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A Startup’s First Steps: What’s In A Name?

Gust

Having taken stock of the main legal documents and actions involved in forming and operating a new startup, let’s crack open the “case” (disregarding the warnings about voiding your warranty) and examine a few of the steps, documents and key decisions to be made in getting a new startup ready for business. Let’s start with your name.

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30 Machine Intelligence Startups to Watch in Israel

VC Cafe

Many large companies will be built (Michael Wolfe, Point Nine Capital). 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. Billion in VC funding.

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Startups Should Start Saying Goodbye to.com,net and.org Domain Extensions

ReadWriteStart

Domain names — the focal point of the internet. Most entrepreneurs have spent hours, days, or weeks brainstorming new business names. New domains now bequeath creative power to young companies and extend their branding possibilities. There is no doubt the existence of a big-three-domains consisting of the.com,org and.net.

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21 Entrepreneurs Reveal Their Favorite Business or Entrepreneur Turnaround Story

Hearpreneur

It was originally a holding company founded by William C. Henry Sy, the guy behind the world-famous SM Malls, is a household name in the Philippines. He has also been named CEO of the Shark Group, a brand consultancy firm. The company now offers over 4 million listings worldwide and generates over $2.5 2- Henry Sy.

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30 Entrepreneurs Reveal Their Favorite Business or Entrepreneur Turnaround Story

Hearpreneur

Marvel’s fascinating turnaround story is no less than a heroic action story where the protagonist flips the scales at the last moment and arises like the phoenix, just like the many superheroes it helped become household names. This raised the company's name, despite all controversies. 9- Howard Schultz. 10- Elon Musk.

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How To Choose A Legal Structure For Your Business

The Startup Magazine

If you want to start a holding company , the most popular business types are the corporation and the LLC. As the name suggests, partnerships are commercial relationships between two or more persons. The post How To Choose A Legal Structure For Your Business appeared first on The Startup Magazine. Partnerships.

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Incentives in Venture Capital, Why You Should Avoid Your Competitors’ Investors, China’s Malaise, and More [link blog]

Hunter Walker

China’s Age of Malaise [Evan Osnos/New Yorker] – A loooong read but essential stuff if you are interested in China from an sort of view (cultural, economic, geopolitical, startup). Well we all know that early stage companies do a lot of exploration in their problem space before settling on the exact product.