The Startup Magazine
MARCH 10, 2018
A business runs on diligence, passion, and creativity — but it also needs a whole lot of legal help. You need lawyers to help you with incorporation and IP creation. Thus, as with many other expensive aspects of starting a business, many entrepreneurs like you are turning to software. The Issue of Artificial Intelligence.
Steve Blank
MAY 17, 2022
You succeed in convincing one company and a government to adopt computers and learn to code much faster than their competitors /adversaries. But they herald a sea change in what computers are capable of doing, how they do it, and what hardware and software is needed to do it. Classic Computers – Software Updates, New Features.
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Scott Edward Walker
OCTOBER 19, 2020
Over the past six months, my firm has been engaged by a number of startups with significant intellectual property (“IP”) problems. In a couple of cases, the founders played lawyer on their own; in the other cases, the founders either used (i) a Web service that did not address IP issues or (ii) an inexperienced law firm.
David Teten
MARCH 14, 2018
– Templatize the entrepreneurial process , by providing checklists, standardized agreements and other reusable code. Sophisticated VC and private equity funds have a wide array of options for leveraging outside operating executives. – Create a franchise and license access to it , e.g., the Draper Venture Network.
NZ Entrepreneur
SEPTEMBER 29, 2021
Remuneration will reflect the stage of the startup but it’s generally at a rate of about $500-1000 a meeting or directors might be paid in equity at about 0.5-0.75% This equity will vest over 2-3 years. Agenda items will focus on key metrics illustrating value creation, particularly in software as a service companies.
YoungUpstarts
OCTOBER 28, 2015
Craig Schmitz, a partner in the Technology Companies Group at law firm Godwin Proctor LLP who works on corporate, governance, board and fundraising issues, and Erika Fisher, an associate in the firm’s Business Law Department who deals with IP, fielded questions about the legal issues startups face. ” The Cost of Financing.
Scott Edward Walker
FEBRUARY 1, 2014
Mistake #2 : not buttoning-down IP ownership issues (at 10:20). Mistake #5 : not doing your due diligence on potential investors (at 38:36). Mistake #2: Not Buttoning-Down IP Ownership Issues. Mistake #5: Not Doing Your Due Diligence on Potential Investors. Mistake #1: Forming the Wrong Entity.
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