steady, not sudden, as waves of technological and institutional change gain momentum.”

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Surviving Chargeback Fraud — How to Keep Your Business Safe

Up and Running

Technology comes in to save the day when it comes to actual fraud, e.g., in case of stolen identities, card details, etc. BIN database. What a BIN database does is that it uses the first six digits of the 16 digit card number to verify the legitimacy of every card, be it credit, debit, charge, or gift card. IP intelligence.

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Intellectual Property for Startups in the Real World

Gust

Last month we covered the basics of intellectual property (IP) for startups, including a simple taxonomy, some common issues and related documents for entrepreneurs to use when forming a new startup. How much is it worth investing in cultivating and enforcing an IP portfolio ? Barriers to entry ?

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Virtual Data Room Cybersecurity is the Latest Business Opportunity

The Startup Magazine

A VDR is an internet database in which companies’ share and store private information used during financial transactions. IP Management. For instance startup companies that much need to safeguard their IP ( intellectual property ) for survival and growth. Such companies need VDRs to store related IP-documentation.

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How to Work with Lawyers at a Startup

Both Sides of the Table

When to get a lawyer - If you plan to be a venture or angel backed technology company (what I mostly write about) the best time to start meeting and getting to know lawyers is long before you ever start your company. Shame about not getting it in legal writing that you owned the original IP. Many people start companies arse backwards.

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Supporting Sophie’s Neighborhood on World Pediatric Bone & Joint Day

Feld Thoughts

The Rosenberg’s have gone extremely deep on the science of the disease and are supporting a substantial amount of research, including: Cell line development to study the mutation and get a readout on what is going wrong in the gene that is mutated Screen existing drug libraries against the mutation to see if there is an already approved compound (..)

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