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Can your lawyer destroy a good business deal?

Berkonomics

And since attorneys are paid to protect, often they will give a litany of warnings about what could go wrong when accepting a contract clause that they have been trained to challenge. The attorney held fast defending every challenge, stating that “these terms are standard for our client and cannot be changed.”

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Can your lawyer destroy a good business deal?

Berkonomics

And since attorneys are paid to protect, often they will give a litany of warnings about what could go wrong when accepting a contract clause that they have been trained to challenge. The attorney held fast defending every challenge, stating that “these terms are standard for our client and cannot be changed.”

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The value of legal advice isn’t measured by a law degree.

Berkonomics

And since attorneys are paid to protect, often they will give a litany of warnings about what could go wrong when accepting a contract clause they have been trained to challenge. Email readers continue here.] The attorney held fast at every challenge, stating that “these terms are standard for our client and cannot be changed.”

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8 Ways The Maker Movement Turns Ideas Into Businesses

Startup Professionals Musings

In case you haven’t noticed it, the rapid evolution of do-it-yourself (DIY) facilities for developers, including 3-D printers, SketchUp and makerspaces such as TechShop , have scaled down the cost of prototypes and hardware design by an order of magnitude. Meeting the new consumer demand for customization.

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8 Strategies For Winning As A Freelancer Or Employee

Startup Professionals Musings

A big trend in business these days is hiring freelancers or contract personnel for the duration of a project, rather than permanent staff. Here are some key strategies that I recommend to every worker today: Develop and highlight your competitive differentiation. Develop the courage to move on.

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Interview with Ryan Disraeli And Stacy Stubblefield, Telesign

socalTECH

We started focusing on that, and at the time we were doing only phone verification, but then we started adding in data analytics because of customer demand, we added in some other things like straight messaging rather than pin codes. You mentioned you were just three people, how did you develop what you did with just three people at the time?

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What Tech Entrepreneurs Could Learn from Chamillionaire

Both Sides of the Table

He wanted to create awareness for himself to generate marketing buzz and demand and then get the retail stores to pay wholesales prices for his cds. Authenticity - I asked Chamillionaire why he thinks he connects so much with people at tech conferences. He created demand. There are many analogies here for software development.