ReadWriteStart

JULY 9, 2023

They impact fundraising, hiring, intellectual property rights and patents, and many more things around starting and running a business. You can hire a lawyer or consult with one from time to time, but knowing the legal side of venture investment and running a company is essential.

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Intellectual Property Startup Burn Rate Metrics 122

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. The motivations are the same – profit – driven by entrepreneurs and venture finance.

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China Silicon Valley Non-Compete Intellectual Property 215

Steve Blank

MARCH 31, 2014

Cheered on by finance professors, Wall Street analysts, investors and hedge funds, companies have learned how to make metrics like Internal Rate of Return look great by one; outsourcing everything, two, getting assets off their balance sheet, and three only investing in things that pay off fast. Rent seekers fight to keep the status quo.

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Private Equity Metrics China Intellectual Property 325

crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

Consider branding yourself as an expert in real estate, personal injury, family law, intellectual property, or even admiralty law. But you might want to get an EIN anyway to keep your personal and business taxes separate and to be sure that you can quickly hire when the time comes to expand your business.

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Up and Running

JULY 2, 2014

We had personally invested $70,000 of our own money at this point, and we were hoping to raise at least another $250,000 to help us hire a team, launch our company, and begin to build our product. So we hired another firm to help us facilitate the removal of this clause. Our attorney should have known.

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Technical Review Angel Investor Due Diligence Dilution 118

ReadWriteStart

JUNE 5, 2023

These can include physical assets, resources, intellectual property, and various investments. Tech founders who can guarantee their employees this type of protection may find that it significantly benefits their ability to recruit and retain top talents, especially in competitive hiring landscapes like tech.

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 1, 2015

If equity compensation is on your mind before you start hiring, make sure you’re good at hiring excellent candidates, especially if you’ll be offering restricted stock rather than stock options. Think carefully before you hire someone new and offer them stock from the outset. See Also: How to Hire Your First Employee.

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Equity Employee Stock Options Vesting 60

www.inc.com

JULY 9, 2010

500|5000 Conference Honorees Resources Press Apply 2011 ); Topics > Leadership and Managing > Human Resources > Recruiting and Hiring Employees > How to Attract Talent to Your Start-Up At a start-up, you need employees that are in it for the long haul and fit your unique culture. People would only get paid if the candidates got hired.

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Hearpreneur

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

I hired several branding agencies to help us with brainstorms and ideation sessions, but none of them worked out. That is what we’re all about at KISSPatent, making intellectual property seamless and effortless for our clients to obtain. He helps people who have made a complete mess of their finances. We make Tequila.

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Naming CPA Entrepreneur Software Review 146

Up and Running

AUGUST 29, 2014

A venture feasibility study analyzes an idea from several perspectives: market opportunity, competition, resources available, resource gaps, financial viability, operational issues, intellectual property rights, development timeline and technology needs. Do I need to hire a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) for my small business?

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Small Business CPA Government North America 87

Berkonomics

DECEMBER 20, 2018

Why are you so strongly sold on royalty licensing as the most effective way to finance a tech-based early stage company? So here goes: How would I find companies willing to license my intellectual property or to invest in a royalty stream from licenses? Would I hire a broker? I have the weeks to follow to make mine.

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IP Intellectual Property Investment Bankers Product 54

K9 Ventures

APRIL 27, 2011

In August/September 2009, the founders and I agreed to work together to raise a round of financing for the company. We pulled together about $600K of commitments and interest, for a $500K-target financing round. The lawsuit completely killed the financing prospects for Ugmode. At this stage, the team had had no prior financing.

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Software Review Technical Review IP Finance 134

Berkonomics

DECEMBER 20, 2018

Why are you so strongly sold on royalty licensing as the most effective way to finance a tech-based early stage company? So here goes: How would I find companies willing to license my intellectual property or to invest in a royalty stream from licenses? Would I hire a broker? I have the weeks to follow to make mine.

