Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

But they can otherwise save you much time and effort, and are also safer and more productive than the old-fashioned approach of broadcast emailing or cold-calling every investor you can find in online directories, or responding to the risky spam offers you get for funding on social media. Recruit a team with complementary skills.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 14, 2021

Other intellectual property has similar value, including trade secrets, copyrights and trademarks. Successful entrepreneurs start early building their own brand through social media, industry forums, scheduled events, book publishing, and speaking engagements. Your solution is just the beginning, not the only solution.

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The Startup Magazine

MARCH 29, 2024

Optimising Your Operations Efficiency is the name of the game when it comes to operations. Content marketing, social media, and email campaigns can be cost-effective ways to engage your audience and build brand awareness. It’s crucial to protect your intellectual property as well, including trademarks, patents, and copyrights.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 14, 2013

Cybercrime is a growing problem worldwide, and although media coverage generally focuses on data breaches that occur at large corporations or government agencies, small businesses and entrepreneurial ventures are also vulnerable. By Bill Carey, Vice President of Marketing & Business Development, Siber Systems Inc. .

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Steve Blank

APRIL 14, 2013

For the last 10 years China essentially closed its search, media and social network software market to foreign companies with the result that Google, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Dropbox, and 30,000 other websites were not accessible from China. Intellectual property protection is great on paper and “limited” in practice.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 23, 2019

Always write in the future tense, what you will do, and name yourself as the key person responsible. For example, every business needs a company name and logo, incorporation, an Internet domain name and website, social media accounts, prototypes, intellectual property, and key executive positions filled.

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Up and Running

MAY 12, 2020

Register your business name. Protect any intellectual property you may own by applying for copyrights, trademarks, or patents. Come up with a compelling social media campaign to build brand awareness (a competition perhaps, or a giveaway). Obtain the appropriate licenses and permits. Set up a business bank account.

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NZ Entrepreneur

JULY 11, 2019

Is the name you want available? A great brand begins with a strong, unique name. Check your business name doesn’t conflict with that of another business, by looking up the free online registers provided by the Intellectual Property Office of New Zealand and the NZ Companies Register.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 14, 2013

For the last 10 years China essentially closed its search, media and social network software market to foreign companies with the result that Google, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Dropbox, and 30,000 other websites were not accessible from China. Intellectual property protection is great on paper and “limited” in practice.

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

Consider branding yourself as an expert in real estate, personal injury, family law, intellectual property, or even admiralty law. Insurance can cover property damage, theft, intellectual property lawsuits, and other incidents. Remember that your business name plays a role in almost every aspect of your business.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 23, 2020

Here’s how a trademark lawyer can help you with your trademark application: An experienced lawyer can answer all your questions about trademarks, trademark laws, and other intellectual properties. A trademark lawyer can help and eliminate expensive mistakes in using a company trademark. Meeting USPTO Requirements.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

Your executive summary will include the following sections: Who you are: Your business name, location, and contact information. . Some sources recommend using social media and demographic information to learn who your ideal customer is. This is your value proposition. Buyer persona. Future products and services.

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Kodorra

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

Step 2: Name your business. Once you have a business idea, you need to come up with a business name. Some successful companies have separate brand names from their corporate name (think 3M). Discuss with your friends or family and select the most appropriate name. Step 4: Get your domain name.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

Whether you use PR, advertisements or social media, it is important for your new business to make a memorable splash in your market. Put a Face With Your Company Name. Danielle Tate is a name change expert, on-camera personality, writer, author of a top rated Google newlywed blog and a bridal magazine contributor.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 28, 2017

A good social cause doesn’t always imply a viable business. With interactive social media and blogging, you have every opportunity to test and tune your idea before spending any real money. Formalize a company entity, website, and social media presence. Stake your territory with some intellectual property.

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The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 16, 2020

Use Social Media. When you start working as a graphic designer, you can use social media to post some of your ideas. Plus, you can use social media to share progress with your clients. You are protecting your graphic design business and your intellectual property by using signatures and watermarks.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 31, 2014

I’m sure many of you have heard his name. It’s worth noting that everything from the Internet, to electric cars, genomic sequencing, mobile apps, and social media — were pioneered by startups, not existing companies. Let’s start with Joseph Schumpter. I like the guy because he’s credited with coining the word entrepreneur.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

One of the most effective ways to protect your intellectual property is to patent it. If you trademark your company’s name , you can establish additional protection in the case of a legal dispute. Contact an experienced legal representative to advise you about how to proceed and keep your intellectual property secure.

