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Roping in the Legal Eagles

InfoChachkie

The reference may be well-intentioned, but the lawyer’s allegiance may be divided between the investor and you. Such a lawyer will not go out of their way to screw you, but when crafting the investor documents and in future investor-related issues, your lawyer’s allegiance must be to your company. Copyright © 2007-9 by J.

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Bro Factor – Intimate Relationships Which Provide Your Startup With An Unfair Advantage

InfoChachkie

Each party’s first allegiance is to their organization. At one of my companies, a salesperson Bro’d up with a customer to the point that the customer extended his vacation to ride dirt bikes with the salesperson. He is also the author of an award-winning entrepreneurial blog infoChachkie.com.

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