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5 Steps To Finding The Best Investor For Your Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

It’s even better to let the attorney do the negotiating, since many innocent-sounding protective and governance provisions can have long-term negative consequences to you. The result will likely be business demands that you can’t meet, loss of key personnel, potential lawsuits, and certainly not the fun lifestyle you expected.

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5 Keys To Vetting Investors Before You Accept Funding

Startup Professionals Musings

It’s even better to let the attorney do the negotiating, since many innocent-sounding protective and governance provisions can have long-term negative consequences to you. The result will likely be business demands that you can’t meet, loss of key personnel, potential lawsuits, and certainly not the fun lifestyle you expected.

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Size Up Your Investors Before Accepting Their Money

Startup Professionals Musings

It’s even better to let the attorney do the negotiating, since many innocent-sounding protective and governance provisions can have long-term negative consequences to you. The result will likely be business demands that you can’t meet, loss of key personnel, potential lawsuits, and certainly not the fun lifestyle you expected.

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Micromobility in limbo: Takeaways from Paris and LA

TechCrunch LA

Plus , a driver in an SUV once hit me while I was standing on the sidewalk, innocently looking for a nearby ramen joint. “This had led to an imbalance of vehicle supply to rider demand as operators over-saturate the market.” Gas-powered cars, SUVs and trucks infamously clog LA’s arteries.

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5 Ways To Check Your Investor Intent Before Signing

Startup Professionals Musings

It’s even better to let the attorney do the negotiating, since many innocent-sounding protective and governance provisions can have long-term negative consequences to you. The result will likely be business demands that you can’t meet, loss of key personnel, potential lawsuits, and certainly not the fun lifestyle you expected.

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Software Patents are Becoming a Tax on Innovation

Startup Professionals Musings

The bad news is that patent trolls can squeeze the lifeblood out of innocent and unsuspecting entrepreneurs, as exemplified by the current mess around Lodsys patent No.

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Roping in the Legal Eagles

InfoChachkie

A startup-oriented lawyer may not be able to convince a jury of a guilty man’s innocence, but they can guide your adVenture through the menacing legal shoals it will no doubt face. Yet, despite his exceptional courtroom theatrics, you would be foolhardy to hire good old Johnnie to review your software cross-licensing agreement.