Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 20, 2016

Recently, I’ve seen a lot of discussion about bringing the work back home, since costs have gone up in less-developed countries, there are issues with intellectual property, and time zone and language differences make management difficult. Keep intellectual property keys in-house.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 24, 2017

A CPA provides input on tax structure and metrics, and assists with due diligence related to your industry. What type of behavior do you want to incentivize or discourage in your contract drafting process (for shareholder or operating agreement, employment agreement, employee manual and vendor and service agreements)?

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 14, 2016

Having audited financial statements will provide your buyer with a trustworthy source of your financials and operations. Whether your company is generating profits or operating at a loss, taxes are a significant risk area in any acquisition. Tax positions and filing requirements. Tax positions and filing requirements.

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The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 25, 2017

A viable business opportunity is to present expert business services designed to help companies operate and implement first cybersecurity procedures and measures. Currently, there’s the universal dependence on specialized software and computers to keep companies operating, and more offices are transiting into paperless working spaces.

Software Review 60

Software Review Technical Review Intellectual Property Due Diligence 60

Up and Running

DECEMBER 27, 2018

So, if a bank agrees that you can use a patent as collateral, they essentially agree that it has significant value, based on their due diligence. Maybe the market for your intellectual property is diminishing or the technology is becoming less relevant. Sell off your patent rights. It might be time to sell the patent.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 27, 2016

That may be an extreme case, but I’ve found that even with the proposals that include compelling paradigm shifts in technology, a hard look at the entrepreneur is often the most significant due-diligence that an investor can undertake. Investors like to see new intellectual property as a barrier to entry.

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Technical Review Intellectual Property Due Diligence Angel Investor 134

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 15, 2017

Breaches involving health information, trade secrets, and intellectual property can be devastating for the affected brand. Of all the security threats mentioned here, this is probably the one that requires most due diligence and is the most difficult to identify. So what can organizations do?

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David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

However, in private markets, there is more room to optimize across all 11 steps of the investing process: firm management , marketing, fundraising , origination , manage relationships, due diligence, negotiation, monitoring, portfolio acceleration , reporting, and. 6) Due diligence. I personally use Salesforce.

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Steve Blank

JANUARY 30, 2013

Since there weren’t corporate resource for further evaluation, (one of our programs’ constraints was not to create new permanent infrastructures for implementation,) we had no choice but to assign the idea to a business unit and ask them to perform due diligence the best they could. (By

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Up and Running

JULY 2, 2014

We shared all of this with our attorney before she helped us write our Operating Agreement (OA), so we assumed we were in good hands. After a couple of due diligence meetings with the investor and our attorneys, he gave us the check. We gladly handed it over to him as part of the due diligence process.

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Technical Review Angel Investor Due Diligence Dilution 118

Up and Running

OCTOBER 1, 2015

Due diligence is required in any area of life. For your joint venture to operate, you will need to employ workers. The intellectual property ownership. If your joint venture revolves around the tech or medical industry, then intellectual property is of great value to your business.

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Intellectual Property Technical Review Exit Strategy Due Diligence 60

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 13, 2015

For me, each new business venture should have between 2 (two) and a maximum of 4 (four) founders for optimal operation. Participation. I will be very direct for this point. The division of the shares, meaning, what ownership each founder has in the company, should be equal (or as close to equal as possible).

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 10, 2020

Conduct due diligence to ensure the name of the business isn’t in defilement of any kind of trademark or other intellectual property rights. Again, subject to the chosen entity, you may need to draft your bylaws, an operating agreement and/or a partnership agreement.

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Los Angeles Intellectual Property Limited Liability Company Due Diligence 147

www.reincubate.com

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

Tactical Draw-up and control complete IT operational and capital expenditure budgets for IT. Where appropriate, patent or secure intellectual property by other means. Past responsibility for operational and capital budgets in excess of $1M, confidence with budgeting and spend planning.

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 29, 2015

Doing so requires keeping a pulse on your market and adjusting your business plan accordingly, eliminating or diminishing any internal issues or skeletons in the closet, preparing for due diligence, and applying principles for business value maximization. Plan for your buyer’s due diligence .

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Business Plan Due Diligence Intellectual Property Valuation 60

YoungUpstarts

APRIL 11, 2017

Why go deep into how your budding brainchild operates when you can simply achieve this by explaining to the client or investor what it does? Before you begin working with a contractor, potential investor or a possible client, do your own due diligence about the investor. Research the Recipients.

Non-disclosure Agreement 113

Non-disclosure Agreement Non-Compete Due Diligence Security 113

www.paulgraham.com

APRIL 28, 2010

Most startups operate close to themargin of failure, and the distraction of having to deal with clientscould be enough to put you over the edge. And we think its better if startups operate out of their ownpremises, however crappy, than the offices of their investors. So seed investors usually care lessabout the idea than the people.

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www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Intellectual Property Law For Startups Blog. s most comprehensive collection of business and intellectual property information. In addition, TheFunded.com allows entrepreneurs to view and share term sheets, to assist one other finding good investor, and to discuss the many facets of operating a business.

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Software Review Technical Review Startup 53

Gust

OCTOBER 20, 2011

Angels typically invest in companies operating in industry sectors with which they are familiar. Working within a network of angel investors also expands the pool of expert resources and helps divide the work of screening companies and investment due diligence. Strength of the Product and Intellectual Property.

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Valuation Pre-Money Valuation Intellectual Property Technical Review 146

infochachkie.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Thus, as your startup matures, many of your operational functions can be successfully outsourced. The ultimate irony is that when we later sold the Company for a substantial amount of money, it was discovered during due diligence that the prestigiously inept firm (whose name rhymes with a type of pasta) screwed up a basic corporate filing.

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