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IP Intellectual Property Investment Bankers Product 48

David Teten

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

I took fairly detailed notes at last night’s panel on ‘ The Future of America’s Innovation Economy Progress and Challenges at the USPTO’ It was sponsored by The Gibbons Institute of Law, Science & Technology; Seton Hall University School of Law; and the New Jersey Intellectual Property Law Association.

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Intellectual Property Detroit Technical Review Software Review 60

Up and Running

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

If your cash balance drops below zero then you need to increase your financing or reduce expenses. And many companies also incur some payroll expenses before launch because they need to hire people to train before launch, develop their website, stock shelves, and so forth. As you build your plan, watch your cash flow projections.

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Cost Balance Sheet Startup Intellectual Property 150

www.inc.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Finance | Tuesdays. Financing a Small Business. Financing A Small Business. Personal Finance. Intellectual Property. Back in 1997, Randy Parker was staring at a blank whiteboard, wondering where hed find the money to hire the employees and consultants he needed to build his new product. "We

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Women Entrepreneurs Can

JUNE 10, 2021

Finance-Related Jobs. Again, there are so many avenues you can pursue here: Employment Law, Intellectual Property Law, Insurance Claims, Personal Injuries (the Golden Law Office are specialists in this field) and Bankruptcy are some examples. Yet have a keen interest in and a special fondness for the world of business?

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Intellectual Property Investment Bankers Bankruptcy Operations 52

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 7, 2014

It also forces you to pick a name for your company and put other intellectual property stakes in the ground. Later, when your venture is trying to close on financing, or even going public, that forgotten partner surfaces, demanding their original share. Be quick to hire and slow to fire.

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Startup Intellectual Property LLC Burn Rate 265

Up and Running

JULY 25, 2016

What we at Traklight often take note of is the many different intellectual property issues that the show touches on. While this is a great arrangement for Erlich and his modest finances, it’s a terrible idea for Big Head, and probably for most business partnerships. See Also: Why You Should Care about Intellectual Property.

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Silicon Valley Non-disclosure Agreement Intellectual Property NDA 60

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 28, 2012

It also forces you to pick a name for your company and put other intellectual property stakes in the ground. Later, when your venture is trying to close on financing, or even going public, that forgotten partner surfaces, demanding their original share. Quick to hire and slow to fire.

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Entrepreneur Intellectual Property LLC Burn Rate 274

YoungUpstarts

MARCH 31, 2016

When you are setting up a startup business, you need guidance in areas like choosing the location of the business, buying or renting of space, getting the necessary finances, intellectual property rights, and tax compliance issues.

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Intellectual Property Startup Government Operations 100

Up and Running

AUGUST 28, 2018

Hiring plans : Outline who, if anyone, you need to hire to fill skills gaps in your management team and how much you plan to pay them. Intellectual property : List any patents you have or have pending, and mention any core technology you are licensing from another company. Company overview.

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Business Plan Technical Review Exit Strategy Oregon 72

Startup Company Lawyer

MAY 4, 2009

If a founder’s company raises more than $50,000 in debt or equity financing, excluding funds from the founder, within 18 months of formation, then the founder must pay a tuition fee of $4,500, which is used to cover the Institute’s expenses in providing the program. Intellectual Property. Hiring and Firing.

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David Teten

JANUARY 28, 2019

Everyone wanted to work in finance. Access to University’s Intellectual Property : Office of Cooperative Research. The video game and Augmented Reality/Virtual Reality industry actively hire for people with design, screenwriting, and other visual arts skills. “CEO is the new Analyst.”.

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www.mattbartus.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Matt is a lawyer representing technology companies through all phases of their lifecycle, from pre-incorporation, seed & VC financings, exit transactions and IPOs (read more). Cooley Report Reviews Second Quarter Venture Capital Financing Trends. Do the implications of hiring independent contractors differ state to state?

