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Nuts & Bolts of Intellectual Property for New Startups

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The gulf has widened with the proliferation of social Internet / user-generated content and mobile application startups. Trademarks , which we touched on last week, are brand and product names, graphic logos, slogans, taglines, and other indicators of origin of the goods or services in question. Instagram is a textbook example.)

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Entrepreneurs Need Market Data to Back Their Vision

Startup Professionals Musings

Let me offer a few suggestions which should allow you to do the work yourself: Use Internet search engines. The Internet today is like the Library of Congress at your fingertips. Search on any product name for census data, online research reports, trade association publications, and online newspapers with relevant statistics.

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3 Tips For Growing An e-Commerce Business Fast 

YoungUpstarts

If you are selling products online, it is necessary to develop a platform that enables you to sell on retail basis. This means that you must maintain a stock of products you are selling in a public storage facility that you can access easily whenever you have an order. Identify keywords and check how they rank on search engines.

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Get Credible Market Research Without a Consultant

Startup Professionals Musings

Let me offer a few suggestions which should allow you to do the work yourself: Use Internet search engines. The Internet today is like the Library of Congress at your fingertips. Search on any product name for census data, online research reports, trade association publications, and online newspapers with relevant statistics.

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The Ultimate Inventor’s Guide to Inventing Things

Up and Running

The internet. If you do have competition, pay special attention to your product name, price range, materials used, what the product claims to do, packaging, and who the manufacturer is. Drop into a store that you think would be a great candidate for stocking your product in the future. The headache pills.

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12 Questions: Meet Constance Semler (Canada)

crowdSPRING Blog

These days, in addition to writing, I’m helping out with an internet start-up. Sometimes I work with my husband on post production of UK and US film and TV productions. There are two kinds I enjoy: one is highly creative, like company or product naming. How did you become interested in writing?

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How to Start a Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA) Business—and Get it Right

Up and Running

Product images. Most people simply type out their product name, usually in an effort to follow what they think is working, because so many other businesses are doing it. You need to think of Amazon as one big search engine, because that’s exactly what it is—a search engine for products. Call to action.

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