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What is the Right Burn Rate at a Startup Company?

Both Sides of the Table

it is also the title of a fabulous book from Internet 1.0 In startup world low GM almost always equals death which is why many Internet retailers have failed or are failing (many operated at 35% gross margins). So money spent should add equity value or create IP that eventually will.

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Small Business Guide To Protecting Data From Disasters

YoungUpstarts

Their intellectual property that details their new product or service is exceedingly valuable and warrants the utmost in protection. If all of the firm’s content and IP is instead kept in the cloud, the earthquake will disrupt business operations, but the team can get back on its feet quickly.

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

Gust

From choosing a legal entity or jurisdiction to properly documenting IP assignments and stock issuances to complying with securities laws and avoiding potentially enormous tax penalties in the future, there is plenty here to warrant consulting a professional. Number 7 is a significant part of my own practice.

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CEO Friday: Why we don’t hire.NET programmers

blog.expensify.com

Had I known it was going to take the internet by storm I probably would have been a bit more careful with my word choice (especially referring to.NET as a language, doh!). Happy Look Like an Idiot on the Internet Day. If your desire was to make yourself look like an ignorant internet troll … I believe you have succeeded.

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The cardinal sin of community management

Startup Lessons Learned

To imagine that this person does so only to get attention, or only to harass others, or only to harass you are to play into the hands of this geek autocracy on the Internet that just isn't viable anymore. However, you have opened yourself onto the internet with some really great points that are so wonderful to see written.

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