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Nuts & Bolts of Intellectual Property for New Startups

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The gulf has widened with the proliferation of social Internet / user-generated content and mobile application startups. 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. Instagram is a textbook example.)

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

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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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LinkedIn's Series B Pitch to Greylock: Pitch Advice for Entrepreneurs

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the consumer internet landscape in 2004 vs. today. In 2004, the consumer internet was just beginning to rebound. In 2004, investors regained interest in the consumer internet again. Normally, you’d expect us to explain our product — i.e., what “professional people search 2.0” the evolution of LinkedIn as a company.

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The Ultimate Inventor’s Guide to Inventing Things

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The internet. 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. Your sell sheet should include: Your product name.