A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

MAY 24, 2010

Legal Issues. Consumers rarely read software license agreements. Most corporate customers don't read them either, but some have legal departments that must approve any agreement that the company makes, no matter how small. If someone sues us over your product, you have to pay our legal costs." I hope not.

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Gust

DECEMBER 22, 2011

The gulf has widened with the proliferation of social Internet / user-generated content and mobile application startups. This is often referred to in the creative community as a “ work-for-hire agreement.”. How does all of this translate into legal documents for the typical startup? Tech startups are at the other extreme.

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 10, 2009

A few caveats, this post is not legal advice, it’s not even advice, and it deals with law in the United States. your results will vary depending on your distance to a consistent and predictable legal system. A contract is a binding legal agreement that is enforceable in a court of law. Outside the U.S.

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

But it’s still a time crunch for Google to figure out how to defend their ad empire without access to the user-level data that’s made it so lucrative. The solution has to balance four variables: Revenue for publishers that sell ad space; Targeting capability for ad networks; Return on ad spend for ad buyers; Privacy for users who see ads.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 23, 2011

Your rights and obligations are defined in the End User License Agreement (EULA). Those agreements will vary among fonts and among font makers – so read them very carefully to understand what you can and cannot do with the fonts you’re licensing. All of the major copyright treaties and agreements to which the U.S.

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ConversionXL

AUGUST 11, 2021

You can highlight the embedded media clicks and link clicks to show them how many users will take action on a similar post. For instance, banner ads and a 150-word blurb on your website will give the sponsor good exposure to your users. Create a sponsorship agreement. Note: A sponsorship agreement is a legally binding document.

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crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 3, 2014

12 Tips For Drafting Your First Employee Agreement – crowdspring.co/1my8EEc. 5 basic legal considerations for startups | Chicago Tribune – crowdspring.co/1na3gI5. 12 Tips For Drafting Your First Employee Agreement – crowdspring.co/1my8EEc. How to Provoke Users’ Emotions and Actions with Your Website?

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 15, 2020

Aspiring entrepreneurs may mitigate the risk of litigation however by taking steps to avoid infringing the legal rights of established players. Intellectual property (IP), which is often the heart of a startup’s business strategy, constitutes a small subset of those legal rights. Copyrights. Copyrights are also highly visible.

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The Startup Magazine

JUNE 26, 2020

But if this is your first time getting one going, you may feel way out of your league when it comes to the legal implications and compliance issues that may arise. Partnership Agreements. If your startup business has more than one founder, a Partnership Agreement, which is an operating agreement, is essential.

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techcrunch.com

JUNE 22, 2012

Not to mention, once the founder and advisor have nominally agreed to a relationship, law firms enter the mix and seed the new advisor with a mountain of paperwork — legal agreements, options agreements — documents stuffed with legalese and binding statements. Also on AOL Tech. Apps And Gadgets Every Boomer Needs.

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

Optimizing the sign-up flow is a never-ending saga for SaaS companies, for whom it’s mission-critical to acquire and activate users as quickly as possible. All SaaS businesses, for example, need at least an email to connect a service or purchase to a specific user. But not because it wasn’t driving conversions or user engagement.

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 8, 2015

Legal help can be really expensive. . Finding the right legal help will steer your company clear of potential lawsuits, saving your hard earned cash for other money-making endeavors. Anyone who has had the need for a lawyer understands the pinch of hiring competent legal help. Have employees? That’s employment law.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 11, 2012

Many entrepreneurs I know feel guilty about not quitting their day job when initiating their startup, worrying about not giving their all to an employer, juggling the multiple roles, or even a legal conflict of interest. 5,000 active users? Set some real milestones. What will it take for everyone to dive in full-time?

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Up and Running

MAY 11, 2021

Your online reputation as a company or brand defines how users perceive you on the internet. Figuring out how users perceive your business right now can be determined by conducting thorough Google research. This guide will help you to build and monitor a stellar online reputation, as well as a method to repair a damaged one.

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Up and Running

JULY 2, 2014

We shared all of this with our attorney before she helped us write our Operating Agreement (OA), so we assumed we were in good hands. The agreement seemed to have all the things business partners would need in order to professionally launch and run a company together (i.e., ownership and never dilute. We were on a roll.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 23, 2011

Many entrepreneurs I know feel guilty about not quitting their day job when initiating their startup, worrying about not giving their all to an employer, juggling the multiple roles, or even a legal conflict of interest. 5,000 active users? Set some real milestones. What will it take for everyone to dive in full-time?

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SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

Beyond that, I want lots of conversations with experts, users, customers, VCs, partners, etc. NDAs or Other Protection So you decide you want to be able to share with experts, users, customers, VCs, partners, etc. You need all of these people to bake the cake. I may decide to hold back some detailed specifics around algorithms.

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SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

Beyond that, I want lots of conversations with experts, users, customers, VCs, partners, etc. NDAs or Other Protection So you decide you want to be able to share with experts, users, customers, VCs, partners, etc. You need all of these people to bake the cake. I may decide to hold back some detailed specifics around algorithms.

