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The Ultimate Guide for Starting and Running a Business at Home

Up and Running

Protect any intellectual property you may own by applying for copyrights, trademarks, or patents. Start doing guerilla marketing. Obtain the appropriate licenses and permits. Obtain your federal business tax ID number (often referred to as your EIN) if necessary. Set up a business bank account.

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The Ultimate Work From Home Checklist

Up and Running

Protect any intellectual property you may own by applying for copyrights, trademarks, or patents. Start doing guerilla marketing. Obtain the appropriate licenses and permits. Obtain your federal business tax ID number (often referred to as your EIN) if necessary. Set up a business bank account. Plan for success.

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How to Attract Talent to Your Start-up

www.inc.com

They offered employees referral bonuses, posted on job boards and committed themselves to so-called "guerilla recruiting." 500|5000 The 2010 Inc. 500|5000 List The 2010 Top Lists Inc. As an instant-messaging and social media service, Meebo never really had trouble finding and attracting talent.

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The Billion Dollar Breakthrough You Missed

Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

It’s interesting that large organizations with lots of intellectual property don’t systematically examine what they can combine to innovate. Maybe it’s because concept blends across very different domains are not intuitive.

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Beware The Consultant

infochachkie.com

link] Intellectual Property – Worthless To A Startup, Priceless To A Big Dumb Company | infoChachkie. [.] (IP) Guerilla Marketing Fail – What I Learned From The Austin Police. |. They know everything – just ask them. It’s called arrogance. IP) is an ugly thing at a startup. Strategic Planning (24). Interviews.

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Innovation MoshPit

Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

What’s Really Needed is an Innovation MoshPit. Reinventing Combinations, Concept Blends, and Mash-Ups. I’ve been touting concept blends in innovation for some time. My reason is simple, it’s a fast path to new and different ideas.