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Nuts & Bolts of Intellectual Property for New Startups

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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. In the Internet era, trademarks and domain names are closely interrelated, and both can be or become extremely valuable.

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LinkedIn's Series B Pitch to Greylock: Pitch Advice for Entrepreneurs

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In the financing process, the individual venture partner performs the due diligence on the substance behind a company’s pitch — e.g., the investment thesis, the competition, the people, etc. And, David had the vision to invest in LinkedIn when it looked to most of the investing community like an odd niche.