Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 21, 2010

If you’re a startup and you don’t have a close relationship with a few law firms you’re really missing one of the most important relationships that any entrepreneur can have. I write about some of the lessons in my post on Startup Mistakes. Shame about not getting it in legal writing that you owned the original IP.

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The Startup Magazine

MARCH 10, 2018

Regardless of your industry, your startup needs legal assistance to ensure its growth remains safe and secure. You need lawyers to help you with incorporation and IP creation. But the startup is working diligently to build AI solutions. The Real Legal Solutions for Startups. appeared first on The Startup Magazine.

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VC Cafe

AUGUST 2, 2022

Given the ‘fuzzy’ period we’re in, where we still struggle with a definition of the Metaverse, it’s easy to dismiss it all as a fad. Gradually, more professional gaming studios are choosing to develop on the platform, increasing the quality and the IP that enters the Metaverse. Here we go! Epic Games.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 27, 2016

While all this is definitely a boon to entrepreneurs, it does come with its own set of challenges. Crowdfunding interest, by definition, is primarily from non-professional investors who are more focused on features and value, rather than the financials of your business. Keep all IP details close to the vest.

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ReadWriteStart

APRIL 10, 2012

Those are the first three items on every tech startup's checklist (more or less). Much farther down the list - if it's there at all - is the security plan the startup needs to protect its brilliant idea from theft. Most startups take the obvious measures: Be careful who you hire. A fridge full of Red Bull. That needs to change.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 14, 2016

In the current economic landscape, it’s common for startups and businesses to seek a buyout or acquisition — in fact, it’s frequently the goal from the start. However, the legal definition of an employee versus a contractor can get tricky. by Jeff Stark, Audit Partner at Sensiba San Filippo.

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Steve Blank

JANUARY 30, 2013

By definition, before they had a chance to fully buy into the idea and the team). Doing so meant they would have to take risks for IP acquisition and customer/market risks outside their experience or comfort zone. So when we asked them to embrace these new product ideas, we ran into a wall of (justified) skepticism.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 17, 2019

I had just left Salesforce.com where I was VP, Products, after they had acquired my second startup. Bank as well as many startups like Gusto and MakeSpace and innumerable massive clients that weren’t on my approved list of clients I could disclose ;) but we partner with Google, Adobe, Salesforce and many others. Over the past 2.5

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 30, 2012

I hear lots of excuses from startup founders, like “I’m too busy,” concern over IP security, can’t afford an agency, and it’s too early. I’m definitely not lobbying here for promising things you can’t deliver, or hiring a publicist before your first programmer. In a startup, you are the brand. You need to do it yourself.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

JANUARY 24, 2011

Word-of-mouth by definition. In the emotional turmoil of a startup it’s easy to forget that you’re supposed to be having fun now and then. Of course most startups terminate this way anyway don’t they? Want to work with me on a startup? Blowing people’s minds by doing something awesome is a blast.

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ultralightstartups.com

MAY 20, 2013

Ultra Light Startups®. What is an Ultra Light Startup? Name A Startup. Startup PR. Name A Startup. I’m often in the process of naming a startup. The following is a list of qualities of a good name for your startup. Engage an IP lawyer for more thorough analysis). Who We Are. Sponsorship.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 7, 2011

I hear lots of excuses from startup founders, like “I’m too busy,” concern over IP security, can’t afford an agency, and it’s too early. I’m definitely not lobbying here for promising things you can’t deliver, or hiring a publicist before your first programmer. In a startup, you are the brand. You need to do it yourself.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 17, 2010

I hear lots of excuses from startup founders, like “I’m too busy,” concern over IP security, can’t afford an agency, and it’s too early. I’m definitely not lobbying here for promising things you can’t deliver, or hiring a publicist before your first programmer. In a startup, you are the brand. You need to do it yourself.

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nickpoint.co.uk

OCTOBER 23, 2010

» 5 Startup Steps to finding & working with freelancers By Nick Barker As there are just two of us ( Simon Oxley – my co-founder and I) in our startup we need outside help. As a startup we don’t have a long list of trusted suppliers. My friend Martin Wright at the new Web2.0 How much to pay?

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www.greenhornconnect.com

OCTOBER 3, 2011

” Transitioning from partners in an informal collaboration to co-owners of an actual business may seem like a big step, but it is a necessary one that every successful startup eventually must take. So the short answer is: the sooner the better; but here are five telltale signs it’s definitely time to form a company.

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Gust

JULY 22, 2012

I hear lots of excuses from startup founders, like “I’m too busy,” concern over IP security, can’t afford an agency, and it’s too early. I’m definitely not lobbying here for promising things you can’t deliver, or hiring a publicist before your first programmer. In a startup, you are the brand. You need to do it yourself.

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Scott Edward Walker

JANUARY 3, 2021

Dear Founders: Here Are Three IP Mistakes To Watch-Out For. SEC Expands “Accredited Investor” Definition. Below is a list of my top three posts in 2020. Cheers, Scott. Selling Your Company? Here’s A Legal Checklist. The post Top 3 Posts in 2020 appeared first on WALKER CORPORATE LAW GROUP, PLLC.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

Having delivered hundreds of pitches myself (and bombed a few), as well as coaching dozens of entrepreneurs on how to pitch, I’ve definitely seen some doozy pitches. If I had a nickel for every pitch I saw where the financial projections grow in the shape of a hockey stick, I could have funded my last startup! get to revenue, b.)

