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Social Networking and Business Value

SoCal CTO

Just a quick note that I'll be moderating a Technology Council Event : Social Networking as a Business Strategy May 19, 2009 - Culver City Social networking media are used on a daily basis to grow businesses and expand career opportunities. Can social networking be a money-maker for companies?

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10 Entrepreneur Milestones That Make Funding Easy

Startup Professionals Musings

Register some intellectual property. Intellectual property is a large element of most early-stage company valuations, and this value determines what percent of the company an investor will expect to get for his money. Without revenue, your investors are largely limited to friends, family and fools.

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10 Keys to Startup Traction That Investors Look For

Startup Professionals Musings

Register some intellectual property. Intellectual property is a large element of most early-stage company valuations, and this value determines what percent of the company an investor will expect to get for his money. Without revenue, your investors are largely limited to friends, family and fools.

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8 Key Startup Drivers Bring Pleasure As Well As Sweat

Startup Professionals Musings

Of course, never forget those ongoing perspiration items that seem to haunt you every day: Create intellectual property. Reserve the same names on the leading social networks and blogs. Incorporate, register your domain name, trademarks, and copyrights, then patent if possible. Marketing is top priority.

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These 10 Steps Will Make Your Startup Fundable

Startup Professionals Musings

Register some intellectual property. Intellectual property is a large element of most early-stage company valuations, and this value determines what percent of the company an investor will expect to get for his money. Without revenue, your investors are largely limited to friends, family and fools.

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Ten Tips for Business Traction to Attract Investors

Startup Professionals Musings

Register some intellectual property. Intellectual property is a large element of most early-stage company valuations, and this value determines what percent of the company an investor will expect to get for his money. Without revenue, your investors are largely limited to friends, family and fools.

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China Startups – The Gold Rush and Fire Extinguishers (Part 5 of 5)

Steve Blank

For the last 10 years China essentially closed its search, media and social network software market to foreign companies with the result that Google, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Dropbox, and 30,000 other websites were not accessible from China. Intellectual property protection is great on paper and “limited” in practice.

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