Erin Austin advises consultants to build exclusive assets and sustainable processes in their practice if they want to be able to sell it.
Erin Austin: Two Things You Must Do If You Want to Sell Your Business Read More »
This post explains the basics of intellectual property in practical terms for bootstrappers: trademarks, patents, copyright and trade secrets. An hour or two with an attorney can save you much trouble later on.
Basics of Intellectual Property for Bootstrappers Read More »
If you need an attorney because you want to initiate a lawsuit, please consider the opportunity cost very carefully before proceeding. The time to hire an attorney is before you sign an agreement, not after.
Q: I need an attorney who works with startups who don’t have a ton of cash Read More »
How entrepreneurial engineers can make effective use of lawyers and the legal perspective they offer on the challenges their startup faces.
Bridging the Chasm between Entrepreneurial Engineers and Attorneys Read More »
Attention-selling business models have incentives for fostering unhealthy addictive behavior. They are refining online interactions into the equivalent of digital heroin: experiences that are highly pleasurable, highly addictive, and in the long run seriously harmful. My goal is to offer several perspectives on certain business models that encourage a “race to the bottom” and provide
Superstimulus: Refining Online Interactions into Digital Heroin Read More »
I recently sat down with Pete Tormey, a startup attorney in Silicon Valley, to discuss how to keep harmony among founders in a startup.
Pete Tormey: How to Keep Harmony Among Founders Read More »
Pete Tormey’s ebook “Startup Guide to Intellectual Property: Early Stage Protection of IP” is a great resource for founders on startup intellectual property. This blog post includes excerpts from the “Protecting IP Early” chapter that focus on protecting startup secrets early in its existence.
In the Beginning was the Doodle: Protecting Startup Secrets Read More »
Pete Tormey’s ebook “Startup Guide to Intellectual Property: Early Stage Protection of IP” is a great resource for founders on startup intellectual property. This blog post includes excerpts from the “Protecting IP Early” Chapter of Pete’s book. They cover some of the basic concepts of intellectual property and how to protect it early in your
In the Beginning Was the Doodle: Defining Startup Intellectual Property Read More »
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Leads–The Fuel for Your Sales Machine Read More »
Some quick answers to common questions about intellectual property (IP), IP protection, and when to incorporate.
Q: When to Incorporate and Options for IP protection Read More »
Sean Murphy will moderate a panel of three experienced startup attorneys on November 29 for a Silicon Valley Cofounder Academy event at Hacker Dojo on “Cofounder Legal Challenges and Solutions.”
Cofounder Legal Challenges and Solutions at Hacker Dojo Tue-Nov-29 Read More »
Michael J. Riordan is a certified public accountant who has been in business in San Jose for more than 35 years. He gave a crisp briefing on “Bootstrapping a Service Business” at the Thursday Oct 8 PATCA meeting. He gave a great set of tips, here are my notes:
8 Tips For Bootstrapping A Service Business Read More »
The instrumentation of advertising-driven firms that sell their audience as the product and government efforts to prevent another 9-11 have combined to put us all in the pervasive surveillance of a panopticon.
Pearl Harbor to 9-11 to the Panopticon Read More »
One good way to make predictions about the future of a new technology is to examine the paths that similar technologies have taken historically and use them to draw likely trajectories. As Mark Twain observed, “History may not repeat itself but it does rhyme.” New technologies solve existing problems in new ways, obsoleting existing solutions
3d Printing IP Issues Read More »
While asking for a letter of intent may seem like a useful shortcut to assessing prospect intent, it normally causes many more problems than it solves.
Assessing Prospect Intent Read More »
My best business advice for managing a negotiation: start with a plain English agreement that covers the key deal points.
Legal Advice: Start With a Plain English Agreement That Covers Key Deal Points Read More »
If you are contemplating a fund raising effort, Foundersuite gives you access to useful forms, checklists, tools, and a community of peers.
FounderSuite Worth a Look for Saving Time On Your New Startup Read More »
Don’t Miss the Silicon Valley Capturing Intellectual Property Workshop on Oct-19-2013; offered by Bill Meade of BascIP.
Don’t Miss “Capturing Intellectual Property” Silicon Valley Workshop Oct-19-2013 Read More »
Every once in awhile we find great workshops that are open to all size companies. Bill Meade’s “Capturing Intellectual Property” is one such workshop.
Capturing Intellectual Property Workshop: Saturday Oct-19-2013 Read More »
A conversation with Pete Tormey on forming a team, dividing equity, and gaining early traction in a startup.
Podcast with Pete Tormey on Forming a Team, Dividing Equity, and Gaining Early Traction Read More »
