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Can I Get Business Financing with Bad Credit?
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| Had a tough time making payments on time, been through a divorce or had medical problem that affected your credit score? You may still qualify for a small business loan. This articles explains the ins and out of applying for a business loan with a poor credit score. |
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Branding Your Firm At Every Touchpoint
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| The most important assets of any business are intangible: it’s company name, brands, symbols, slogans, and their underlying associations like perceived quality, awareness, customer base and proprietary assets (e.g., patents, trademarks, etc.). Companies that understand this put significant energy into every detail of their brand and charge enormous premiums for the brands they create. Over time, this premium is transferable to the next owner. A little upfront planning and skillful management can deliver long lasting results. |
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Starting a Business on the Internet
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| Often, retirement is the time when most baby boomers contemplate the idea of starting a second career. There are number of ways in which baby boomers can earn some additional income, one of which is starting your own online business. If you are one of those who want to have a booming online business, you may want to consider some useful tips listed in this article. |
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Lawyers Top 10 Tricks for Managing IP
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| Managing a firm’s intellectual property (patents, trademarks & copyrights) can be made easier by following some simple time-saving techniques. |
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ATTRACTING INVESTORS: A Compelling Executive Summary in 10 Items or Less
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| Attracting an investor is like attracting a mate—you want to pique the investor’s interest without showing all your cards at the outset. The perfect vehicle for achieving this delicate balance is the Executive Summary. The goal of an Executive Summary is to whet the appetite of the investor by presenting a compelling premise, an irresistible hook. Your short (5 pages or less) document is meant to give a potential investor every reason to say “yes” and little reason to say “no” to a face-to-face meeting.
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Helpful Business Plan Resources
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| The number of resources available to help write a business plan is virtually infinite. With the aim of narrowing down the list to a helpful few, here are a few of my favorites. |
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Two Apples, a Football Tournament and a bunch of Trademarks
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| This article relates the story of some of the basic truths about Trademarks |
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Counterpoint: Patents and Defensibility
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| Three of my buddies who are patent attorneys disagreed with my diatribe against patents as a key component of a startup’s defensibility. Being the open-minded Guy that I am, I offered to publish their counterpoint so that you can obtain a broader perspective of intellectual property issues for startups. |
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PATENTS, TRADEMARKS AND COPYRIGHTS
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| Some persons occasionally confuse patents, copyrights, and trademarks. Although there may be some resemblance in the rights of these three kinds of intellectual property, they are different and serve different purposes. |
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TRADEMARKS IN CYBERSPACE
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| Trademarks and Service marks - definition, why important, how obtained (common law vs. federal registration), protection; domain names - relationship to trademarks, securing and protecting. |
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Lawyers Top 10 Tricks for Managing IP
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| Managing a firm’s intellectual property (patents, trademarks & copyrights) can be made easier by following some simple time-saving techniques. |
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Let's Make Software Patents "Defensive Only"
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| In my quest to abolish software patents, I've been pondering "short term approaches" since I doubt the Supreme Court is going to wave a magic wand and make my fantasies come true anytime soon. |
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Trademark Basics
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| Short introduction to the intricacies of Trademarks. |
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Branding Your Firm At Every Touchpoint
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| The most important assets of any business are intangible: it’s company name, brands, symbols, slogans, and their underlying associations like perceived quality, awareness, customer base and proprietary assets (e.g., patents, trademarks, etc.). Companies that understand this put significant energy into every detail of their brand and charge enormous premiums for the brands they create. Over time, this premium is transferable to the next owner. A little upfront planning and skillful management can deliver long lasting results. |
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Bye Bye Business Method Patents
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| While it's not over yet as the Supreme Court might weight in, the Federal Court Kills Patents on Business Methods. I haven't read things carefully yet (I'll leave that for the bathroom this weekend) but from the quick analysis I've read (In re Bilski: Patentable Process Must Either (1) be Tied to a particular machine or (2) Transform a Particular Article) it looks like it is a strong, unambiguous decision in the good fight to eliminate ridiculous patents. |
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Trademarks, Copyrights, or Patents for Clothing Lines and Apparel
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| There is substantial confusion among business owners regarding the protection the name, logo, slogan, and/or images or design of their clothing line and related products such as purses, jewelry, and shoes. This article will discuss the use of intellectual property, namely trademarks, copyrights, patents, and other forms of protection to lock the product or services. |
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