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Why Lawsuits Are On the Rise at Startups and What To Do About It

Both Sides of the Table

This is only an educated hypothesis but I’ll bet it’s pretty close to grounded in reality: Everybody saw “The Social Network” and everybody has a belief that suing will net them millions whether they’re in the right or the wrong. So why exactly have lawsuits (anecdotally) picked up so much in the past 5 years?

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Interview with Andrew Schydlowsky, TrackStreet: Brand Protection Using AI

socalTECH

Andrew Schydlowsky: We entered this market in 2015, and we are backed by a combination of institutional investors, and some family offices, as well as some very experienced and successful angels and operators. The partners they have online are also more important, and they're starting to drive a lot more education and brand loyalty.

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3 Things You (Probably) Don’t Know about Indiana Innovation

Xconomy

In fact, they led the way for the state’s GDP growth of 3 percent in the fourth quarter of 2015, which was the highest in the nation , according to the U.S. Indiana’s institutes of higher education have become centers of entrepreneurship, supporting their faculty, staff, and students.

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