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Intellectual Property for Startups in the Real World

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This could include anything from a clever domain name in the coveted.com TLD to issued patents or patent applications that could serve as barriers to entry for potential competitors. Starting with the first point, in general, IP assets of demonstrable value that are relevant to the startup’s business can only help when pitching investors.

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Is gust.com a difficult platform to replicate?

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As we end 2012, Gust is the official, exclusive platform of virtually every national federation of business angels in the world including the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, Scotland, France, Portugal, Spain, Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, India, even China, all in their native languages.

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Forget Presidential Politics: Here’s How We Create Jobs — And How You Can Help

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Yet amidst all the partisan cheerleading and name-calling, there has been some discussion of substance. What can we do on the public policy front to turn the United States into one giant Silicon Valley? One particular four-letter word has been used pervasively by candidates of all stripes: Jobs.

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A Visit With the European Startup Community

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We arrived from Moscow on April 25th; the following day, I spoke on Raising Money to Go Global at StartSmart , a conference held at an incubator and innovation center named Technopolis Ülemiste. Tallinn is the capital of Estonia, located just across the Bay of Finland from Helsinki.

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