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.

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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.

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Gust

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Founders often have a mental image of how they imagine their new company will be: the new Google. We have identified seven key questions that startup business owners need to ask before hiring a startup firm. The post 7 Key Questions to Ask Before Hiring a Startup Lawyer appeared first on Gust.

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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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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

A startup with more than one founder doesn’t have a founder’s agreement. Intellectual Property, the core of the business, is not protected. Your intellectual property is the backbone of your business. The problem is that this informality can become a liability as a business grows.

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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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Women Entrepreneurs Can

SEPTEMBER 6, 2020

At the beginning of the venture, you must see to it that you have prepared the documents that lay out the arrangements between founders, investors, and shareholders. Legally Secure Your Intellectual Property Position. It is highly imperative that you conduct intellectual property clearance searches. Hire a Lawyer.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Does it have a niche or intellectual property? Finally, hiring the right M&A Advisor to guide you through the process can help in achieving a maximum profit. 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.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 21, 2023

Savvy investors tell me that startup founders who claim to have never failed are either lying or have never tried anything innovative. Creating intellectual property, including patents, is the kay to long-term value and a sustainable competitive advantage. No risk, no innovation. Failure is the best teacher. New product process.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 4, 2016

The good news is that everyone expects entrepreneurs to make mistakes, since founders explore uncharted territory. In fact, investors recognize that founders usually learn more from mistakes than from success, so a well-explained startup failure can improve their odds of funding the next time around. Hire slow and fire fast.

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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.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 22, 2016

If you are developing your startup with a partner or co-founder, failing to create a detailed business partnership can cause serious legal ramifications later. Rights to buy back shares of co-founders if they decide to leave the company. Taking appropriate action for intellectual property protection. Salary entitlements.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 10, 2016

Every startup founder loves to prompt for questions from investors and potential key team members about their vision, and the huge opportunity that can be had with their disruptive technology. Most founders like to talk about their many months or years of sweat-equity , but cash invested is a stronger commitment.

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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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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 8, 2015

Every startup founder loves to prompt for questions from investors and potential key team members about their vision, and the huge opportunity that can be had with their disruptive technology. Most founders like to talk about their many months or years of sweat-equity , but cash invested is a stronger commitment.

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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. If founders and investors come together at the start, then you need the assistance of a lawyer to sort out the equity rights. .

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 19, 2016

Ideally, tech startup founders stay on till the very end. Without a contingency plan, companies that unexpectedly lose a co-founder find themselves in muddy water. Intellectual property matters are just one way these problems can materialize. Get it all in writing.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 25, 2020

Savvy investors tell me that startup founders who claim to have never failed are either lying or have never tried anything innovative. Creating intellectual property, including patents, is the kay to long-term value and a sustainable competitive advantage. No risk, no innovation. Failure is the best teacher. New product process.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 21, 2016

by Andrew Ostashen, co-founder of Vulsec. Hire qualified internal resources or outsource as needed for the required IT positions. Create your organization with cyber security at the forefront of your development and creative thinking strategies, and keep your data, intellectual property, and brand safe from hackers.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 9, 2019

Many start-up founders often overlook the need for legal security within their company. We’ve put together a summary of the most common legal mistakes made in start-ups to give you an idea of the legal challenges you are likely to face as a founder. #1. Not Protecting Their Intellectual Property. Neglecting the Basics.

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ReadWriteStart

JULY 9, 2023

At the same time, startups are indeed exciting and highly satisfying for their founders. A founder needs certain skills and knowledge. They impact fundraising, hiring, intellectual property rights and patents, and many more things around starting and running a business. A good founder is always a good communicator.

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The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

The first legal challenge for any startup founder is to define an appropriate business structure, whether you want to establish as a sole proprietorship, General Partnership, LLC, C-Corporation, or S-Corporation. Protection of intellectual property. You need to go the extra mile for protecting your intellectual property.

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 5, 2023

These can include physical assets, resources, intellectual property, and various investments. More specifically, estate planning guarantees proper protection and distribution of these assets in case of unforeseen events, such as the founder’s death or incapacitation. Here are a few of the reasons why.

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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. ” A good number of startups in Beijing seem driven by the VCs – and not the founders.

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SoCal CTO

MAY 15, 2009

Companies also use social networking sites in the hiring process, and increasingly, to do innovative advertising (such as the recent Jack in the Box campaign). and before that, Co-founder and Senior Vice-President at Clearview Networks, Inc. He has written several books on intellectual property law.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 28, 2015

A major reason for incorporating is to have the founders assign their IP to the company; it is far easier for a business to contract with a startup when the IP is owned by one entity. Incorporation also protects the founders from a liability standpoint. ” Intellectual Property. ” Intellectual Property.

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www.thedailymuse.com

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

We’re Hiring. What Start-ups Should Know About Hiring a Lawyer. Hiring and working with a lawyer is often confusing and daunting, especially if you’ve never done it before. What should new entrepreneurs look for when hiring a lawyer? Hiring employees. We’re Hiring. Get Involved. Meet the Team.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

by Tej Prakash, co-founder of ShouldiSign.com. Whether a business is contemplating entering into a partnership, hiring a service provider or in the process of selling itself, a non-disclosure agreement should be utilized when information is shared with third parties. Intellectual Property.

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Scott Edward Walker

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

Question My co-founders and I are working on a cool new site, and we’ll be ready to launch in a few weeks. We have no money – so we’re going to do the legal ourselves. (And please don’t tell us to hire a lawyer.) Otherwise, if one of the founders quits after a few months, he would take all of his shares with him.

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Startup Company Lawyer

MAY 4, 2009

Adeo Ressi , the founding member of TheFunded , recently announced the establishment of TheFunded Founder Institute. The Founder Institute helps founders launch innovative companies by providing training, services, and company-building assignments, such as incorporating the business, filing provision patents, and setting up books and records.

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 13, 2014

An increasing number of big companies are hiring small businesses to help them develop innovative products, processes and procedures. By 2010, Vuzit had been hired by two large companies – a bank and an aerospace firm — to “help brainstorm and implement new technologies.” A Case in Point.

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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. ” A good number of startups in Beijing seem driven by the VCs – and not the founders.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 31, 2014

And to keep executing large organizations hire employees with a range of skills and competencies. If they don’t, then the management team has simply become caretakers of the founders’ legacy. And secondly, their sole purpose is to focus resources on the executionof their business model. This never ends well.

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 1, 2015

This type of stock is typically given to founders and early employees with the stock value is near zero. 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. Hire slowly, fire fast.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 18, 2018

Savvy investors tell me that startup founders who claim to have never failed are either lying or have never tried anything innovative. Creating intellectual property, including patents, is the kay to long-term value and a sustainable competitive advantage. No risk, no innovation. Failure is the best teacher. New product process.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JULY 27, 2023

He is the founder of Nudge, an analytics company, that was a commercialized product from his agency. Nudge helps you measure the performance of your digital properties through the lens of what people are paying attention to. Questions I ask Ben Young: [02:26] What do you mean by investing in other businesses? This is John Jantsch.

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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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