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How to Work with Lawyers at a Startup

Both Sides of the Table

Shame about not getting it in legal writing that you owned the original IP. Founded it as a California LLC but your potential VC wants a Delaware C-Corp? For company registration, angel deals, Series A & B funding, Employee Stock Option Plans (ESOP), IP filings and even litigation it doesn’t need to be that way.

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Social Networking and Business Value

SoCal CTO

Just a quick note that I'll be moderating a Technology Council Event : Social Networking as a Business Strategy May 19, 2009 - Culver City Social networking media are used on a daily basis to grow businesses and expand career opportunities. Corporations increasingly see social media as a key PR, communications and marketing medium.

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How to Find the Top VCs for the Investment You Need

Up and Running

Southern California. One look at sites like socalTECH, which covers tech news for Southern California, and you can see that there’s an ongoing flurry of startup and VC activity in this region. The industries they focus on include digital media, commerce technology and marketplaces, consumers goods and services, and SaaS.

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Out of the Crisis #20: the founders of Bitwise on the role of technology in empowering people, spreading benefits to underserved communities, and the creation of OnwardUS

Startup Lessons Learned

You read a newspaper or go on social media, the headlines are just apocalyptically dark. Did law school in Southern California and had no intention of coming back. He was our IP attorney. Eric Ries : I think a lot of us are feeling that way. He ended up becoming my representation for a different company that I started.

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Get Inside the Mind of an Angel Investor

Both Sides of the Table

Entrepreneurs should also use social media (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, etc.) TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol) : network transfer protocol, basically it defines requirements for network communications. to find someone they know who knows an investor, network and get an intro. What do you look for in a team? (0:34:00).