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When Security Can Become Your Business Differentiator, Everybody Wins

YoungUpstarts

Non-cyber security small-to-medium sized businesses are focused on creating value around their core competency, not cyber security. If their intellectual IP is stolen or if they are discovered to have been a launching pad for attacks against a larger business partner, it can mean going out of business.

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Qualcomm’s Corporate Entrepreneurship Program – Lessons Learned (Part 2)

Steve Blank

Doing so meant they would have to take risks for IP acquisition and customer/market risks outside their experience or comfort zone. The result was that we couldn’t find internal homes for what would have been great projects or spinouts.

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Create your IP strategy early to avoid common pitfalls

NZ Entrepreneur

The reality faced by entrepreneurs is that legal services can be expensive and IP protection may not be an initial priority. But having an IP strategy can help you get the most from your IP and help minimize common pitfalls and legal expenses. Trade marks. It’s best to select a mark and use it consistently.

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Key Contracts Every Business Must Use

YoungUpstarts

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. Intellectual property includes trade secrets, trademarks, patents and copyrights.

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

Gust

Readers can anticipate my next point in continuing the analogy: It makes no more sense for a non-lawyer to prepare fundamental legal, governance, equity and intellectual property documents than it would for a patient to self-diagnose and begin taking prescription-strength antibiotics or other medications.

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Term-sheets and Valuations: Thinking about Negotiations - Startups.

Tim Keane

  If the entrepreneur has two competing offers, that’s an excellent way to understand what the market will pay. Dividends come in two basic flavors – cumulative and non-cumulative.   So, let’s assume here we have an 8% non-cumulative dividend. Non-financial terms affecting Risk.

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When do I need to incorporate a company?

Startup Company Lawyer

Creating intellectual property. If there is any IP created and there is more than one founder, then incorporating an entity and assigning IP to the entity is important. In addition, any IP created by the contractor can be assigned to the company instead of an individual founder. If a non-U.S.

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