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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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For IP Security at Startups, "Later" Isn't Soon Enough

ReadWriteStart

Those are the first three items on every tech startup's checklist (more or less). Much farther down the list - if it's there at all - is the security plan the startup needs to protect its brilliant idea from theft. Most startups take the obvious measures: Be careful who you hire. A great team to work on it. And many more.

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Five signs it’s time to get your business organized

www.greenhornconnect.com

” Transitioning from partners in an informal collaboration to co-owners of an actual business may seem like a big step, but it is a necessary one that every successful startup eventually must take. So the short answer is: the sooner the better; but here are five telltale signs it’s definitely time to form a company.

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Term-sheets and Valuations: Thinking about Negotiations - Startups.

Tim Keane

Startups and angels: Along the way to success.   Preferred vote their shares “as if converted” to common so that they exercise substantial voting control over items requiring stockholder votes. ·       Protective provisions.   Posted at 04:19 PM in Funding startups | Permalink.

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Why Content Personalization Is Not Web Personalization (and What to Do About It)

ConversionXL

Definitions may vary, but to summarize… Customization: The visitor deliberately chooses between options designed to make the user experience more personal. Let’s say you’re a distributed startup team frustrated with your web meeting software. Often, you’ll see the two terms being used interchangeably.

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30 Machine Intelligence Startups to Watch in Israel

VC Cafe

Since AI and ML startups cut across verticals (analytics, fintech, health, adtech, security, etc), it’s easier to group them under the “machine intelligence” umbrella, coined by Shivon Zillis , a partner at Bloomberg Beta. In 2016 alone, 300+ “machine intelligence” (AI + ML) startups in Europe raised over €1.4

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28 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Name

Hearpreneur

How we came up with the name of our startup (BeeWits) is quite interesting. I wanted Find Me a Gift to be an easy, straight-forward way of buying thoughtful, unique items for friends and family, without the hassle of the high street. We are an EdTech startup that makes interactive toys that you can code – we like to say hack.

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