Up and Running

MARCH 12, 2019

In many areas, however, the high demand for tech talent appears to be larger than the supply of qualified tech and software developers for hire. The last thing you want is to have simply handed your idea and your intellectual property over to a potential competitor. It’s a valid concern. Start with a contract.

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IP Software Developers Software Development Intellectual Property 80

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 11, 2012

Intellectual property content. Some country cultures have little appreciation for software as intellectual property. Protect your intellectual property. If the software is ancillary to your mission, proceed through the rest of these considerations. Technology level.

Intellectual Property 222

Intellectual Property Non-disclosure Agreement Non-Compete Vietnam 222

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 24, 2017

Hire professionals. Think about your employee and ownership hats. For example, you can determine a term that requires shareholders to hire their own experts and then harmonize those numbers, or you could have a term that requires the members/shareholders to hire experts who then select a third expert to provide the valuation.

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Partner Technical Review Intellectual Property Due Diligence 208

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 17, 2011

Intellectual property content. Some country cultures have little appreciation for software as intellectual property. Protect your intellectual property. If the software is ancillary to your mission, proceed through the rest of these considerations. Technology level.

Intellectual Property 225

Intellectual Property Non-disclosure Agreement Non-Compete Vietnam 225

YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

When your business is getting off the ground and you’re moving quickly, it can be easy to overlook the necessity of contracts with your employees, vendors, contractors, clients, etc. Intellectual Property, the core of the business, is not protected. Intellectual Property, the core of the business, is not protected.

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Intellectual Property Framework Technical Review Social Media 215

Steve Blank

APRIL 23, 2014

If they decide to buy, large companies can: license/acquire intellectual property. In response, venture capital firms like Sequoia and Andreessen/Horowitz are hiring new partners just to work with their portfolio companies and match them to corporations. Five Types of Innovation to Buy.

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Transformify

JANUARY 7, 2019

Add to that the uncertainty surrounding BREXIT and the changed visa rules in the US that push the employers to hire remote workers. Hiring freelancers overseas as remote workers allows companies to tap into a global talent pool and have top talent without breaking the bank. are protesting demanding that Uber, Deliveroo, etc.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

People refers to the management and employees that are currently employed by the business. Committed employees and tenured management teams can act as a value driver as they are directly involved with the direction and growth of your company. Does it have a niche or intellectual property?

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Exit Strategy Intellectual Property Valuation Metrics 246

Steve Blank

DECEMBER 10, 2009

Early on in my career I took a “we’re moving too fast to deal with lawyers” attitude to patents and Intellectual Property (IP.) At one of my entrepreneurship classes at Stanford, Dan Dorosin , of Fenwick & West LLP guest lectures about startups and Intellectual Property. Intellectual Property.

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Intellectual Property IP Software Review Non-disclosure Agreement 213

Women Entrepreneurs Can

SEPTEMBER 6, 2020

Legally Secure Your Intellectual Property Position. It is highly imperative that you conduct intellectual property clearance searches. You have to be able to confirm that you are not going to infringe somebody else’s intellectual property rights when you run your business. Hire a Lawyer.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 22, 2016

Taking appropriate action for intellectual property protection. Failing to take appropriate steps to protect your intellectual property can leave you vulnerable and without any legal standing should another business take your unique idea. Many startups are created based on a unique product, technology or service.

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Intellectual Property Startup Cofounder Technical Review 124

Transformify

MARCH 13, 2024

Unlike regular employees, independent contractors are self-sufficient in their operations. Contractor Management vs. Employee Management: What's the Difference? The degree of control the firm has over the employee is the primary distinction. Why is Managing Your Independent Contractors so Important?

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Management Software Review Technical Review Intellectual Property 52

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 4, 2016

Every business takes time to scale and penetrate a market due to organizational growth, hiring, training, brand building and customer adoption. Dismiss the need to register any intellectual property. Hire helpers in lieu of people who are smarter than you. Hire people who can train you rather than ones you need to train.

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Intellectual Property Startup Forecast Angel Investor 120

Up and Running

DECEMBER 1, 2015

If you’re thinking about extending equity to an employee or a vendor (as in the example above), you should know that the topic is multi-faceted. If however you are giving a “normal employee” an incentive stock option plan (more on that later), that’s entirely different. Finding great employees first. What is equity compensation?

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Equity Employee Stock Options Vesting 60

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 4, 2010

Intellectual property content. Some country cultures have little appreciation for software as intellectual property. Protect your intellectual property. If the software is ancillary to your mission, proceed through the rest of these considerations. Technology level.

Software 129

Software Intellectual Property Non-disclosure Agreement Non-Compete 129

Up and Running

AUGUST 24, 2020

Driven by job cuts and budget reductions urging businesses to hire more freelancers , online freelancing platforms will enable companies to tap into expanded pools of global talent and hire qualified workers. Simply put, they tend to focus on an employees’ ability to return to the office and overlook their willingness to do so.

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Technical Review Analytics Forecast Artificial Inteligence 131

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 10, 2016

One more key employee or one more investor will probably not turn the situation around. Every startup should have at least a couple of outside advisors who are not major investors or family members, anxious to talk to new investors and key new hires. Are any lawsuits and challenges to intellectual property pending?

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Sweat Equity Burn Rate Technical Review Intellectual Property 120

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 8, 2015

One more key employee or one more investor will probably not turn the situation around. Every startup should have at least a couple of outside advisors who are not major investors or family members, anxious to talk to new investors and key new hires. Are any lawsuits and challenges to intellectual property pending?

