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The Audacious Plan to Make Electricity as Easy as WiFi

Both Sides of the Table

The practical uses for uBeam technology is limitless. Did anybody hold patents that would prevent us from using this technology? I seldom hire patent attorneys during due diligence but this was too important. We hired IP specialists to review prior art. We grilled their IP attorneys. Was it safe?

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What To Consider As A New Entrepreneur

The Startup Magazine

Investing in Technology & IT Another area you’ll want to concentrate on as a new business owner is technology and IT solutions. Consider leasing an IP address by working with an ARIN Qualified Facilitator. When you do a good job in this area you’ll receive better online reviews that you can share.

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13 Entrepreneurs Share Their Thoughts on the Future of Entrepreneurship

Hearpreneur

Entrepreneurs will have to navigate a world where disruptive technologies like blockchain, artificial intelligence, and others are commonplace due to the rapid advancement of technology. Young entrepreneurs can leverage technology to reach the top talent pool and like-minded individuals beyond geographical boundaries.

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Opinion: It’s a startup world

NZ Entrepreneur

If we want to maintain and support sustainable economic growth while meeting the broader needs of society, we will need an economy underpinned by innovation and new technologies. In deep tech companies value creation milestones are more likely to be tagged to validating the technology and IP creation.

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Some Career Advice for Aspiring Tech CEOs

Both Sides of the Table

For some aspiring to be tech entrepreneurs, I often suggest a two-step process, as I argued in this post that “ The First Startup Founder You Need to Invest in Is You.” He or she has worked at some very successful big technology or media companies and went to a great school. I saved my main point for last.

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How to Shorten Your Sales Cycle and Avoid Wasting Time

Both Sides of the Table

We will have to build (or buy) technology in this area.” The thing is … what I see many sales execs do is burn up countless hours on mid-level campaigns that get torpedoed when the go up the organization due to lack of budget, a desire to own that core IP or other more pressing organization priorities.

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Virtual Data Room Cybersecurity is the Latest Business Opportunity

The Startup Magazine

M&A due diligence is the primary application of the VDR. During business mergers or acquisitions there’s plenty of research and document reviews. Fundraising mandates involve lots of document and data sharing during due diligence investigation. IP Management. Fundraising. Business Audits.