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Six Criteria for Outsourcing the Right Processes

Startup Professionals Musings

Near-shore and local outsourcing alternatives are manageable with contracts and non-disclosure agreements. Once product software is written, it doesn’t take much effort to deliver it to customers. Some country cultures have little appreciation for software as intellectual property. Protect your intellectual property.

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Six Key Factors in the Right Outsourcing Decision

Startup Professionals Musings

Near-shore and local outsourcing alternatives are manageable with contracts and non-disclosure agreements. Once product software is written, it doesn’t take much effort to deliver it to customers. Some country cultures have little appreciation for software as intellectual property. Protect your intellectual property.

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Tips For Hiring An Independent Contractor

YoungUpstarts

It’s easy to find and hire an independent contractor. Any person or business you hire to do work on your behalf, but not as an employee, is an independent contractor. You pay employees for the result of the work and the ability to control how the job is done. Find the Right Resource. Collect the Right Forms.

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To Outsource or Not to Outsource Software

Startup Professionals Musings

Near-shore and local outsourcing alternatives are manageable with contracts and non-disclosure agreements. Once product software is written, it doesn’t take much effort to deliver it to customers. Some country cultures have little appreciation for software as intellectual property. Protect your intellectual property.

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Nuts & Bolts of Intellectual Property for New Startups

Gust

Most traditional, bricks-and-mortar businesses have substantial, often enormous hard assets, such as raw materials and supplies, work-in-process, inventory, manufacturing equipment, real estate and more, as well as armies of employees. This is often referred to in the creative community as a “ work-for-hire agreement.”.

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Key Contracts Every Business Must Use

YoungUpstarts

Think about it – when is the last time a business didn’t benefit from having smart employees or strong customer relationships? Whether the information is trade secrets, business know-how, financial data, product plans, customer acquisition strategies, the information a business possesses is what makes it valuable and unique.

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Someone Stole My Startup Idea – Part 3: The Best Defense is a Good IP Strategy

Steve Blank

You can protect business processes, know how, customer information, product road map. non-public technology. customer lists, formula. _. A contract is a binding legal agreement that is enforceable in a court of law. a Non Disclosure Agreement gives you certain rights to protection of your confidential information.)