Technical Review 120

Technical Review Due Diligence Sweat Equity Burn Rate 120

Women Entrepreneurs Can

MARCH 22, 2020

The overwhelming majority of security breaches your company will face will come through technological means, often through intellectual property theft, data collection or attacks intended to shut down your operations. This means hiring an important managed IT service or competent tech team, and moving forward from there.

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United Kingdom Intellectual Property Technical Review Software Review 52

Berkonomics

AUGUST 11, 2022

Divide the hiring decision into two boxes. This insight comes from a fellow CEO who explains that he leverages his financial resources for growth by dividing his hiring decision into these two boxes. He hires for creative ability, people who can be the architects as opposed to the simple coders of routines. The punchline.

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Hiring Intellectual Property Coder Programming 62

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 6, 2015

Involving a third-party can also be cheaper because one less employee equates to less computers to purchase and sustain. Also, as any seasoned business owner will be aware of, training new employees can come at a painful cost, especially when you are still at your start-up stage. KashFlow is Cloud-based accountancy software.

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The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 31, 2019

Read on to find out why startups should lawyer-up right from the beginning and what you need to consider before you hire a corporate law firm in Perth. The Most Common Reasons why Startups Hire Corporate Lawyers. Intellectual Property. As you can see, hiring a corporate lawyer for your startup has plenty of benefits.

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The Startup Magazine

JULY 25, 2019

Make sure you click here to learn 5 times you need to hire a startup attorney. They will fail to hire a startup attorney. For most startups, it will be overkill to hire a lawyer for formation. Dealing with Intellectual Property . Every startup has some form of intellectual property. Hiring Employees

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Intellectual Property Hiring IP Startup 81

YoungUpstarts

MARCH 14, 2013

Educate your employees. Many data breaches originate when an employee account is hacked, and passwords are a major entryway for cyber thieves. Increase cybercrime awareness at your company by providing employees with the information and tools they need to reduce vulnerability. Get managers on board.

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Security Intellectual Property Dividend Employee 157

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 15, 2017

Breaches involving health information, trade secrets, and intellectual property can be devastating for the affected brand. Account hacking: It just takes one employee to fall victim to a phishing or spear phishing attack for the entire company’s data to be breached. So what can organizations do?

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The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 31, 2020

In 2019, one in five American companies reported that Chinese companies had stolen their intellectual property within the last year. That doesn’t even account for intellectual property theft by non-Chinese businesses. Your employees must be trained to follow strict security protocols to avoid these tricks.

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The Startup Magazine

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Then, when the time is right, you’ll want to invest in hiring staff members and growing your team. You might hire graphic designers to assist you with creating marketing collateral, freelance writers to help you make all the content for your business as engaging as possible, and IT people to help you create an effective website.

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The Startup Magazine

MARCH 10, 2018

Already, a Silicon Valley startup called Atrium has developed an app that hopes to automate nearly every task that forces startups to hire lawyers, which might include acquiring funding, merging, and being sued. Intellectual property creation. For now, Atrium is using real lawyers to provide clients with advice and action.

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Software Review Technical Review Artificial Inteligence Software 71

YoungUpstarts

JULY 9, 2019

Start-ups are particularly vulnerable when it comes to legal matters that relate to a wide range of different aspects, including getting the right terms and conditions, protecting their intellectual property, and ensuring that all employment contracts are legally compliant. Not Protecting Their Intellectual Property.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 21, 2016

This way, employees, partners, and board members will all be on the same level with the understanding that information security plays a major role in the success of a company. Bring awareness to employees with social engineering, training, and positive reinforcement tactics. Bring on a security-conscious CTO at the beginning.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 19, 2016

Intellectual property matters are just one way these problems can materialize. Additionally, hire a startup-focused law firm with the experience and foresight to dot the i’s and cross the t’s that will save you major headaches down the line. Speaking of which…. Bring in the best — from the outside.

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Technical Review Burn Rate IP Intellectual Property 124

Women Entrepreneurs Can

MAY 5, 2022

Of course, businesses everywhere have continued to hire new employees since the pandemic hit, with some individuals forging new careers due to getting laid off in specific industries like hospitality. The trouble is that some of those firms are making potentially catastrophic legal mistakes with their new hires.

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Non-disclosure Agreement Hiring Intellectual Property Non-Compete 59

The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 30, 2018

As you are forming your new business, creating new products and hiring new employees as your company grows developing new materials, you will encounter scenarios where you need to create, review, and sign contracts. Therefore, it’s often a good idea to hire a contract lawyer to have on retainer. Intellectual Property Lawyer.

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

You should know that about two-thirds of businesses with employees survive 2 years and about half survive only five years. Consider branding yourself as an expert in real estate, personal injury, family law, intellectual property, or even admiralty law. salaries or wages for any employees. Operating plan. Financial plan.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 14, 2013

Intellectual property protection is great on paper and “limited” in practice. The large players like Alibaba, Baidu and Tencent historically would be more likely to simply copy a startup’s features than to hire their talent. Turnover of employees in capital in Beijing is very high.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 29, 2016

Typically, the first few key hires in IT are ones that will help “keep the lights on,” deal with password lock-outs and provision and configure network services and company laptops. Hiring junior, or less experienced employees and keeping them once they are trained is a big challenge.

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Women Entrepreneurs Can

JANUARY 5, 2022

When is the right time to hire a lawyer for your startup? When working with very little capital, hiring an attorney may feel like a redundant expenditure. Many startups, especially IT companies, rely on the knowledge of their employees as some of the most critical assets for their success. To Formulate Employment Agreements.

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