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Acronyms, initialisms, and abbreviations! Oh My!

Acronyms, initialisms, and abbreviations! Oh My!

“Speaking the language” is a simple way to signal experience when interacting with someone. With that in mind, what follows is a (non…
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Mike MeintsJan 18
The Bible to the Perfect Executive Summary

The Bible to the Perfect Executive Summary

As you begin to explore pitching your startup to potential customers and investors, one of the fundamental tools that you will need to have…
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Tolis DimopoulosMar 30
Mind your Business

Mind your Business

Knowing the context and background of your company will speed up all legal work, ensuring lower legal fees. The following are some simple…
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Mike MeintsMar 16
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Entrepreneurs’ fascination with being a “founder”

Entrepreneurs’ fascination with being a “founder”

I’m not sure what the fascination is with the title “founder.” In working with hundreds of entrepreneurs and startups over the last several…
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Tolis DimopoulosMar 9
Annual stockholder requirements for Delaware startup corporations

Annual stockholder requirements for Delaware startup corporations

One of the formalities of maintaining the corporate form of a company is to hold an annual meeting with its stockholders. Annual meetings…
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Tolis DimopoulosMar 2
Publicity rights — for startups

Publicity rights — for startups

So what is a right of publicity?
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Mike MeintsFeb 17
When it comes to startups, no one knows everything

When it comes to startups, no one knows everything

Every day across the world ideas are born from the imaginations of regular people like you and me. Some of those ideas result in the…
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Tolis DimopoulosFeb 9
Copyright and public domain— for startups

Copyright and public domain— for startups

So what does public domain really mean?
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Mike MeintsFeb 10
IP Comparison Chart

IP Comparison Chart

There are all kinds of ways to protect your company’s most important business assets: its intellectual property. This chart is designed to…
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Mike MeintsFeb 2
The Ultimate Laundry List To Help Entrepreneurs Launch a Startup

The Ultimate Laundry List To Help Entrepreneurs Launch a Startup

As everyone knows by now, or if they don’t, they should, being an entrepreneur, a startup CEO, is en vogue. It’s the cool thing to do and…
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Tolis DimopoulosDec 20, 2015
Why Convincing Others Is An Entrepreneur’s Superpower

Why Convincing Others Is An Entrepreneur’s Superpower

If you want to start a company, you have to spend a lot of time convincing a lot of different people. From family members to cofounders to…
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Tolis DimopoulosJan 23
If You Build It, They Won’t Come

If You Build It, They Won’t Come

Despite the popularity of the lean startup movement and all the literature on customer development, it seems that customer development is…
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Tolis DimopoulosJan 20
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