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Can your lawyer destroy a good business deal?

Berkonomics

Let’s talk about lawyers… Over the years in business and as a member of over forty boards, I have received good advice from corporate attorneys and on occasion bad advice as well. We appealed to the business development executive, who deferred to the attorney restating that the terms were unchangeable as far as the big company was concerned.

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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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What Tech Entrepreneurs Could Learn from Chamillionaire

Both Sides of the Table

We also talked about getting more young African Americans interested in entrepreneurship & technology. 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. It made me confident about what would work. He created demand.

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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.]

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Startup Lessons From Pink Floyd’s Dark Side Of The Moon

InfoChachkie

Some musicians would have felt pressure to record hit singles to ensure the continuation of their recording contract. In contrast, Pink Floyd followed their passion and created long-form, unified musical pieces they wanted to hear, rather than the pithy, three minute singles demanded by their label's executives. Share and Enjoy.

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Interview with Ryan Disraeli And Stacy Stubblefield, Telesign

socalTECH

Talk about Telesign and what you do? Telesign was the first thing we were working on, but there were a bunch of different little businesses we started all about the same time. I was about 19 at the time. Talk about Telesign now, talk about your growth path? What were you doing before? What were you majoring in?

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Interview With Paul Myer, Veracity: Why The Industrial Internet Needs Security

socalTECH

Paul sat down with us last week to talk about industrial networks, network security, and why suddenly those systems--used for manufacturing, the power grid, oil and gas, and other key infrastructure--need their own security tools. Veracity, which is backed by Microsemi and Frost Data Capital, recently inked a contract with the U.S.