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This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 27, 2010

Business plan competitions are the air guitar championships of the startup world. It’s as if the plan for creating a startup is: Step #1: Come up with an idea. The fact of the matter is, most startups, particularly ones built by young professionals with no network and no track record, aren’t going to get funded.

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Scalable Startup

JANUARY 15, 2015

Tom Nora Startup Whisperer, Web Market Development. I’m a startup growth consultant who started a digital marketing + web development agency due to such high demand from my startup clients. Startup Whisperer, Web Market Development. Startup Whisperer, Web Market Development. web development projects.

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The Startup Lawyer

AUGUST 18, 2010

I’ve noticed a lot of recent articles promoting that a startup can “ skip the lawyer &# and incorporate via an online service. These sites typically list about 20 incorporation tasks they’ll do for your startup for around $250 plus the applicable state filing fees. Tags: Incorporation startup.

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news.ycombinator.com

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

Hacker News new | comments | ask | jobs | submit login Startups in stealth mode need one piece of advice. I work for a stealth startup. While this may be the case for many startups, this is not true at least in our case. True for (A), definitely NOT for (B). humbledmba.com) 279 points by jaf12duke 216 days ago | comments.

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venturebeat.com

MARCH 8, 2011

I’ve been on both sides of the table: I’ve done a startup while working and I’ve employed people who either were or are very capable of having their own startup on the side. A startup already generates an infinite amount of work. This story originally appeared on his blog.) Uh, although I see your points.

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www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 7, 2007

Over the next 5-6 posts I’ll outline the process which I’ve now followed at several corporates and which I’ve honed to work with my own startup, Aroxo. Posted by: Stephen Glauser | September 10, 2007 5:28 AM Hey Darren - if you are doing it all yourself then youre definitely bootstrapping, but not off-shoring.

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Tim Keane

JANUARY 12, 2010

Startups and angels: Along the way to success.   However, I assume that the proposed business solves a real problem that people are willing to pay for and that it may be lest costly, more efficient, and IP-protected. [5]   Posted at 04:19 PM in Funding startups | Permalink. TrackBack URL for this entry: [link].

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Steve Blank

MARCH 11, 2015

I pointed out to Bob the irony – in a large company “fear of failure” inhibits speed and risk taking while in a startup “fear of failure” drives speed and urgency. Startups have finite time and resources to find product/market fit before they run out of money. In a startup “fear of failure” drives speed and urgency.

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Early Growth Financial Services

MAY 1, 2014

In practice, lots of companies in the startup world use them to apply to ANY information deemed to be sensitive. While there are definitely potential benefits, NDAs also have several often overlooked caveats. While there are definitely potential benefits, NDAs also have several often overlooked caveats.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 6, 2010

Everyone has their own definition of momentum (user numbers, revenue, channel partners, biz dev deals, whatever). If you save the punch line that you’re from the industry, did CS at MIT, worked for 3 startups, whatever, then they don’t have that powerful knowledge as part of their evaluation set. What about Product / IP?

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

They now do extra- merchandise so fan selling other fans merchandise that they made but this time with IP rights and everybody makes money, which is pretty cool. I think there’s definitely places. So, there’s definitely things we know we need to improve on but we haven’t been, I haven’t had the data, right?

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Feld Thoughts

FEBRUARY 13, 2012

A great panel full of engineers titled Tech Tutorial Backdrop: An All IP Network and Its Policy Implications came next, followed by a talk from Colorado Senator Michael Bennet. While there were hugs and handshakes after the panel ended, it definitely felt like there was plenty of grinfucking going around.

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Rob Go

OCTOBER 12, 2011

I’m going to do a new blog series on “Startup Jargon”. I’m not claiming any original IP, but hopefully will be able to pull together some good thinking on these subjects and add some precision to these words. Not all innovations are “disruptive innovations” by this definition. You hear people say “This is truly disruptive!”,

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blog.simeonov.com

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

I have been thinking a lot recently about how to apply agile development principles to investing and key aspects of startup development such as team building. The first post is about agile startup fundraising. The follow-on post is about agile startup team building. If you’ve read and liked these posts, let others know.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2014

I have never been more optimistic about the impact that the tech startup community is having on cities in America or about the role that cities outside of San Francisco / Silicon Valley can play in our future. Changes in the Startup Ecosystem. So the startup work moves to where the startup founders live and not vice versa.

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Hippoland

APRIL 10, 2016

Ada is my professor, and we are using her lab, and the company is based on her research, though the IP is assigned to the company. But, you definitely want everyone to earn his/her stock. In a startup, you don’t have many things to entice people to work for your company, and stock is one of those few things.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

While way too many startup companies (and investors) are focused on “social TV” or on “Instagram for TV” I believe they are missing the more fundamental shift in our industry. It is – by definition – participation. and again here. So here’s the thing. The Broader Trend.

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 13, 2010

So, great… One day, you’re a bunch of tech dudes hacking away at a hardcore grad math program and the next day, you hit the proverbial startup lottery and you’re sitting with some major coin in the bank. You guys are now the startup version of the OJ Simpson white Bronco chase. All eyes are on you. 3) Do the opposite. 5) Get to work.

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The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 28, 2019

Blockdraw wants to merge the best available technologies and still have a trustlessness, verifiability, IP protection and security as standard. algorithms mechanics, Blockdraw can provide a definitive black-box verification. The post Approaching The Blockchain With Business appeared first on The Startup Magazine.

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