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Intellectual Property for Startups in the Real World

Gust

Last month we covered the basics of intellectual property (IP) for startups, including a simple taxonomy, some common issues and related documents for entrepreneurs to use when forming a new startup. How much is it worth investing in cultivating and enforcing an IP portfolio ? Barriers to entry ?

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PR for a Startup Should Not Start With an Agency

Startup Professionals Musings

I hear lots of excuses from startup founders, like “I’m too busy,” concern over IP security, can’t afford an agency, and it’s too early. At any point, hiring a professional to generate your PR may be well worth the cost, but it’s not required. As an entrepreneur, it’s never too early to start selling yourself and your idea.

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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. For a very small fee they can get your Delaware C corp registration, make sure that you have IP protection and ensure you didn’t make an early bumbling mistakes that you’ll pay for dearly in the next 7-10 years of hard work.

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Social Networking and Business Value

SoCal CTO

Corporations increasingly see social media as a key PR, communications and marketing medium. Richard Neff, Head IP & Tech Group of Greenberg Glusker Richard Neff is a partner at the law firm of Greenberg Glusker in Los Angeles and Chair of the Firm's Intellectual Property and Technology Practice Group.

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26 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Names

Hearpreneur

Several “experts” in marketing and advertising, and IP lawyers, tried to talk me into changing it. When I started Idea Grove in 2005, most PR firms had names like law firms – the name of the firm was the name of the owner or partners. I think that was because PR wanted to be seen as a serious profession like law or accounting.

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Why You Should Embrace Opposing Views at Your Startup

Both Sides of the Table

I talked to one company who had build really differentiated IP and had great customer traction. Do we have the wrong PR firm? Don’t just mentally write off their features or marketing as “dumb” – ask internally what you could learn from it. Let’s think about whether that is hurting us or not.

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Stealth Mode Startup

www.frozennorth.org

During the two days of the show, one of their programmers sat in on my speech about building better customer service automation; I had an hour-long chat with the CEO and another of the founders; and their PR manager stopped by our booth for a 15-minute briefing about what we do. They are actively hiring Perl programmers. on a hosted basis.

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