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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. The typical software startup these days is a one or two person operation, founder and co-founder, who do the work themselves on the first product with no salary. Protect your intellectual property. Technology level.

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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. The typical software startup these days is a one or two person operation, founder and co-founder, who do the work themselves on the first product with no salary. Protect your intellectual property. Technology level.

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Nuts & Bolts of Intellectual Property for New Startups

Gust

So you’ve chosen a name for your startup, product, or both. Tech startups are at the other extreme. The gulf has widened with the proliferation of social Internet / user-generated content and mobile application startups. Most of our early-stage startup clients fit this description. Instagram is a textbook example.)

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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. The typical software startup these days is a one or two person operation, founder and co-founder, who do the work themselves on the first product with no salary. Protect your intellectual property. Technology level.

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

Steve Blank

That changed when I joined the board of a startup, and we sued Microsoft and Sony on the same day for patent infringement – and won $120 million. At one of my entrepreneurship classes at Stanford, Dan Dorosin , of Fenwick & West LLP guest lectures about startups and Intellectual Property. Outside the U.S. In the U.S.

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Why Start-Ups Need to Hire a Lawyer

Women Entrepreneurs Can

When is the right time to hire a lawyer for your startup? When working with very little capital, hiring an attorney may feel like a redundant expenditure. That said, lawyers may not be essential for every startup, but they are necessary in some cases. To Formulate Employment Agreements. How do you make an argument?

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Are You Making These 5 Legal Mistakes with Your New Hires?

Women Entrepreneurs Can

Of course, businesses everywhere have continued to hire new employees since the pandemic hit, with some individuals forging new careers due to getting laid off in specific industries like hospitality. The trouble is that some of those firms are making potentially catastrophic legal mistakes with their new hires.