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10 Tips On Due Diligence On Any Startup Funding Offer

Startup Professionals Musings

They promise to provide all the info at the time of close, after you sign a non-disclosure agreement. Pump and dump stock schemes. Don’t fall for claims from “insiders” who offer stock that you can turn around quickly. The close will never happen, but you will be stuck with large services fees.

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10 Scams To Avoid While Seeking New Venture Funding

Startup Professionals Musings

They promise to provide all the info at the time of close, after you sign a non-disclosure agreement. Pump and dump stock schemes. Don’t fall for claims from “insiders” who offer stock that you can turn around quickly. The close will never happen, but you will be stuck with large services fees.

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10 Ways Aspiring Entrepreneurs Are Often Victimized

Startup Professionals Musings

They promise to provide all the info at the time of close, after you sign a non-disclosure agreement. Pump and dump stock schemes. Don’t fall for claims from “insiders” who offer stock that you can turn around quickly. The close will never happen, but you will be stuck with large services fees.

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Shortcuts To Entrepreneur Funding Are Usually Scams

Startup Professionals Musings

They promise to provide all the info at the time of close, after you sign a non-disclosure agreement. Pump and dump stock schemes. Don’t fall for claims from “insiders” who offer stock that you can turn around quickly. The close will never happen, but you will be stuck with large services fees. Ignore these.

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Nuts & Bolts of Intellectual Property for New Startups

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Patents are property rights granted by the government to exclude all others from making, using, selling or importing anything that uses or incorporates the patented invention (usually described as a new, useful and non-obvious method or process, described in enough detail that it can be reduced to practice).

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9 Business Acronyms You Need To Know

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The Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, or GAAP, are the set of rules that govern financial accounting in businesses. IPO stands for Initial Public Offering, and is the first sale of a private stock to the public. An NDA, or Non-Disclosure Agreement, is an essential business acronym that often takes many forms.

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Do It Right The First Time, Part II: Visit the Doctor or House Call?

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Likewise, founders can benefit from understanding basic characteristics of the overall legal structure, formation and governance documents, rights and responsibilities of team members, etc. Stepping off the soapbox, let’s examine the highest level “To Do” list for a new startup: Formation, Governance and Equity. Newco, Inc.”)