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Nuts & Bolts of Intellectual Property for New Startups

Gust

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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The Ultimate Inventor’s Guide to Inventing Things

Up and Running

Boris Wertz, founding partner of Version One Ventures, believes that if you’ve worked in an industry you’re passionate about for a long time, you may know something about the market that nobody else knows. If You Want Venture Capital, You Need It. Here’s an example of a great sell sheet for a product called Well Well Wow!

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10 Startup Shortcuts That Will Be Back To Haunt You

Startup Professionals Musings

Some entrepreneurs can’t decide if they want to be a Limited Liability Corporation (LLC) or a C-corporation, or they don’t have the money, so they put off doing anything until the first venture capital round, or until the first lawsuit occurs. The simple answer is to do something, and start simple. Ignore the mistakes of others.

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10 Avoidable Mistakes Cause Entrepreneurs Much Pain

Startup Professionals Musings

Some entrepreneurs can’t decide if they want to be a Limited Liability Corporation (LLC) or a C-corporation, or they don’t have the money, so they put off doing anything until the first venture capital round, or until the first lawsuit occurs. The simple answer is to do something, and start simple. Ignore the mistakes of others.

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SuperMac War Story 6: Building The Killer Team – Mission, Intent.

Steve Blank

competitive analyses, channel and customer collateral (white papers, data sheets, product reviews), customer surveys, and market requirements documents. Theme: Digg 3 Column by WP Designer. We will accomplish this through demand-creation activities (advertising, PR, tradeshows, seminars, web sites, etc.), Blog at WordPress.com.

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10 Startup Shortcuts That Will Be Back To Haunt You

Gust

Some entrepreneurs can’t decide if they want to be a Limited Liability Corporation (LLC) or a C-corporation, or they don’t have the money, so they put off doing anything until the first venture capital round, or until the first lawsuit occurs. The simple answer is to do something, and start simple. Ignore the mistakes of others.

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Lousy Products Might Break Your Bones – But A Name Will Seldom Hurt You

infochachkie.com

Thus, join the ranks of Yahoo, Google, Amazon, eBay, Cisco and Microsoft and focus your limited time and resources on perfecting your customer value proposition, not on devising an ideal company name. When selecting your company and product names, consider the following: Uniquely Familiar. Intuitive URL. Avoid Hyphens.

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