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How To Choose The Right Bitcoin Trading Platform: 5 Things You Need To Check

YoungUpstarts

Reputation and Credibility of the platform. The research stage is going to take the longest time, as you do not want to be a part of one of the many dozens scams operating in the name of exchanges. This is a crucial step and requires caution and due diligence. Go for platforms or exchanges, which are genuine in nature.

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Is Your Press Release Hurting Your Business?

Rembrandt Communications

When you use an inexpensive press release service, you can damage your business reputation. Reputable reporters, publishers, producers, influencers, etc. Do you just want to see “your name in lights on a thousand sites” (as I like to say!)? Probably not, so… Do your due diligence when it comes to press releases and publicity.

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How to Successfully Rebrand: Everything Your Small Business Needs To Know

crowdSPRING Blog

Many business owners believe that a company’s brand identity is nothing more than that company’s name and logo. A brand is much more than the name and logo of a business. You might be expanding the scope of your business and the name of your business is too limiting. Amoco started out with the name Standard.

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I Would Only Fund an Entrepreneur with High Integrity

Both Sides of the Table

During the final pre-term sheet due diligence we discovered that the CEO had had a felony arrest for a significant crime that he hadn’t disclosed to us. So consider integrity on my personal list of attributes required to raise money from a reputable, early-stage VC. I also know him to not be a very happy man.

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14 Points To Consider When Structuring A Deal

YoungUpstarts

Balance the risks to your reputation. When entering any deal you are putting your personal and corporate reputation on the line. Due Diligence. Take into consideration what the impact of doing the deal will do to your brand. White Label.

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How to Deal with Skeletons in your Closet

Both Sides of the Table

They are issues, though, that your VC would certainly find out during due diligence or at a minimum you’d be ethically obliged to tell them. Some examples: A large company has told you that you need to change your brand name or they’ll sue you for trademark infringement (this is a real world, recent example).

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15 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Name

Hearpreneur

What exactly is going to be the name of your business? Whatever the inspiration or relation may be, the naming of your business is one of the most important parts of becoming a CEO. 1 – A Name to Trust. The name of our company came from the name of our flagship product. Photo Credit: Shaun Gray.

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