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7 Government Small Business Grants to Apply For in May 2024

Tech.Co

Department of Commerce Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) 🔎 Want to browse the web privately? Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB) Federal Contracting Program For: Women-owned businesses Funding limit: $4 million for service contracts and $6.5 🌎 Or appear as if you're in another country?

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Canoo, the electric vehicle startup formed from Faraday Future’s ashes, seeks $200 million

TechCrunch LA

Canoo is locking in final contracts with its vendors and is going to be in production with prototypes before the end of the year. Canoo plans to use blockchain technology to secure its subscription services and ensure an asset light approach to development by outsourcing its manufacturing in the U.S. operations.

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ConTraps Part II – Contract Traps Entrepreneurs Should Avoid At All Costs

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In many cases, agreements crafted by BDC lawyers resemble ConTraps rather than mutually beneficial contracts. This series describes how entrepreneurs can craft company-changing agreements with BDCs, while avoiding Kiss of Death contract provisions. Relinquish Press Release Capabilities. Deploy a Free Pilot. Give up Branding.

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Contract Traps Entrepreneurs Should Avoid At All Costs - Sweet Sixteen Kisses of Death

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Relinquish Press Release Capabilities. If you enter into a development or trial partnership for free, you are allowing the BDC to forestall its ultimate determination of the value of the partnership. BDCs can afford to hire large staffs to adequately track all of the evergreen provisions in their contracts. Press Release Rights.

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ConTraps Part II – Contract Traps Entrepreneurs Should Avoid At All Costs

InfoChachkie

In many cases, agreements crafted by BDC lawyers resemble ConTraps rather than mutually beneficial contracts. This series describes how entrepreneurs can craft company-changing agreements with BDCs, while avoiding Kiss of Death contract provisions. Relinquish Press Release Capabilities. Deploy a Free Pilot. Give up Branding.

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Reflections On 2017: Anna Barber, Techstars LA

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The first, the distributed platform that supports smart contracts, which as a technology has great disruptive potential across many industries but is still early. In 2006 she sat next to a woman on an airplane who became her business partner in her next startup, Scribble Press. Find her @annawbarber.

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ConTraps Part III – Contract Traps Entrepreneurs Should Avoid At All Costs

InfoChachkie

This series describes how entrepreneurs can craft company-changing agreements with BDCs, while avoiding Kiss of Death contract provisions. Relinquish Press Release Capabilities. Guard against a preclusion that would deny you from utilizing the IP developed during the course of executing the agreement. Deploy a Free Pilot.