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8 Key Rules for Starting a Business on a Shoestring

Startup Professionals Musings

It’s a new age for aspiring entrepreneurs, where anyone with a dream or a hobby should be turning it into a business. Too many entrepreneurs still think plans are for investors, and investors are required to build a startup. Trademarks, copyrights and even patents can be completed online by anyone through the U.S.

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10 C-Level Positions That Are Red Flags For Funding

Startup Professionals Musings

Assigning them the title of CIO seems like a bit of overkill, especially these days of serious “cloudcomputing, meaning big servers have left the building. If your business is managing contracts and patents, it makes sense, but the CLO for most startups is LegalZoom on the Internet. Chief Legal Officer. Marty Zwilling.

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10 Job Titles Never Found in an Investable Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

Assigning them the title of CIO seems like a bit of overkill, especially these days of serious “cloudcomputing, meaning big servers have left the building. If your business is managing contracts and patents, it makes sense, but the CLO for most startups is LegalZoom on the Internet. Chief Legal Officer.

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CallFire Bootstraps 50,000 Signups and Hires Former NetZero CEO

Tech Zulu Event

“As voice API, voice broadcast and text messaging technology advances and cloud computing becomes increasingly sophisticated, more and more business – across all core market sectors — are discovering why cloud telephony is the future,” said Dinesh Ravishanker, CEO and co-founder, CallFire.

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The Master Checklist of EVERYTHING You Need to Start a Business

Jason Nazar

If you are inventing or creating a product, understand patents and register for one at the USPTO. Speak to entrepreneurs and leaders in your industry and consider asking them to be your mentor. Determine storage options, such as cloud computing ( Box , DropBox ). Recommended. Vet your idea with the idea checklist.