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The Legal Side of Entrepreneurship

YoungUpstarts

Craig Schmitz, a partner in the Technology Companies Group at law firm Godwin Proctor LLP who works on corporate, governance, board and fundraising issues, and Erika Fisher, an associate in the firm’s Business Law Department who deals with IP, fielded questions about the legal issues startups face. If high U.S. However, the U.S.

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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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Tune In, Turn On, Drop Out – The Startup Genome Project

Steve Blank

The solution I’m exploring is a just in time learning methodology that accelerates founders’ learning curve by aggregating relevant content, peers and mentors.&#. Your name has come up a lot in that regard. Founders overestimate the value of IP before product market fit by 255%. . Hmm, now I’m getting intrigued.

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Search Intent: How to Analyze and Optimize Your Site

ConversionXL

IP address) can provide clues to search engines, as can search history, time of year, or time of day. Aggregators? Blue links of aggregator sites with “Best Restaurants” lists. displays aggregators when you’re an individual site, or vice versa). Geography (i.e. Or do they satisfy a range of potential intents? The lesson?

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The Creator Economy is rising, but challenges abound

VC Cafe

A “true” fan (or “superfan”) is defined as one who would buy anything you produce – drive a long distance to see you perform, subscribe to your paid newsletter and set up a Google Alert with your name. Creators decouple their non-standardised skills from the aggregator and hope to become themselves a brand.

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How To Negotiate with Vendors, Partners And Employees

YoungUpstarts

When I negotiated crowdSPRING’s initial contract for internet and IP phone service, we had a few important deal terms (price, reliability, redundancy) and I made those terms very clear in the beginning. You can learn more in his e-book.

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Account-Based Marketing Software & Tools

ConversionXL

For example, if multiple users from a company (usually identified by IP) are reading about how to reduce their corporate real estate footprint, it may flag that company as a strong prospect for a seller of space management technology. Like other ABM tools, Jabmo relies, in part, on IP addresses to determine the source of traffic.