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FastSoft Sign BPO Firm

socalTECH

Pasadena-based FastSoft , the Caltech spinoff which is developing Internet acceleration devices, has recently signed on ReSource Pro, a business process outsourcing firm for the insurance agency, the firm told socalTECH. Tags: fastsoft fasttcp caltech business process outsourcing software. READ MORE>>.

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

InfoChachkie

Intellectual Property (IP) provisions should ensure that both parties maintain the IP rights that they respectively own at the outset of the relationship. A more complicated negotiating point involves IP that is created in the course of the parties’ collaboration. This is generally a straightforward and uncontested provision.

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How Sendgrid Makes Sure Those App Emails Go Through, With Jim Franklin

socalTECH

This is one of those services that when you create a new company, it makes sense to outsource things. For $79, you get 100,000 emails, and you're able to control your own IP address. Controlling your IP address is a big deal. That why we offer a price point where you own your own IP address, and you can control your own destiny.

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How Jukin Media Is Turning Viral Video Into A Real Business

socalTECH

That''s relevant, because of our third piece, where we have been hired by traditional media companies, to basically provide them a turnkey, outsources content acquisition team. It really started, because John is a clip show producer, and realized that the value was in the ownership of the IP.

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What Should You Do with Your Crappy Little Services Business?

Both Sides of the Table

You own the IP you create. Services for services sake - The type of business that is generally shunned in Silicon Valley is the “pure services&# business like consulting, system integration, value-added resellers (VARs), customer support businesses, outsourcing companies, etc. He is the majority owner.

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The 4 Partners Early-Stage Startups Need

Tech Zulu Event

To make sure your IP is protected — As I’ve written before, failing to develop an IP strategy, including a plan for protecting your IP as well as avoiding unwitting infringements of someone else’s, is a huge mistake. Hire professionals to handle the details of company formation paperwork when you first start up. HR Partner.

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Ten Rookie Startup Mistakes You Won’t Make

InfoChachkie

Thus, follow the guidelines outlined in IP – Worthless To A Startup and only spend significant time and effort protecting your intellectual property when it is clear what you are trying to protect. Fallacy: AdVentures tend to evolve once you begin speaking with pesky customers and demanding partners. 3) Attempt To License An Idea.

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