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10 Tips On Due Diligence On Any Startup Funding Offer

Startup Professionals Musings

They promise to provide all the info at the time of close, after you sign a non-disclosure agreement. Pump and dump stock schemes. Don’t fall for claims from “insiders” who offer stock that you can turn around quickly. The close will never happen, but you will be stuck with large services fees. Delete the message.

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10 Scams To Avoid While Seeking New Venture Funding

Startup Professionals Musings

They promise to provide all the info at the time of close, after you sign a non-disclosure agreement. Pump and dump stock schemes. Don’t fall for claims from “insiders” who offer stock that you can turn around quickly. The close will never happen, but you will be stuck with large services fees. Delete the message.

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10 Ways Aspiring Entrepreneurs Are Often Victimized

Startup Professionals Musings

They promise to provide all the info at the time of close, after you sign a non-disclosure agreement. Pump and dump stock schemes. Don’t fall for claims from “insiders” who offer stock that you can turn around quickly. The close will never happen, but you will be stuck with large services fees. Delete the message.

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Shortcuts To Entrepreneur Funding Are Usually Scams

Startup Professionals Musings

They promise to provide all the info at the time of close, after you sign a non-disclosure agreement. Pump and dump stock schemes. Don’t fall for claims from “insiders” who offer stock that you can turn around quickly. The close will never happen, but you will be stuck with large services fees. Delete the message.

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Nuts & Bolts of Intellectual Property for New Startups

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So you’ve chosen a name for your startup, product, or both. Trademarks , which we touched on last week, are brand and product names, graphic logos, slogans, taglines, and other indicators of origin of the goods or services in question. Hence this “Cliff’s Notes” refresher, to be followed by a discussion of why it matters.

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14 Points To Consider When Structuring A Deal

YoungUpstarts

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? Lock down rights and security.

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The Ultimate Inventor’s Guide to Inventing Things

Up and Running

If you do have competition, pay special attention to your product name, price range, materials used, what the product claims to do, packaging, and who the manufacturer is. Drop into a store that you think would be a great candidate for stocking your product in the future. Your sell sheet should include: Your product name.