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The Next Entrepreneurs And Startups

YoungUpstarts

The most successful entrepreneurs have always used the realities of the environment around them as a basis for exploring opportunities and developing new ideas that actually provide value for people and are structured to create profit. Professional business services.

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13 Critical Small Business Legal Requirements to Start a Business

Up and Running

Limited liability company (LLC) – A structure that combines the characteristics of both corporations and partnerships. Intellectual property (IP) is anything created by the human intellect that’s protected by the law from unauthorized use by other people. Develop a founders agreement. Secure your intellectual property.

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How to Work with Lawyers at a Startup

Both Sides of the Table

Shame about not getting it in legal writing that you owned the original IP. Founded it as a California LLC but your potential VC wants a Delaware C-Corp? I know he’s smart but you wouldn’t hire a Javascript developer to do your database design – would you? Here’s a hack for you.

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26 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Names

Hearpreneur

Geiger, Twelve31 Media, LLC ! #3- Once I developed the fabric I wanted it to have a name that was memorable, and that described it in one word. Several “experts” in marketing and advertising, and IP lawyers, tried to talk me into changing it. While developing the app and starting the company, I was stuck for a name.

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27 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Names

Hearpreneur

My company name, Bear in Mind Strategies, LLC, is a combination of my name, a common phrase about consciousness, and my strategic approach to working with clients. Thanks to Andrea Bear, Bear in Mind Strategies, LLC ! #8- My company’s name is Jade Solutions, LLC. Patterson, Jade Solutions, LLC ! #13- Accountability.

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Five signs it’s time to get your business organized

www.greenhornconnect.com

1) You and your partners have developed IP critical to your business. Intellectual property is the most valuable asset most startups possess, so it is crucial that the startup, not the founders, own IP developed for the business. © Greenhorn Connect LLC - all rights reserved. What is Greenhorn Connect?

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Incorporate Your Startup at the Right Time

mashable.com

After all, the sooner you incorporate or form an LLC, the sooner you can start reaping the rewards of incorporation ; the potential tax savings and legal protection. It’s not uncommon for it to take up to 40-60 business days to bring a Corporation or an LLC into existence after submitting your filing documents to any state office.

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