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Equity Vesting Silicon Valley Intellectual Property 40

Gust

DECEMBER 29, 2013

It also forces you to pick a name for your company and put other intellectual property stakes in the ground. Later, when your venture is trying to close on financing, or even going public, that forgotten partner surfaces, demanding their original share. Be quick to hire and slow to fire.

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Startup Intellectual Property LLC Burn Rate 183

crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

Need creative inspiration or client overflow help without hiring? Overcome intellectual property concerns. Overcome intellectual property concerns. may be the only country in the western world not to recognize intellectual property rights in typeface design. Master work overflow. Email address.

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Intellectual Property Design Marketing Software Review 108

Up and Running

DECEMBER 18, 2018

For one thing, when you purchase an existing company, someone else has probably already done a lot of the startup legwork, like verifying that there’s a market for your product or service, establishing a customer base, hiring employees, and negotiating a lease. Do due diligence on the business’s history and finances.

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Due Diligence Intellectual Property Balance Sheet Forecast 71

Business Plan Blog

DECEMBER 10, 2013

You may have self-financed the initial startup costs and/or raised FFF capital without a business plan , but in order to attract seed investment from Angel investors you will need a comprehensive plan complete with extensive market research and a detailed financial model. Founding Team, Key Hires, Advisory Board.

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Angel Investor Intellectual Property Seed Capital Advisory Board 55

rapidrollout.wordpress.com

JANUARY 15, 2011

He or she might call himself a “consulting CTO,&# “freelance CTO,&# “on-demand CTO,&# “CTO on call,&# “CTO for hire,&# or just a “technology strategy advisor.&# And why would you hire a technology guy who launched a failed startup? For one thing, you’ll learn from his mistakes.

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Berkonomics

AUGUST 27, 2015

They financed their companies, to the extent possible, in a manner minimizing the cost of capital, planning for organic growth in the number of customers served and in associated revenues. Flippers financed by venture capitalists are more likely to hire executives having high level profiles and previous exit experience.

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Intellectual Property Balance Sheet Stock Options Valuation 48

Up and Running

APRIL 24, 2018

For example, having flexible work hours means you can hire talented candidates from different time zones, which will increase your productivity while keeping the costs down. Not only patient safety and privacy laws but patent and intellectual property laws are also regulated heavily. Have a comprehensive growth strategy.

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SBIR Startup Artificial Inteligence Intellectual Property 73

YoungUpstarts

APRIL 11, 2017

Work-for-hire agreement – If you plan on hiring someone temporarily, a work-for-hire agreement helps to establish that you own any and all improvements made to an idea. Try to answer these questions: What kind of reputation does the investor have in the finance industry? Seek the help of U.S.

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Non-disclosure Agreement Non-Compete Due Diligence Security 104

Berkonomics

MARCH 30, 2012

Sara focuses upon another side of small business financing not typically considered in the angel and venture world, financing from sources for companies that will probably never be attractive to those niches. . Dave’s Note: This is the first time we’ve had a guest author on the BERKONOMICS site.

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Intellectual Property Entrepreneur Small Business Administration SBA 76

Growthink Blog

APRIL 26, 2017

Or with the other 99.99% of businesses without the vast financial resources, global brands, and treasure troves of intellectual property like these tech behemoths? Or even worse that our only choice is to hire outsiders to do it for us. How about everything? For today and evermore. we are nothing at all. is "over our head".

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Intellectual Property Social Media Cloud Technology 48

www.inc.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

500|5000 Conference Honorees Resources Press Apply 2011 ); Topics > Leadership and Managing > Human Resources > Job Descriptions > How to Hire a CTO When its time to add a technologist to your slate of executives, what are the best practices to follow? 500|5000 The 2010 Inc. 500|5000 List The 2010 Top Lists Inc. 500|5000 The 2010 Inc.

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The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

Hire an SEO team to link your site to authorities and improve your search engine rankings. Using licensees is an excellent way to boost your revenue without the need to hire and external sales force. However, many banking institutions refuse to finance small business operations because of their risk profile. Wrapping Up.

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