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 28, 2021

Now users interact with digital products in much more complex and different ways than a decade ago…the more complex your stack is, the more customer data you are spreading across many different tools, and the more time you (or your engineering team) will need to reassemble the puzzle and get a full reasonable picture. Capterra Reviewer.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 24, 2015

Operating an online store, especially one that’s so easy to set up, does not mean you are exempt from all of the legal requirements a “normal” business has to meet. Deciding on a legal business structure (see below). Broadly speaking, there are 4 legal structures or business formats. Business Basics. Business Structures.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 27, 2018

Throughout this elaborate process, it’s easy to focus solely on the development of the core product/service and lose sight of the fact that a startup is, after all, a legal entity and that all legal entities need professional support. Moreover, the lawyer will help you separate legally from your company.

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Gust

JUNE 3, 2012

Many entrepreneurs I know feel guilty about not quitting their day job when initiating their startup, worrying about not giving their all to an employer, juggling the multiple roles, or even a legal conflict of interest. 5,000 active users? Set some real milestones. What will it take for everyone to dive in full-time?

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 17, 2010

Ultimate Roundup of Free User Interface Icons - [link]. Best User Interface Design Resources: The Round-up - [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link]. Startup Founder Agreements - [link]. The Truth About the Average Twitter User - [link].

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David Teten

JANUARY 19, 2021

Prepared for blitzscaling, but neither required nor expected : Blitzscaling typically means prioritizing user growth over revenue growth, and revenue growth over profitability. Some players have proposed templates: Earnest Capital Shared Earnings Agreement v1.3. Legal costs typically $5K-$50K . Retain 100%. Transaction costs.

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Up and Running

MARCH 1, 2016

Note: Nothing within this article should be construed as legal advice. If you want to explain your idea to someone in-depth and are worried potential theft, you can get them to sign a non-disclosure agreement (NDA)—a legal document that states both parties intent to keep information confidential.

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www.virtuosimedia.com

MARCH 8, 2012

User Interface. Don’t forget to factor in operating overhead including accounting, legal, insurance, etc. Just because the user interface is done doesn’t mean that the product is ready to go. Working without a legal contract is simply not optional or negotiable. Community Resources. Newsletters. Write For Us.

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www.drowningamerican.com

JUNE 22, 2012

model of offering a more valuable product at no cost to the user (think Mint.Com). You need to have an obsessive attention to detail and user experience. We extended a working agreement to one individual on Monday and decided to hire another person instead of the original plan of just one. I’d like to talk to you more.

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www.seriesseed.com

DECEMBER 9, 2012

These documents have been prepared for informational purposes and is not intended to (a) constitute legal advice (b) create an attorney-client relationship (c) be advertising or a solicitation of any type.  All of those cost us as much if not more in legal time than the seed round. Posted by: Ted Wang | 03/02/2010 at 06:29 AM.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 18, 2015

Collecting customer information will be done in different ways online and offline, and has a number of different legal and privacy issues tied up in it that you need to consider. If you have international users, you may also need to comply with E.U. Consent: User data should not be shared without your users’ consent.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 18, 2018

You will have to acquire other patents through a legal acquisition process in the case of a Closed patent, to add the original patent. Not for the faint of heart, many licensing agreements are born out of litigation or the assertion to litigate. Licensing means royalty income streams. . Licensing Your Patent and Collecting Royalties.

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Gust

DECEMBER 8, 2011

This week we’ll delve into what , exactly, is necessary or desirable to lay a solid legal foundation for a startup to build upon. I’m reluctant to give legalistic disclaimers, but in this instance, I do need to emphasize that the material in this article is legal information , not legal advice. Newco, Inc.”)

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 16, 2019

A recent controversy surrounding FaceApp collecting its users’ images has brought to light several data privacy issues. We only need to look at FB terms and conditions agreement to see that consumers are signing away rights to their personal information. In response to cultural and legal changes happening in the U.S.,

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Board Effect

DECEMBER 23, 2019

Board resolutions are legal documents that also serve as compliance documents when the board has been asked to prove that the board and/or its shareholders made certain decisions in regard to the company or organization. Boards usually write up board resolutions when they appoint new directors to the board.

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www.reincubate.com

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

Ensure uninterrupted delivery of IT services by defining and managing against external service level agreements with suppliers and internal agreements with end users. Where developing a new system in a start-up environment, work with the business to develop use cases, user stories, user experience design and wire-frames.

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www.greenhornconnect.com

OCTOBER 3, 2011

User login. Business contracts impose legally enforceable obligations upon the parties to the contract, so if you sign an agreement on your own behalf, not as an agent of a company, you are personally responsible for performance. Skip to Navigation. >. Sign in here or Create your free account! The Feed Blog. Resources General.

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Gust

JULY 3, 2012

When presented with a product or service in development, we often have to admit that there is no clear precedent and look for the best analogous situation to assess legal risk. To gauge the legal risk incurred by the company, we have to start by reviewing the basics of copyright law as it applies to photo licensing. What gives?

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

Even design and marketing agencies often run afoul of font law and expose themselves and their clients to legal liability. Your rights and obligations are defined in the End User License Agreement (EULA). For example, some agreements will restrict the number of computers on which you can install a font. What is copyright?

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