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Legal Issues Behind Running A Small Business

YoungUpstarts

It may be an employee contract, a contract between you and your client, a rental agreement or a bill of sale. Usually, business owners send demand letters or discuss with the client and ask what’s causing the delay. You would need sound legal advice from an attorney to ensure that you avoid nasty covenants in the lease.

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Pros & Cons Of Non-Compete Agreements

YoungUpstarts

Three of the most valuable assets of businesses are trade secrets, customer relationships and employees. An effective agreement can prevent or impede employees from jumping ship and taking your customers with them – which can impair customer goodwill, the lifeblood of any business. By Mike Freed , attorney at Gunster.

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Why Crunch Modes Doesn't Work: Six Lessons

www.igda.org

For them — and anyone else who wants to increase their employees productivity and sanity — lets take a look at some of the assumptions management makes regarding hours, output, efficiency, and production costs; and see how a century of industrial research has conclusively, consistently proven those assumptions wrong. Its ironic.

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How to Negotiate a Partner Role at a Venture Capital or Private Equity Firm

David Teten

The presence of non-market terms may reflect difficulties in fundraising or the idiosyncratic demands of one or more LP’s. “The ‘back-story’ to these terms can give you valuable insight into the strength of the fund. – Restrictive Covenants (nonsolicitation and noncompete restrictions). – Policy on sharing track record.