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Battling Big Business Bullies On The IP Playground: Minimizing The Risk Of Intellectual Property Litigation

YoungUpstarts

Intellectual property (IP), which is often the heart of a startup’s business strategy, constitutes a small subset of those legal rights. Not surprisingly, the best way to avoid IP litigation is to prepare for IP litigation, and the only way to prepare is to know the rules. He earned his J.D.

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Virtual Data Room Cybersecurity is the Latest Business Opportunity

The Startup Magazine

A VDR is an internet database in which companies’ share and store private information used during financial transactions. VDR provides the necessary channel through which such companies can survive and launch careful IPO document management and retention. IP Management. Such companies need VDRs to store related IP-documentation.

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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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Account-Based Marketing Software & Tools

ConversionXL

Demandbase cross-references its database to find companies that are a good fit. 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. Image source ).

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A Complete Guide to Account-Based Marketing: Win Over Your Ideal Customer

ConversionXL

It’s not a channel, campaign, or tactic. ABM is a full-court press to build powerful engagement with contacts on the channels that they’re most active. If your company isn’t properly aligned, work on opening channels of communication and data sharing. Test different channels. ABM isn’t a quick and easy win.

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6 Ways to Recruit Talent for Startups

mashable.com

Startups can sign up to have their projects advertised to compatible investors or search through a 20,000-investor database. SCVNGR Makes Major Enhancements to iP. Go BIG Network This site helps investors, startups, service providers, and advisors find each other. 49% of Small Business Owners Use Smar.

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Pick the Perfect Name for Your Startup

mashable.com

2) Check the competition in the TESS gov't database for trademarks/service marks - www.uspto.gov/ebc/tess/index.html ; again are they i same industry or different (do this for taglines too). SCVNGR Makes Major Enhancements to iP. I have a couple of points and resources to add. 49% of Small Business Owners Use Smar.

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