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Up and Running

JULY 10, 2015

When it comes to naming your business, are you drawing a blank? If you’re starting a business, one of the biggest decisions you’ll make is what to name your new company. See Also Choosing Your Business Name. Tools and resources for naming your business: 1. See Also The Complete Guide to Registering Your Business Name.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

Register your business name. Protect any intellectual property you may own by applying for copyrights, trademarks, or patents. Come up with a compelling social media campaign to build brand awareness (a competition perhaps, or a giveaway). Obtain the appropriate licenses and permits. Set up a business bank account.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 3, 2011

A large portion of your competitive advantage and your potential value to investors is the size of your intellectual property portfolio. When someone says Intellectual Property (IP), most entrepreneurs think only of patents. Here are the key elements: Company name. Internet domain name. This name (www.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 14, 2014

Other intellectual property has similar value, including trade secrets, copyrights and trademarks. Successful entrepreneurs start early building their own brand through social media, industry forums, scheduled events, book publishing, and speaking engagements. Your solution is just the beginning, not the only solution.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 1, 2016

Define a business entity early to manage taxes and intellectual property. New intellectual property should always be assigned to a business. Until you have a business, you shouldn’t get a web domain name or social media accounts, since these all should match and are hard to change later.

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www.inc.com

JULY 9, 2010

As an instant-messaging and social media service, Meebo never really had trouble finding and attracting talent. Instead, the takeaway message for recruiting is: play to your strengths (in Meebos case, its networking), be active, not passive, and get your name out there. Create an Inc.com account: Home Magazine Blogs Ask Inc.

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

Insurance can cover property damage, theft, intellectual property lawsuits, and other incidents. This identity is increasingly important as Instagram and other social media blur the lines between who is a professional and who is a hobbyist. Create a strong brand identity.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 24, 2021

A large portion of your competitive advantage and your potential value to investors is the size of your intellectual property portfolio. When someone says Intellectual Property (IP), most entrepreneurs think only of patents. Here are the key elements: Company name. Internet domain name. This name (www.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 28, 2018

Your executive summary will include the following sections: Who you are: Your business name, location, and contact information. . Future products and services : Name the products/services you will offer as your practice grows and earns more money and as your patients develop new needs. Do not neglect it; just write it last.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 4, 2017

A large portion of your competitive advantage and your potential value to investors is the size of your intellectual property portfolio. When someone says Intellectual Property (IP), most entrepreneurs think only of patents. Here are the key elements: Company name. Internet domain name. This name (www.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 12, 2016

Protecting your intellectual property is a must, which means it’s vital to safeguard your IT network at every step, just as you would take physical precautions through things such as a burglar alarm. Don’t neglect social media either – hackers can exploit what your staff may consider to be innocuous information on their profiles.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 14, 2013

A large portion of your competitive advantage and your potential value to investors is the size of your intellectual property portfolio. When someone says Intellectual Property (IP), most entrepreneurs think only of patents. Here are the key elements: Company name. Internet domain name. This name (www.

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Hearpreneur

JULY 30, 2016

Thanks to Selena Drake, Drake Books & Media. #2 I would like to see more women come together in the name of innovation, business and artistic expression in a way that we empower one another. I would also like to see our creative intellectual property better protected. 2 – More Opportunities.

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Up and Running

MARCH 1, 2016

I needed a desk that had features that would give me quick access to a variety of tools; that was large enough for all my mixed media projects; and that was also sturdy enough it could take hammer blows and an occasional brush from a blow torch. Your sell sheet should include: Your product name. What do your friends want?

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Up and Running

MARCH 15, 2016

Pick a name for your clothing company. You might already have your dream name picked out for your clothing company, but if not, don’t sweat it—it’s not uncommon for choosing a business name to take a little brainstorming. For more resources on how to choose a name for a clothing company: How to Name Your Company.

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Up and Running

APRIL 24, 2013

Filing for a ‘Doing Business As’ name is usually nowhere near the top of a small business owner’s to-do list. A DBA name helps boost consumer confidence and keeps your business legal. Without a DBA name, you cannot open up a bank account specifically for your business.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 13, 2012

Some of these businesses are still with us, including Google and the social media behemoth Facebook. The first name they came up with for the new magazine was Facts. Somehow, they ended up instead with the iconic name Time Magazine and created their first issue in 1923.

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Growthink Blog

APRIL 26, 2017

Looking at these famous names and these astronomical numbers, our first thought often can be great for them , but what does it have to do with me and my business ? 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?

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Gust

JULY 3, 2012

As I wrote in Part I of this post , many of the most creative and disruptive startup businesses in recent years have involved the use of intellectual property in innovative, non-traditional ways that defy easy categorization and stretch the boundaries of concepts such as the fair use doctrine in copyright. Rose likes Gust.

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