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TechZulu Live to Premiere "TZLaw" at 5:15 p.m. PT Thursday, October 7, with IP Attorney Denise Grayson of "The Social Network"

Tech Zulu Event

Technology and IP law are at the forefront of the movie, and themes include common issues in startups regarding cash flow, IP rights, tech development, product design and distribution of equity. Gagnier serves as the Chief Executive Officer of REALPOLITECH , a digital public relations and web strategy consultancy.

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Top 29 Startup Posts May 2010

SoCal CTO

Why Lawyers Don’t Run Startups - Steve Blank , May 27, 2010 Startups need to have a great lawyer, accountant, patent attorney, etc. Last week I was having coffee with an ex engineering student of mine now on his second startup (and for a change it wasn’t a Web 2.0 they released a new 2.0 It's a great talk. m pleased.

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Interview with George Ruan and Donald Patterson, Quub

socalTECH

Don Patterson: It took a long time to converge on what we were actually doing, and we started on a path of developing stuff, working with interaction designers, and forcing ourselves to identify what service we were really trying to provide. The idea is we do not want to go down the current path of the Web 2.0

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: 4. Build a SWAT team

Frank Addante

At L90 (Startup 3.0) , we were sued by DoubleClick on the eve of our IPO for alleged patent-infrindgement. Blogger Template originally design by Web-Kreation Converted By Jacky Supit Sometimes I have had to trash what they produced, other times it became a major turning point in a companys growth.

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: Inventing Stuff, Obviously Impossible?

Frank Addante

Stage two: They say the solution was obvious all along." -- Robert Fischell, Inventor (Holder of 200 medical device patents) It is easy to come up with ideas. Blogger Template originally design by Web-Kreation Converted By Jacky Supit By Frank Addante "Inventing things is a two-stage process.

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: Tear Down Your Firewalls

Frank Addante

Sure, you need to take the proper precautions to protect your idea first (patents, copyrights, etc.), particularly with international patent laws. Blogger Template originally design by Web-Kreation Converted By Jacky Supit However, I say throw away the NDAs and get your ideas out there!

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: Startup 3.0: Internet advertising is good. No, it’s bad. Oh wait… it IS good!

Frank Addante

Patent Lawsuit 6. “Patent Lawsuit&# We were on the IPO track and our #1 competitor (DoubleClick) filed a bogus patent-infringement lawsuit right before our IPO. raising capital, underwriters backing out, extreme criticism, patent lawsuit from our competitor, etc.) Bootstrap 2. 7th Horse in a 7 Horse Race 3.