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Five Startup Tips From Bill Gates

InfoChachkie

Great Startup Ideas Come From Everywhere. "At "At Microsoft there are lots of brilliant ideas but the image is that they all come from the top – I'm afraid that's not quite right." Banana IP. "Intellectual I explore this peculiar entrepreneurial career path in further detail in THIS entry.

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7 Pitching Tips to Help You Crush Your Next Investor Meeting

Tech.Co

It’s validating that there is a market for their idea. Try to compile all the different types of questions you could be asked about your business, like technical details, financial assumptions and projections, marketing, IP, etc., Venture capitalists are evaluating you as much on your psychology as on your idea.

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Insights: Navigating the Waters of Work for Hire For Game Developers

socalTECH

There was a time in console and PC game development when developers could enter a publishing agreement and retain the rights to the IP they created. The following is a list of suggestions and tips to keep as much as you can when dealing with a work-for-hire negotiation.

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Top 120 Startup Posts for 2010

SoCal CTO

Steve Blank , January 25, 2010 10 Tips for Adding Game Mechanics to a Non-Gaming Service - ReadWriteStart , September 21, 2010 Startups & VCs: Learn How to Design, Market, & Eat Your Own. - First Principles.

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How to Work with Lawyers at a Startup

Both Sides of the Table

They get together with a few buddies, bounce around ideas, build some code (sometimes internally, sometimes through contractors), start talking to potential angel investors and then register their company. Their memory – the idea was theirs in the first place and you ran with it and didn’t include them.

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Interview with Eric Frankel, StarGreetz

socalTECH

For our readers who haven't yet heard of your company, what's the idea behind StarGreetz? If you're an IP holder, if you're Coldplay, you can generate revenue from our innovative digital products, while building your fan base. It literally lets them talk to their customers in a never-before way, on a one-on-one basis.

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Interview with Yan Hui, AirHop

socalTECH

To get an idea of what one startup in the industry is doing, we spoke to San Diego-based AirHop (www.airhopcomm-web.com), a developer of software being used for small-, pico-, and femto-cell networks. What we wanted to do, was focus on the high IP content, where there is a high barrier to entry. That's the core of our strategy.