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7 Lessons They Don’t Teach You In Crowdfunding School

Startup Professionals Musings

Crowdfunding interest, by definition, is primarily from non-professional investors who are more focused on features and value, rather than the financials of your business. Project your costs as diligently as your revenues. Be prepared to manage a crowd of inexperienced investors. Get funding sizing input from senior advisors.

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14 Points To Consider When Structuring A Deal

YoungUpstarts

by JP James, Managing Director of Libreum Capital Management. No matter what you do, you want to make sure that in the process that you protect your intellectual property, have non-disclosure agreements in place, if possible non-circumvents. What is a huge success for me in the terms?

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Tips For Hiring An Independent Contractor

YoungUpstarts

For small business owners, this adds up to many opportunities to round out staff, manage business surges, and leverage expertise for specific situations. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has set guidelines for determining if someone is an employee or an independent contractor. For example: A non-disclosure agreement (NDA).

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What to consider when entering into product collaboration

NZ Entrepreneur

In our experience, these are the key issues to consider in entering into a product collaboration: Do you need a confidentiality or non-disclosure agreement for preliminary discussions? How will a recall of the product be managed? . Grace Thomas-Edmond is Senior Associate at AJ Park.

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3 Things to Consider When Staffing a Software Development Project

mashable.com

Full-Time Employees, Freelancers (directly) or Contracts (through staffing companies) – This approach allows your company to maintain total control as it manages the fine details of the project. The underlying questions to ask here are simple: Do you want to manage the small details of the project?

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How to Start Your Own Business While You’re Still Employed

Up and Running

According to an Academy of Management study , people who start their businesses while they are still employed are 1/3 less likely to fail compared to people who jump in without having the safety net of employment. You should, therefore, be really skillful with your time management if you want to devote some dedicated hours to your business.

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Do It Right The First Time, Part II: Visit the Doctor or House Call?

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Take any steps needed to qualify Newco to conduct the business it plans to conduct wherever it’s located (for example, a filing made in California qualifying a Delaware corporation to do business there if the management team is located in San Francisco). Small-dollar-amount, routine commercial agreements. Office and equipment leases.